James Saito

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James Saito

Acting 71 March 6, 1955

Los Angeles, California, USA

​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 vo…

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Life of Pi

Life of Pi

7.4 2012 Movie
Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

8.2 2005 TV Show
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.0 1999 TV Show
Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

6.9 2001 Movie
The Devil's Advocate

The Devil's Advocate

7.5 1997 Movie
Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

7.3 1995 Movie
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
Big Eyes

Big Eyes

7.0 2014 Movie
House of Cards

House of Cards

8.0 2013 TV Show
Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

7.7 2010 TV Show
Home Alone 3

Home Alone 3

5.3 1997 Movie
Person of Interest

Person of Interest

8.1 2011 TV Show

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​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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Breathe

    Movie Man

  2. 2023
    The Company You Keep

    TV show Joseph Hill

  3. 2022
    Blockbuster

    TV show Simon

  4. 2021
    Love Hard

    Movie Bob Lin

  5. 2020
    Dash & Lily

    TV show Arthur Mori

  6. 2020
    The Christmas Bow

    Movie Grandpa Joe

  7. 2020
    Algorithm: BLISS

    Movie Dr. Stein

  8. 2020
    Tigertail

    Movie Hank

  9. 2020
    Little America

    TV show

  10. 2019
    Modern Love

    TV show Kenji

  11. 2019
    Prodigal Son

    TV show Dr. Stanley Higa

  12. 2019
    Always Be My Maybe

    Movie Harry

  13. 2019
    Long Shot

    Movie Minister Kishido

  14. 2018
    New Amsterdam

    TV show Andrew Nomura

  15. 2018
    Paterno

    Movie Doctor

  16. 2018
    The Terror

    TV show Wilson Yoshida

More credits
  1. 2018
    Altered Carbon

    TV show Tanaseda Hideki

  2. 2017
    The Deuce

    TV show Kim

  3. 2017
    Wilson

    Movie Warren Kudo

  4. 2017
    Marvel's Iron Fist

    TV show Yü-Ti

  5. 2016
    The Sea of Trees

    Movie Dr. Takahashi

  6. 2015
    While We're Young

    Movie Dr. Nagato

  7. 2014
    Big Eyes

    Movie Judge

  8. 2014
    Madam Secretary

    TV show Shimbakura

  9. 2014
    Broad City

    TV show Trang

  10. 2013
    From the Rough

    Movie Won-Sik

  11. 2013
    House of Cards

    TV show Dr. Krebs

  12. 2012
    Life of Pi

    Movie Older Insurance Investigator

  13. 2012
    Elementary

    TV show Dr. Ken Fukata

  14. 2011
    Too Big to Fail

    Movie Chinese Official

  15. 2011
    Person of Interest

    TV show Glen

  16. 2010
    Blue Bloods

    TV show Dennis Eng

  17. 2010
    Hawaii Five-0

    TV show David Toriyama

  18. 2008
    Eli Stone

    TV show Frank Chen

  19. 2007
    Heroes and Villains

    TV show

  20. 2007
    I Think I Love My Wife

    Movie Mr. Yuni

  21. 2006
    30 Rock

    TV show Chef

  22. 2006
    Brother's Shadow

    Movie Line Boss

  23. 2006
    The Unit

    TV show Chu

  24. 2005
    Starved

    TV show Captain Wong