Portrait of James Saito

James Saito

Acting

Biography

​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.

Born: March 6, 1955

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Filmography

2024
Breathe

as Man

2024
Breathe

as The Man

2023
The Company You Keep

as Joseph Hill

2022
Blockbuster

as Simon

2021
Love Hard

as Bob Lin

2020
Dash & Lily

as Arthur Mori

2020
The Christmas Bow

as Grandpa Joe

2020
Algorithm: BLISS

as Dr. Stein

2020
Tigertail

as Hank

2019
Modern Love

as Kenji

2019
Prodigal Son

as Dr. Stanley Higa

2019
2019
Long Shot

as Minister Kishido

2018
New Amsterdam

as Andrew Nomura

2018
Paterno

as Doctor

2018
The Terror

as Wilson Yoshida

2018
Altered Carbon

as Tanaseda Hideki

2017
The Deuce

as Kim

2017
Wilson

as Warren Kudo

2017
2016
The Sea of Trees

as Dr. Takahashi

2015
While We're Young

as Dr. Nagato

2014
Big Eyes

as Judge

2014
Madam Secretary

as Shimbakura

2014
Broad City

as Trang

2013
From the Rough

as Won-Sik

2013
House of Cards

as Dr. Krebs

2012
Life of Pi

as Older Insurance Investigator

2012
Elementary

as Dr. Ken Fukata

2010
Blue Bloods

as Dennis Eng

2010
Hawaii Five-0

as David Toriyama

2008
Eli Stone

as Frank Chen

2007
2006
30 Rock

as Chef

2006
Brother's Shadow

as Line Boss

2005
Starved

as Captain Wong

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Herschel Katano

2003
2002
2001
2001
Pearl Harbor

as Japanese Aide

2001
The Atlantis Conspiracy

as Police Captain

1999
Third Watch

as Sgt. Yee

1999
1999
Strangers with Candy

as Drug Tester

1998
Henry Fool

as Mr. Deng

1998
Sex and the City

as Korean Man

1997
Home Alone 3

as Chinese Mob Boss

1997
The Devil's Advocate

as Takaori Osumi

1996
The Tomorrow Man

as Dr. Lorechi

1995
Die Hard: With a Vengeance

as Korean Proprietor

1995
The Hunted

as Nemura

1995
1994
Gargoyles

as Taro (voice)

1994
New York Undercover

as Detective Chang

1993
Silent Cries

as Japanese Soldier

1990
Law & Order

as Yoshi Yoshimura

1990
Law & Order

as Mr. Tanaka

1990
Counterstrike

as General Loctuck

1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as The Shredder / Oroko Saki

1989
Mortal Sins

as Park Sung

1986
Blood & Orchids

as Halehone

1985
MacGyver

as Ming

1985
Covenant

as Cabbie

1985
1984
Crazy like a Fox

as Chinese Henchman

1984
Charles in Charge

as Chinese Food Delivery Man

1984
Miami Vice

as Howie Wong

1984
Airwolf

as Tim Shimizu

1984
Hot Dog... The Movie

as Kendo Yamamoto

1983
1983
The A-Team

as Kwai Li

1982
1982
T. J. Hooker

as Lab Technician

1979
Knots Landing

as Reporter

1976
Farewell to Manzanar

as Richard Wakatsuki

1972
M*A*S*H

as Park

1972
M*A*S*H

as South Korean (uncredited)

1972
M*A*S*H

as South Korean