
ACTING
James Saito
- Born
- Mar 6, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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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.
MOST-RATED TMDB CREDITS
Known for

Life of Pi
Movie · 2012
Older Insurance Investigator

Grey's Anatomy
TV · 2005
Herschel Katano

Pearl Harbor
Movie · 2001
Japanese Aide #1

The Devil's Advocate
Movie · 1997
Takaori Osumi

Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Movie · 1995
Korean Proprietor

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · 1999
Judge Henry Suzuki

Big Eyes
Movie · 2014
Judge

Home Alone 3
Movie · 1997
Chinese Mob Boss

House of Cards
TV · 2013
Dr. Krebs

Long Shot
Movie · 2019
Minister Kishido

Marvel's Iron Fist
TV · 2017
Yü-Ti

Altered Carbon
TV · 2018
Tanaseda Hideki
FILMOGRAPHY
97 movie & TV credits
- 2024BreatheMovie · Man, The Man
- 2023The Company You KeepTV · Joseph Hill
- 2022BlockbusterTV · Simon
- 2021Love HardMovie · Bob Lin
- 2020Dash & LilyTV · Arthur Mori
- 2020The Christmas BowMovie · Grandpa Joe
- 2020Algorithm: BLISSMovie · Dr. Stein
- 2020TigertailMovie · Hank
- 2020Little AmericaTV
- 2019Modern LoveTV · Kenji
- 2019Prodigal SonTV · Dr. Stanley Higa
- 2019Always Be My MaybeMovie · Harry
- 2019Long ShotMovie · Minister Kishido
- 2018New AmsterdamTV · Andrew Nomura
- 2018PaternoMovie · Doctor
- 2018The TerrorTV · Wilson Yoshida
- 2018Altered CarbonTV · Tanaseda Hideki
- 2017The DeuceTV · Kim
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