James Hiroyuki Liao

Acting

Born February 6, 1976, New York City, New York, USA

Liao was born on February 6, 1976, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York. His father is Taiwanese, and his mother is Japanese. He attended graduate school at the Juilliard School's Drama Division, graduating in 2004, and studied at the Marjorie Ballentine Studio. In addition to numerous roles in movies and TV shows, he performed on stage, including portraying Song Liling in Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage production of M. Butterfly. Liao also provided voice and motion-capture acting for the role of Kenji in the video game Ghost of Tsushima (2020).

Filmography

• 2026One Piece: Into the Grand Line — Ipponmatsu
• 2025Star Trek: Section 31 — San
• 2025Superman — General Mori
• Orphan Black: Echoes — Paul Darros
• Presumed Innocent — Dr. Herbert Kumagai
• ONE PIECE — Ipponmatsu
• Peacemaker — General Mori
• The Dropout — Edmond Ku
• Cowboy Bebop — Rengie Tanaka
• 2021Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins — Yasuzo
• 2020Lost Girls — Michael Pak
• Barry — Albert Nguyen
• Manifest — Rob
• Marvel's Iron Fist — Albert
• SEAL Team — Dr. Lucien
• Preacher — Teddy Gunth
• 2013Star Trek Into Darkness — U.S.S. Vengeance Bridge Officer
• 2012Applebaum — Tze Lin
• 2012Frankenweenie — Toshiaki (voice)
• 2011Battle: Los Angeles — Steven Mottola
• Unforgettable — Jay Lee
• Blue Bloods — Lt. Fleming
• 2009Management — Al
• 2006Hard Luck — Chang
• Bones — Assistant Coroner
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury — Eddie Perkins
• Prison Break — Roland Glenn
• House — Luca
• CSI: Miami — ME Assistant
• The Shield — Llewellyn Wang
• 24 — Devon Rosenthal
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Eric Hong, Erik 'Precious Ricky' Hong
• Law & Order — Bobby Ito
• All Signs of Death — Dingbang, Ding Bang