James Yaegashi
James was born in Yokohama and raised in rural Yamagata, Japan. He moved to the U.S. after high school and earned a BA in literature from Wheaton College and an MFA in acting and directing from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. James is based in NYC, working as an actor, director, translator, and writer. Many fans know him as Robert Minoru from Marvel's Runaways. He has originated many roles on and off Broadway, including Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy, Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out (2003 Tony Award for Best Play), A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, John Guare's A Few Stout Individuals, and Julia Cho's Durango. His credits also include characters in world-premiere stage adaptations of literary classics, such as Yunioshi in Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's on Broadway and Toru in Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle at the Edinburgh Int'l Festival and the Singapore Arts Festival. For the stage, he has directed My Friend Has Come for the Asian American Writers Workshop, Dancing with the Bird at the Japan Society in New York, "Clippy and Ms. U" for Ma-Yi Studios, and Ready or Not and It's a Jungle Out There for the 52nd Street Project Playmaking series. He made his filmmaking debut in '11 with Lefty Loosey Righty Tighty, which won Best Feature in the DIY film competition at Northside Festival, a trendsetter art festival in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. James was the conceiver of the theater benefit "SHINSAI: Theaters for Japan" which took place on March 11, 2012, the one-year anniversary of the disasters in Japan, with participation from nearly 100 theaters, internationally. He also collaborates frequently with Japanese artists, translating award winning contemporary Japanese plays and subtitling major Japanese studio films. James is also a martial artist with black belts in judo and aikido.
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as...
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as AlexA documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is...
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as Iwao Shimizu (voice)The long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to resist the U.S. government's...
Movie pageSpin The Bottle
as ColeSam thinks he has the answer: find the girl of his dreams and his problems are solved. His...
Movie pageThe Blacklist
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TV Show pageBlue Bloods
as Peter ChouA drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement....
TV Show pageLaw & Order: Organized Crime
as ATF Agent Marcus ColeThe detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau work to dismantle New York City's most...
TV Show pageFallout
as Leon Von Felden (West-Tek)The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200...
TV Show pageMarvel's Daredevil
as LeaderLawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight...
TV Show pageNew Amsterdam
as Ethan KimuraThe new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public...
TV Show pageMarvel's Runaways
as Robert MinoruEvery teenager thinks their parents are evil. What if you found out they actually were? Six...
TV Show pagePoker Face
as Officer BuckleyThis mystery-of-the-week series follows Charlie Cale, who has an extraordinary ability to...
TV Show pageMech Cadets
as Captain Skip Tanaka (voice)An underdog teen joins a group of young Cadets who've been chosen to bond with Robo Mechs from...
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