James Saito

Acting

Born March 6, 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA

​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.

Filmography

• 2024Breathe — Man, The Man
• The Company You Keep — Joseph Hill
• Blockbuster — Simon
• 2021Love Hard — Bob Lin
• 2020Algorithm: BLISS — Dr. Stein
• Dash & Lily — Arthur Mori
• Little America
• 2020The Christmas Bow — Grandpa Joe
• 2020Tigertail — Hank
• 2019Always Be My Maybe — Harry
• 2019Long Shot — Minister Kishido
• Modern Love — Kenji
• Prodigal Son — Dr. Stanley Higa
• Altered Carbon — Tanaseda Hideki
• New Amsterdam — Andrew Nomura
• 2018Paterno — Doctor
• The Terror — Wilson Yoshida
• Marvel's Iron Fist — Yü-Ti
• The Deuce — Kim
• 2017Wilson — Warren Kudo
• 2016The Sea of Trees — Dr. Takahashi
• 2015While We're Young — Dr. Nagato
• 2014Big Eyes — Judge
• Broad City — Trang
• Madam Secretary — Shimbakura
• 2013From the Rough — Won-Sik
• House of Cards — Dr. Krebs
• Elementary — Dr. Ken Fukata
• 2012Life of Pi — Older Insurance Investigator
• Person of Interest — Glen
• 2011Too Big to Fail — Chinese Official
• Blue Bloods — Dennis Eng
• Hawaii Five-0 — David Toriyama
• Eli Stone — Frank Chen
• Heroes and Villains
• 2007I Think I Love My Wife — Mr. Yuni
• 30 Rock — Chef
• 2006Brother's Shadow — Line Boss
• The Unit — Chu
• Grey's Anatomy — Herschel Katano
• Starved — Captain Wong
• 2003Love the Hard Way — Akiri
• 2003Robot Stories — Roy
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Mr. Miyazaki
• 2001Pearl Harbor — Japanese Aide #1
• 2001The Atlantis Conspiracy — Police Captain
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Judge Henry Suzuki
• Strangers with Candy — Drug Tester
• 1999The Thomas Crown Affair — Paul Cheng
• Third Watch — Sgt. Yee
• 1998Henry Fool — Mr. Deng
• Sex and the City — Korean Man
• 1997Home Alone 3 — Chinese Mob Boss
• 1997The Devil's Advocate — Takaori Osumi
• 1996The Tomorrow Man — Dr. Lorechi
• 1995Die Hard: With a Vengeance — Korean Proprietor
• Star Trek: Voyager — Nogami
• 1995The Hunted — Nemura
• Gargoyles — Taro (voice)
• New York Undercover — Detective Chang
• 1993Silent Cries — Japanese Soldier
• To Be the Best — Tony Chiu
• Counterstrike — General Loctuck
• Law & Order — Yoshi Yoshimura, Mr. Tanaka
• 1990Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — The Shredder / Oroko Saki
• 1989Mortal Sins — Park Sung
• True Blue
• 1988C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
• War and Remembrance — Operations Officer (Yamato)
• Blood & Orchids — Halehone
• A Woman of Substance — Tony Chiu
• 1985Covenant — Cabbie
• MacGyver — Ming
• Airwolf — Tim Shimizu
• Charles in Charge — Chinese Food Delivery Man
• Crazy like a Fox — Chinese Henchman
• 1984Hot Dog... The Movie — Kendo Yamamoto
• Miami Vice — Ma Sek, Howie Wong
• 1983Girls of the White Orchid — Officer #1
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• The A-Team — Kwai Li
• T. J. Hooker — Lab Technician
• Tales of the Gold Monkey
• 1982The Renegades — Khan
• 1981Beyond the Next Mountain
• Hill Street Blues
• The Fall Guy
• 1981The Two Lives of Carol Letner — Professor
• Bosom Buddies
• 1980Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb — Lt. Tatsuo Yamato
• 1980The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
• Hart to Hart
• Knots Landing — Reporter
• The Incredible Hulk
• 1976Farewell to Manzanar — Richard Wakatsuki
• M*A*S*H — Park, South Korean (uncredited)
• The Waltons