James Saito

Born: 1955-03-06

​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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as Takaori Osumi
Released: 1997-10-17

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the...

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Breathe

as Man
Released: 2024-04-04

Air-supply is scarce in the near future, forcing a mother and daughter to fight for survival...

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as Korean Proprietor
Released: 1995-05-19

New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of...

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Home Alone 3

as Chinese Mob Boss
Released: 1997-12-12

9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among...

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as Japanese Aide
Released: 2001-05-21

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when...

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as Older Insurance Investigator
Released: 2012-11-20

The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as The Shredder / Oroko Saki
Released: 1990-03-30

A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together...

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Love Hard

as Bob Lin
Released: 2021-11-05

An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise...

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Always Be My Maybe

as Harry
Released: 2019-05-31

Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of...

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The Hunted

as Nemura
Released: 1995-02-24

Paul Racine, a high-powered American business executive in Japan, is catapulted into a maze of...

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The Thomas Crown Affair

as Paul Cheng
Released: 1999-08-06

A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his...

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as Minister Kishido
Released: 2019-05-02

Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most...

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Big Eyes

as Judge
Released: 2014-12-24

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success...

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While We're Young

as Dr. Nagato
Released: 2015-04-03

An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after...

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The Sea of Trees

as Dr. Takahashi
Released: 2016-04-27

In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him...

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Wilson

as Warren Kudo
Released: 2017-03-24

Middle-aged and divorced, Wilson finds himself lonely, smug, and obsessed with his past.

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Paterno

as Doctor
Released: 2018-04-07

After becoming the winningest coach in college football history, Joe Paterno is embroiled in...

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as Mr. Yuni
Released: 2007-03-07

Richard Cooper is a married man and father of two who is just plain bored with married life. Not...

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Henry Fool

as Mr. Deng
Released: 1998-06-19

An egocentric bum transforms the lives of a shy New Jersey garbageman and his sister.

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Hot Dog... The Movie

as Kendo Yamamoto
Released: 1984-01-13

When a hopeful young American hot-dogger goes pole-to-pole with an arrogant Austrian pro, the...

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Tigertail

as Hank
Released: 2020-04-10

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as...

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The Two Lives of Carol Letner

as Professor
Released: 1981-10-14

A former call-girl who has left the profession behind to pursue a college career is recruited by...

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Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

as Lt. Tatsuo Yamato
Released: 1980-11-23

The story of Col. Paul Tibbets and his crew who flew the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the...

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Robot Stories

as Roy
Released: 2003-01-01

Four stories including: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before...

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Girls of the White Orchid

as Officer #1
Released: 1983-11-28

In Los Angeles, naive and lonely waitress and aspirant singer Carol finds an advertisement for a...

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The Christmas Bow

as Grandpa Joe
Released: 2020-11-08

When an accident puts her music dreams on hold, a gifted violinist reconnects with an old family...

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The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

as uncredited
Released: 1980-05-25

This Olympics film, tied in with the planned 1980 games from which the United States...

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Love the Hard Way

as Akiri
Released: 2003-03-27

Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology...

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The Atlantis Conspiracy

as Police Captain
Released: 2001-01-01

Lauren Marcus (Amanda Donohoe) reluctantly moves back to New York City and is forced to decide...

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Silent Cries

as Japanese Soldier
Released: 1993-03-08

In 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military...

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From the Rough

as Won-Sik
Released: 2013-06-08

The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's...

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Covenant

as Cabbie
Released: 1985-08-05

A powerful family that controls the world's banks has made a deal with Satan to help the forces...

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The Renegades

as Khan
Released: 1982-08-11

In this drama, undercover investigators are recruited from the streets to prevent arms smugglers...

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Brother's Shadow

as Line Boss
Released: 2006-04-29

Jake Groden is the black sheep of his family. Ankle deep in fish guts, he serves out his parole...

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Blood & Orchids

as Halehone
Released: 1986-02-23

Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach...

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Algorithm: BLISS

as Dr. Stein
Released: 2020-06-02

Vic Beckett, a brilliant researcher, creates the ultimate App that taps into the pleasure center...

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Mortal Sins

as Park Sung
Released: 1989-09-22

A PI hired to find a killer is led to a corrupt televangelist.

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Farewell to Manzanar

as Richard Wakatsuki
Released: 1976-03-11

Fact based drama about one of the internment camps used by the American military during World...

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C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf

as uncredited
Released: 1988-05-23

The Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad investigates a spy who is supplying plutonium to the...

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The Tomorrow Man

as Dr. Lorechi
Released: 1996-09-01

The android Kent is programmed to travel back in time and save humanity from its future. His way...

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Beyond the Next Mountain

as uncredited
Released: 1981-03-11

The story of how the Gospel of John changed the course of history for a tribe of headhunters.

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Grey's Anatomy

as Herschel Katano
First aired: 2005-03-27

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...

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Law & Order

as Yoshi Yoshimura
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Law & Order

as Mr. Tanaka
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Blue Bloods

as Dennis Eng
First aired: 2010-09-24

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement....

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Hawaii Five-0

as David Toriyama
First aired: 2010-09-20

Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers...

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Elementary

as Dr. Ken Fukata
First aired: 2012-09-27

A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases....

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MacGyver

as Ming
First aired: 1985-09-29

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a...

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Sex and the City

as Korean Man
First aired: 1998-06-06

Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best...

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Star Trek: Voyager

as Nogami
First aired: 1995-01-16

Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp...

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Person of Interest

as Glen
First aired: 2011-09-22

John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive...

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The A-Team

as Kwai Li
First aired: 1983-01-23

A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Mr. Miyazaki
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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M*A*S*H

as Park
First aired: 1972-09-17

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little...

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30 Rock

as Chef
First aired: 2006-10-11

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the...

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New Amsterdam

as Andrew Nomura
First aired: 2018-09-25

The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public...

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Miami Vice

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-09-16

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...

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Miami Vice

as Howie Wong
First aired: 1984-09-16

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...

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The Waltons

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-14

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World...

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House of Cards

as Dr. Krebs
First aired: 2013-02-01

Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless...

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The Fall Guy

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-04

Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble...

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Knots Landing

as Reporter
First aired: 1979-12-27

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a...

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Third Watch

as Sgt. Yee
First aired: 1999-09-23

The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers,...

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Airwolf

as Tim Shimizu
First aired: 1984-01-22

As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot...

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Hart to Hart

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-22

Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife,...

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T. J. Hooker

as Lab Technician
First aired: 1982-03-13

Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who...

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Altered Carbon

as Tanaseda Hideki
First aired: 2018-02-02

After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his...

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The Unit

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-03-07

A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the...

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Gargoyles

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-10-24

In Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present...

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Scarecrow and Mrs. King

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-10-03

Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May...

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The Incredible Hulk

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-11-04

During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever...

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Hill Street Blues

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-15

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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Modern Love

as Kenji
First aired: 2019-10-18

An unlikely friendship. A lost love resurfaced. A marriage at its turning point. A date that...

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The Terror

as Wilson Yoshida
First aired: 2018-03-26

A chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by...

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The Deuce

as Kim
First aired: 2017-09-10

The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times...

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Broad City

as Trang
First aired: 2014-01-22

Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest...

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Prodigal Son

as Dr. Stanley Higa
First aired: 2019-09-23

The son of a notorious serial killer becomes an acclaimed criminal psychologist who uses his...

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Charles in Charge

as Chinese Food Delivery Man
First aired: 1984-10-03

Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey,...

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New York Undercover

as Detective Chang
First aired: 1994-09-08

New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and...

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Crazy like a Fox

as Chinese Henchman
First aired: 1984-12-30

Crazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired...

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Bosom Buddies

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-11-27

Kip and Henry, two young studs working for a New York ad agency, must disguise themselves as...

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Dash & Lily

as Arthur Mori
First aired: 2020-11-10

Opposites attract at Christmas as cynical Dash and sunny Lily trade messages and dares in a red...

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Eli Stone

as Frank Chen
First aired: 2008-01-31

Many lawyers consider themselves prophets, but Eli Stone may be the real deal. Eli has built a...

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Little America

as uncredited
First aired: 2020-01-17

An anthology series that goes beyond the headlines to look at the funny, romantic, heartfelt,...

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Counterstrike

as General Loctuck
First aired: 1990-07-01

Counterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on...

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Strangers with Candy

as Drug Tester
First aired: 1999-04-07

Jerri Blank is a former prostitute and junkie whore who returns to high school as a 46-year-old...

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Marvel's Iron Fist

as Yü-Ti
First aired: 2017-03-17

Danny Rand resurfaces 15 years after being presumed dead. Now, with the power of the Iron Fist,...

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The Company You Keep

as Joseph Hill
First aired: 2023-02-19

A night of passion leads to love between con man Charlie and undercover CIA officer Emma, who...

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Blockbuster

as Simon
First aired: 2022-11-03

In this feel-good workplace comedy, the staff at the last surviving Blockbuster video store...

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Tales of the Gold Monkey

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-09-22

In a backwater corner of the South Pacific in 1938, a young American adventurer and his ragtag...

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True Blue

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-12-03

True Blue is a short-running NBC Television series set in New York City which aired on Friday...

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A Woman of Substance

as Tony Chiu
First aired: 1985-01-02

The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the twentieth century, to...

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Heroes and Villains

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-11-11

Heroes and Villains was a 2007-2008 BBC Television docudrama series looking at key moments in...

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Starved

as Captain Wong
First aired: 2005-08-04

Starved is an FX Network television situation comedy that aired for one season of seven episodes...

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To Be the Best

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-08-02

The Barbara Taylor Bradford trilogy that began with "A Woman of Substance", ends with this epic...

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