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James Saito
Born: 6th Mar 1955 Los Angeles, California, USA
Dept: Acting
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.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 97
Film: 42 (43%)
Television: 55 (57%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Family, War & Politics, Adventure, War, Horror, Documentary, Animation, Soap
Filmography
2024
Air-supply is scarce in the near future, forcing a mother and daughter to fight for survival when two strangers arrive desperate for an oxygenated hav ... view
Character:
Man
2024
Air-supply is scarce in the near future, forcing a mother and daughter to fight for survival when two strangers arrive desperate for an oxygenated hav ... view
Character:
The Man
Feb 2023 (first aired)
A night of passion leads to love between con man Charlie and undercover CIA officer Emma, who are unknowingly on a collision course professionally. Wh ... view
Character:
Joseph Hill (10 ep.)
Nov 2022 (first aired)
In this feel-good workplace comedy, the staff at the last surviving Blockbuster video store tries to keep the business afloat. ... view
Character:
Simon (1 ep.)
2021
An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she's been c ... view
Character:
Bob Lin
Nov 2020 (first aired)
Opposites attract at Christmas as cynical Dash and sunny Lily trade messages and dares in a red notebook they pass back and forth around New York City ... view
Character:
Arthur Mori (6 ep.)
2020
When an accident puts her music dreams on hold, a gifted violinist reconnects with an old family friend, who helps her heal and find love during the h ... view
Character:
Grandpa Joe
2020
Vic Beckett, a brilliant researcher, creates the ultimate App that taps into the pleasure center of the brain and transmits a feeling of nirvana to th ... view
Character:
Dr. Stein
2020
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter. ... view
Character:
Hank
Jan 2020 (first aired)
Observe the funny, romantic, heartfelt, inspiring, and surprising stories of immigrants in America. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 2019 (first aired)
An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that might not have been a date. An unconventional new family. ... view
Character:
Kenji (1 ep.)
Sep 2019 (first aired)
The son of a notorious serial killer becomes an acclaimed criminal psychologist who uses his unique insight into how killers think to help the NYPD. ... view
Character:
Dr. Stanley Higa (2 ep.)
2019
Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction, but struggle to adapt to each other's world ... view
Character:
Harry
2019
Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to mak ... view
Character:
Minister Kishido
Sep 2018 (first aired)
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and ... view
Character:
Andrew Nomura (1 ep.)
2018
After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in Penn State's Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challen ... view
Character:
Doctor
Mar 2018 (first aired)
A chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events. ... view
Character:
Wilson Yoshida (3 ep.)
Feb 2018 (first aired)
After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder. ... view
Character:
Tanaseda Hideki (5 ep.)
Sep 2017 (first aired)
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, expl ... view
Character:
Kim (2 ep.)
2017
Middle-aged and divorced, Wilson finds himself lonely, smug, and obsessed with his past. ... view
Character:
Warren Kudo
Mar 2017 (first aired)
Danny Rand resurfaces 15 years after being presumed dead. Now, with the power of the Iron Fist, he seeks to reclaim his past and fulfill his destiny. ... view
Character:
Yü-Ti (1 ep.)
2016
In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption. ... view
Character:
Dr. Takahashi
2015
An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple. ... view
Character:
Dr. Nagato
2014
In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one real ... view
Character:
Judge
Sep 2014 (first aired)
After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and sm ... view
Character:
Shimbakura (1 ep.)
Jan 2014 (first aired)
Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch ... view
Character:
Trang (1 ep.)
2013
The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team. ... view
Character:
Won-Sik
Feb 2013 (first aired)
Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are his weapons. ... view
Character:
Dr. Krebs (1 ep.)
2012
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipw ... view
Character:
Older Insurance Investigator
Sep 2012 (first aired)
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in reha ... view
Character:
Dr. Ken Fukata (1 ep.)
2011
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a f ... view
Character:
Chinese Official
Sep 2011 (first aired)
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York Ci ... view
Character:
Glen (1 ep.)
Sep 2010 (first aired)
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and hea ... view
Character:
Dennis Eng (1 ep.)
Sep 2010 (first aired)
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Ste ... view
Character:
David Toriyama (1 ep.)
Jan 2008 (first aired)
Many lawyers consider themselves prophets, but Eli Stone may be the real deal. Eli has built a successful career at a top law firm in San Francisco re ... view
Character:
Frank Chen (26 ep.)
Nov 2007 (first aired)
Heroes and Villains was a 2007-2008 BBC Television docudrama series looking at key moments in the lives and reputations of some of the greatest warrio ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (6 ep.)
2007
Richard Cooper is a married man and father of two who is just plain bored with married life. Not getting any sex from his wife, he resorts to ogling r ... view
Character:
Mr. Yuni
Oct 2006 (first aired)
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream. ... view
Character:
Chef (1 ep.)
2006
Jake Groden is the black sheep of his family. Ankle deep in fish guts, he serves out his parole in Alaska. Then, after a decade of self-imposed exile, ... view
Character:
Line Boss
Mar 2006 (first aired)
A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protect ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Aug 2005 (first aired)
Starved is an FX Network television situation comedy that aired for one season of seven episodes in 2005. The series was about four friends who each s ... view
Character:
Captain Wong (1 ep.)
Mar 2005 (first aired)
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. ... view
Character:
Herschel Katano (1 ep.)
2003
Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory. One day, she meets a mysterious young man, Ja ... view
Character:
Akiri
2003
Four stories including: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; "The Robot Fixer," in which a mot ... view
Character:
Roy
Sep 2001 (first aired)
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological ... view
Character:
Mr. Miyazaki (1 ep.)
2001
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love ... view
Character:
Japanese Aide
2001
Lauren Marcus (Amanda Donohoe) reluctantly moves back to New York City and is forced to decide whether she wants to reconnect with the life she abrupt ... view
Character:
Police Captain
Sep 1999 (first aired)
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55 ... view
Character:
Sgt. Yee (1 ep.)
Sep 1999 (first aired)
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate ... view
Character:
Judge Henry Suzuki (1 ep.)
1999
Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown entertains himself by stealing a Monet from a reputed museum with an elaborate diversion. When Catherine Bann ... view
Character:
Paul Cheng
Apr 1999 (first aired)
Jerri Blank is a former prostitute and junkie whore who returns to high school as a 46-year-old freshman at Flatpoint High. Jerri ran away from home a ... view
Character:
Drug Tester (1 ep.)
1998
An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister. ... view
Character:
Mr. Deng
Jun 1998 (first aired)
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as th ... view
Character:
Korean Man (1 ep.)
1997
9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top ... view
Character:
Chinese Mob Boss
1997
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that ... view
Character:
Takaori Osumi
1996
A mysterious spacecraft has crash-landed somewhere in rural Oregon, immediately drawing the attention of relentless government agents. Meanwhile, comp ... view
Character:
Dr. Lorechi
1995
New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with c ... view
Character:
Korean Proprietor
1995
Paul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of danger and intrigue after he and his sexy companion are ... view
Character:
Nemura
Jan 1995 (first aired)
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels ... view
Character:
Nogami (1 ep.)
Oct 1994 (first aired)
In Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present day, David Xanatos buys the castle and moves it to New Yo ... view
Character:
Taro (voice) (1 ep.)
Sep 1994 (first aired)
New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New ... view
Character:
Detective Chang (1 ep.)
1993
In 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military soldiers were taken prisoner, but also innocent civili ... view
Character:
Japanese Soldier
Aug 1992 (first aired)
To Be the Best is a two-part 1991 British television serial, based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1988 novel of the same name, a follow-up to A Woman of ... view
Character:
Tony Chiu (2 ep.)
Sep 1990 (first aired)
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someo ... view
Character:
Yoshi Yoshimura (1 ep.)
Mr. Tanaka (1 ep.)
Jul 1990 (first aired)
Counterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on November 2, 1991 on CTV in Canada and on November 20, 1 ... view
Character:
General Loctuck (1 ep.)
1990
A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan. ... view
Character:
The Shredder / Oroko Saki
Dec 1989 (first aired)
True Blue is a short-running NBC Television series set in New York City which aired on Friday evenings in 1989 and 1990. The hour-long drama follows t ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1989
A PI hired to find a killer is led to a corrupt televangelist. ... view
Character:
Park Sung
1988
The Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad investigates a spy who is supplying plutonium to the Sjambok, a racist South African paramilitary group th ... view
Character:
Feb 1986 (first aired)
Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach and taken to the hospital. Some of the men didn’t w ... view
Character:
Halehone (2 ep.)
Sep 1985 (first aired)
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed ... view
Character:
Ming (1 ep.)
1985
A powerful family that controls the world's banks has made a deal with Satan to help the forces of evil take over the world. An underground group name ... view
Character:
Cabbie
Jan 1985 (first aired)
The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the 20th-century, to respected businesswoman and grandmother in the 1980s. From humble b ... view
Character:
Tony Chiu (0 ep.)
Dec 1984 (first aired)
Crazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired on CBS from December 30, 1984 to May 3, 1986. ... view
Character:
Chinese Henchman (1 ep.)
Oct 1984 (first aired)
Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, works as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and ... view
Character:
Chinese Food Delivery Man (1 ep.)
Sep 1984 (first aired)
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership o ... view
Character:
Ma Sek (1 ep.)
Howie Wong (1 ep.)
Jan 1984 (first aired)
As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter. ... view
Character:
Tim Shimizu (1 ep.)
1984
When a hopeful young American hot-dogger goes pole-to-pole with an arrogant Austrian pro, the snow really starts to fly! But as hot as it is on the mo ... view
Character:
Kendo Yamamoto
1983
In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a job opportunity in Tokyo. Traveling to Japan to work ... view
Character:
Officer #1
Oct 1983 (first aired)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show stars Kate Jackson and Bruc ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 1983 (first aired)
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as ... view
Character:
Kwai Li (1 ep.)
Sep 1982 (first aired)
In a backwater corner of the South Pacific in 1938, a young American adventurer and his ragtag group of friends become involved in death-defying hi-ji ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1982
In this drama, undercover investigators are recruited from the streets to prevent arms smugglers from getting their weapons to street gangs. ... view
Character:
Khan
Mar 1982 (first aired)
Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolli ... view
Character:
Lab Technician (1 ep.)
Nov 1981 (first aired)
Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1981
A former call-girl who has left the profession behind to pursue a college career is recruited by the police to turn one more trick in order to trap th ... view
Character:
Professor
1981
The story of how the Gospel of John changed the course of history for a tribe of headhunters. ... view
Character:
Jan 1981 (first aired)
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Nov 1980 (first aired)
Kip and Henry, two young studs working for a New York ad agency, must disguise themselves as women to live in the one apartment they can afford. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1980
The story of Col. Paul Tibbets and his crew who flew the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, bringing World War II t ... view
Character:
Lt. Tatsuo Yamato
1980
This Olympics film, tied in with the planned 1980 games from which the United States subsequently withdrew, focuses on an American athlete whose dream ... view
Character:
Dec 1979 (first aired)
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community. ... view
Character:
Reporter (2 ep.)
Sep 1979 (first aired)
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Nov 1977 (first aired)
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transforma ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1976
Fact based drama about one of the internment camps used by the American military during World War II to detain some 100,000 Japanese Americans (most o ... view
Character:
Richard Wakatsuki
Sep 1972 (first aired)
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, th ... view
Character:
Park (2 ep.)
South Korean (uncredited) (1 ep.)
South Korean (1 ep.)
Sep 1972 (first aired)
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)