James Saito

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

97

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-03-06 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As

  • James Tomio Saito
  • Джеймс Саіто

James Saito

Biography

​James Tomio Saito (born March 6, 1955) is an American actor, best known for his physical portrayal of Shredder in the 1990 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; the character was voiced by David McCharen.

Saito also appeared in films including The Devil's Advocate, Home Alone 3, Pearl Harbor, and Die Hard: With a Vengeance. His TV credits include MAS*H, MacGyver, Law & Order, and Sex and the City. Saito has appeared in numerous stage productions, with early career work at the Asian American theatre company East West Players in Los Angeles. On Broadway he has appeared in The King and I, and David Henry Hwang's Golden Child. He won an Obie Award in 2007 for his performance in Julia Cho's Durango at The Public Theater in New York City. He starred as Dr. Chen in the ABC drama Eli Stone.

Known For

Life of Pi
7.4%

Life of Pi

Nov 20, 2012

Grey's Anatomy
8.2%

Grey's Anatomy

Mar 27, 2005

Pearl Harbor
6.9%

Pearl Harbor

May 21, 2001

The Devil's Advocate
7.5%

The Devil's Advocate

Oct 17, 1997

Big Eyes
7.0%

Big Eyes

Dec 24, 2014

Home Alone 3
5.3%

Home Alone 3

Dec 12, 1997

House of Cards
8.0%

House of Cards

Feb 1, 2013

Long Shot
6.7%

Long Shot

May 2, 2019

Marvel's Iron Fist
6.5%

Marvel's Iron Fist

Mar 17, 2017

Sex and the City
7.4%

Sex and the City

Jun 6, 1998

Altered Carbon
7.7%

Altered Carbon

Feb 2, 2018

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Breathe as Man
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Breathe as The Man
2023
The Company You Keep as Joseph Hill
2022
Blockbuster as Simon
2021
Love Hard as Bob Lin
2020
Dash & Lily as Arthur Mori
2020
The Christmas Bow as Grandpa Joe
2020
Algorithm: BLISS as Dr. Stein
2020
Tigertail as Hank
2020
Little America
2019
Modern Love as Kenji
2019
Prodigal Son as Dr. Stanley Higa
2019
Always Be My Maybe as Harry
2019
Long Shot as Minister Kishido
2018
New Amsterdam as Andrew Nomura
2018
Paterno as Doctor
2018
The Terror as Wilson Yoshida
2018
Altered Carbon as Tanaseda Hideki
2017
The Deuce as Kim
2017
Wilson as Warren Kudo
2017
Marvel's Iron Fist as Yü-Ti
2016
The Sea of Trees as Dr. Takahashi
2015
While We're Young as Dr. Nagato
2014
Big Eyes as Judge
2014
Madam Secretary as Japanese Foreign Minister Shimbakura
2014
Broad City as Trang
2013
From the Rough as Won-Sik
2013
House of Cards as Dr. Krebs
2012
Life of Pi as Older Insurance Investigator
2012
Elementary as Dr. Ken Fukata
2011
Person of Interest as Glen
2010
Blue Bloods as Dennis Eng
2010
Hawaii Five-0 as David Toriyama
2008
Eli Stone as Frank Chen
2007
Heroes and Villains
2007
I Think I Love My Wife as Mr. Yuni
2006
30 Rock as Chef
2006
Brother's Shadow as Line Boss
2006
The Unit
2005
Starved as Captain Wong
2005
Grey's Anatomy as Herschel Katano
2003
Robot Stories as Roy
2002
Love the Hard Way as Akiri
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Mr. Miyazaki
2001
Pearl Harbor as Japanese Aide
2001
The Atlantis Conspiracy as Police Captain
1999
Third Watch as Sgt. Yee
1999
The Thomas Crown Affair as Paul Cheng
1999
Strangers with Candy as Drug Tester
1998
Henry Fool as Mr. Deng
1998
Sex and the City as Korean Man
1997
Home Alone 3 as Chinese Mob Boss
1997
The Devil's Advocate as Takaori Osumi
1996
The Tomorrow Man as Dr. Lorechi
1995
Die Hard: With a Vengeance as Korean Proprietor
1995
The Hunted as Nemura
1995
Star Trek: Voyager as Nogami
1994
Gargoyles
1994
New York Undercover as Detective Chang
1993
Silent Cries as Japanese Soldier
1992
To Be the Best
1990
Law & Order as Yoshi Yoshimura
1990
Law & Order as Mr. Tanaka
1990
Counterstrike as General Loctuck
1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as The Shredder / Oroko Saki
1989
True Blue
1989
Mortal Sins as Park Sung
1988
C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
1986
Blood & Orchids as Halehone
1985
MacGyver as Ming
1985
Covenant as Cabbie
1985
A Woman of Substance as Tony Chiu
1984
Crazy like a Fox as Chinese Henchman
1984
Charles in Charge as Chinese Food Delivery Man
1984
Miami Vice
1984
Miami Vice as Howie Wong
1984
Airwolf as Tim Shimizu
1984
Hot Dog... The Movie as Kendo Yamamoto
1983
Girls of the White Orchid as Officer #1
1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The A-Team as Kwai Li
1982
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982
The Renegades as Khan
1982
T. J. Hooker as Lab Technician
1981
The Fall Guy
1981
The Two Lives of Carol Letner as Professor
1981
Beyond the Next Mountain
1981
Hill Street Blues
1980
Bosom Buddies
1980
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb as Lt. Tatsuo Yamato
1980
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1979
Knots Landing as Reporter
1979
Hart to Hart
1977
The Incredible Hulk
1976
Farewell to Manzanar as Richard Wakatsuki
1972
M*A*S*H as Park
1972
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