James Saito
Acting
Born: March 6, 1955 (age 71) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Life of Pi
2012
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Pearl Harbor
2001
The Devil's Advocate
1997
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Big Eyes
2014
Home Alone 3
1997
House of Cards
2013
Long Shot
2019
Marvel's Iron Fist
2017
Altered Carbon
2018
Photos (2)
Movies (42)
Life of Pi
Older Insurance Investigator
The Devil's Advocate
Takaori Osumi
Pearl Harbor
Japanese Aide #1
Home Alone 3
Chinese Mob Boss
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Korean Proprietor
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Shredder / Oroko Saki
The Thomas Crown Affair
Paul Cheng
Long Shot
Minister Kishido
The Sea of Trees
Dr. Takahashi
While We're Young
Dr. Nagato
Always Be My Maybe
Harry
Too Big to Fail
Chinese Official
Big Eyes
Judge
Love Hard
Bob Lin
I Think I Love My Wife
Mr. Yuni
Breathe
Man
Breathe
The Man
The Hunted
Nemura
Wilson
Warren Kudo
Love the Hard Way
Akiri
Girls of the White Orchid
Officer #1
Paterno
Doctor
Hot Dog... The Movie
Kendo Yamamoto
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
Lt. Tatsuo Yamato
Covenant
Cabbie
From the Rough
Won-Sik
C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
1988
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
Robot Stories
Roy
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
Professor
Tigertail
Hank
Henry Fool
Mr. Deng
The Tomorrow Man
Dr. Lorechi
Silent Cries
Japanese Soldier
Farewell to Manzanar
Richard Wakatsuki
The Renegades
Khan
Beyond the Next Mountain
1981
The Christmas Bow
Grandpa Joe
Algorithm: BLISS
Dr. Stein
Brother's Shadow
Line Boss
The Atlantis Conspiracy
Police Captain
Mortal Sins
Park Sung
TV Shows (60)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Judge Henry Suzuki · 1 eps
Law & Order
Yoshi Yoshimura · 1 eps
Law & Order
Mr. Tanaka · 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Herschel Katano · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Mr. Miyazaki · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-0
David Toriyama · 1 eps
Blue Bloods
Dennis Eng · 1 eps
Person of Interest
Glen · 1 eps
Elementary
Dr. Ken Fukata · 1 eps
Star Trek: Voyager
Nogami · 1 eps
MacGyver
Ming · 1 eps
30 Rock
Chef · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Ma Sek · 1 eps
Miami Vice
Howie Wong · 1 eps
Knots Landing
Reporter · 2 eps
Sex and the City
Korean Man · 1 eps
M*A*S*H
Park · 2 eps
M*A*S*H
South Korean (uncredited) · 1 eps
M*A*S*H
South Korean · 1 eps
Third Watch
Sgt. Yee · 1 eps
The A-Team
Kwai Li · 1 eps
Madam Secretary
Shimbakura · 1 eps
Hill Street Blues
1 eps
House of Cards
Dr. Krebs · 1 eps
New Amsterdam
Andrew Nomura · 1 eps
The Waltons
1 eps
The Unit
Chu · 1 eps
T. J. Hooker
Lab Technician · 1 eps
Hart to Hart
1 eps
Airwolf
Tim Shimizu · 1 eps
The Incredible Hulk
1 eps
Gargoyles
Taro (voice) · 1 eps
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1 eps
Altered Carbon
Tanaseda Hideki · 5 eps
The Fall Guy
1 eps
Broad City
Trang · 1 eps
New York Undercover
Detective Chang · 1 eps
Charles in Charge
Chinese Food Delivery Man · 1 eps
Crazy like a Fox
Chinese Henchman · 1 eps
Prodigal Son
Dr. Stanley Higa · 2 eps
The Deuce
Kim · 2 eps
The Terror
Wilson Yoshida · 3 eps
Eli Stone
Frank Chen · 26 eps
Little America
1 eps
Modern Love
Kenji · 1 eps
Strangers with Candy
Drug Tester · 1 eps
War and Remembrance
Operations Officer (Yamato) · 1 eps
Counterstrike
General Loctuck · 1 eps
The Company You Keep
Joseph Hill · 10 eps
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1 eps
Bosom Buddies
1 eps
A Woman of Substance
Tony Chiu
Marvel's Iron Fist
Yü-Ti · 1 eps
Dash & Lily
Arthur Mori · 6 eps
Blockbuster
Simon · 1 eps
True Blue
1 eps
Heroes and Villains
6 eps
Starved
Captain Wong · 1 eps
To Be the Best
Tony Chiu · 2 eps
Blood & Orchids
Halehone · 2 eps