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James Saito

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: Acting

Born: Los Angeles, California, USA, 1955-03-06

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	Farewell to Manzanar	Richard Wakatsuki	60
2	1980	The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story		0
3	1980	Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb	Lt. Tatsuo Yamato	57
4	1981	Beyond the Next Mountain		0
5	1981	The Two Lives of Carol Letner	Professor	0
6	1982	The Renegades	Khan	64
7	1983	Girls of the White Orchid	Officer #1	52
8	1984	Hot Dog... The Movie	Kendo Yamamoto	48
9	1985	Covenant	Cabbie	30
10	1986	Blood & Orchids	Halehone	65
11	1988	C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf		10
12	1989	Mortal Sins	Park Sung	30
13	1990	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	The Shredder / Oroko Saki	67
14	1993	Silent Cries	Japanese Soldier	10
15	1995	The Hunted	Nemura	57
16	1995	Die Hard: With a Vengeance	Korean Proprietor	73
17	1996	The Tomorrow Man	Dr. Lorechi	46
18	1997	The Devil's Advocate	Takaori Osumi	75
19	1997	Home Alone 3	Chinese Mob Boss	53
20	1998	Henry Fool	Mr. Deng	66
21	1999	The Thomas Crown Affair	Paul Cheng	67
22	2001	The Atlantis Conspiracy	Police Captain	20
23	2001	Pearl Harbor	Japanese Aide	69
24	2002	Love the Hard Way	Akiri	63
25	2003	Robot Stories	Roy	50
26	2006	Brother's Shadow	Line Boss	49
27	2007	I Think I Love My Wife	Mr. Yuni	54
28	2012	Life of Pi	Older Insurance Investigator	74
29	2013	From the Rough	Won-Sik	61
30	2014	Big Eyes	Judge	70
31	2015	While We're Young	Dr. Nagato	60
32	2016	The Sea of Trees	Dr. Takahashi	62
33	2017	Wilson	Warren Kudo	60
34	2018	Paterno	Doctor	62
35	2019	Long Shot	Minister Kishido	67
36	2019	Always Be My Maybe	Harry	66
37	2020	Tigertail	Hank	67
38	2020	Algorithm: BLISS	Dr. Stein	42
39	2020	The Christmas Bow	Grandpa Joe	69
40	2021	Love Hard	Bob Lin	69
41	2024	Breathe	Man	57
42	2024	Breathe	The Man	57

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	The Waltons		71
2	1972	MAS*H	Park	79
3	1972	MAS*H	South Korean (uncredited)	79
4	1972	MAS*H	South Korean	79
5	1977	The Incredible Hulk		73
6	1979	Hart to Hart		68
7	1979	Knots Landing	Reporter	69
8	1980	Bosom Buddies		64
9	1981	Hill Street Blues		76
10	1981	The Fall Guy		76
11	1982	T. J. Hooker	Lab Technician	64
12	1982	Tales of the Gold Monkey		75
13	1983	The A-Team	Kwai Li	75
14	1983	Scarecrow and Mrs. King		63
15	1984	Airwolf	Tim Shimizu	76
16	1984	Miami Vice		75
17	1984	Miami Vice	Howie Wong	75
18	1984	Charles in Charge	Chinese Food Delivery Man	61
19	1984	Crazy like a Fox	Chinese Henchman	71
20	1985	A Woman of Substance	Tony Chiu	71
21	1985	MacGyver	Ming	77
22	1989	True Blue		62
23	1990	Counterstrike	General Loctuck	70
24	1990	Law & Order	Yoshi Yoshimura	74
25	1990	Law & Order	Mr. Tanaka	74
26	1992	To Be the Best		45
27	1994	New York Undercover	Detective Chang	71
28	1994	Gargoyles	Taro (voice)	81
29	1995	Star Trek: Voyager	Nogami	78
30	1998	Sex and the City	Korean Man	74
31	1999	Strangers with Candy	Drug Tester	77
32	1999	Third Watch	Sgt. Yee	79
33	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Mr. Miyazaki	76
34	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Herschel Katano	82
35	2005	Starved	Captain Wong	42
36	2006	The Unit		73
37	2006	30 Rock	Chef	75
38	2007	Heroes and Villains		70
39	2008	Eli Stone	Frank Chen	68
40	2010	Hawaii Five-0	David Toriyama	78
41	2010	Blue Bloods	Dennis Eng	78
42	2011	Person of Interest	Glen	81
43	2012	Elementary	Dr. Ken Fukata	76
44	2013	House of Cards	Dr. Krebs	80
45	2014	Broad City	Trang	71
46	2014	Madam Secretary	Japanese Foreign Minister Shimbakura	70
47	2017	Marvel's Iron Fist	Yü-Ti	65
48	2017	The Deuce	Kim	76
49	2018	Altered Carbon	Tanaseda Hideki	77
50	2018	The Terror	Wilson Yoshida	73
51	2018	New Amsterdam	Andrew Nomura	84
52	2019	Prodigal Son	Dr. Stanley Higa	81
53	2019	Modern Love	Kenji	73
54	2020	Little America		67
55	2020	Dash & Lily	Arthur Mori	78
56	2022	Blockbuster	Simon	54
57	2023	The Company You Keep	Joseph Hill	72