Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
James Saito
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.
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | The Shredder / Oroko Saki | 1990 |
| The Devil's Advocate | Takaori Osumi | 1997 |
| Robot Stories | Roy | 2003 |
| Hot Dog... The Movie | Kendo Yamamoto | 1984 |
| Henry Fool | Mr. Deng | 1998 |
| Love the Hard Way | Akiri | 2003 |
| C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf | 1988 | |
| Life of Pi | Older Insurance Investigator | 2012 |
| The Tomorrow Man | Dr. Lorechi | 1996 |
| Covenant | Cabbie | 1985 |
| Silent Cries | Japanese Soldier | 1993 |
| From the Rough | Won-Sik | 2013 |
| Paterno | Doctor | 2018 |
| The Renegades | Khan | 1982 |
| Breathe | Man | 2024 |
| Beyond the Next Mountain | 1981 | |
| The Two Lives of Carol Letner | Professor | 1981 |
| Wilson | Warren Kudo | 2017 |
| The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story | 1980 | |
| Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb | Lt. Tatsuo Yamato | 1980 |
| Big Eyes | Judge | 2014 |
| Blood & Orchids | Halehone | 1986 |
| Brother's Shadow | Line Boss | 2006 |
| Farewell to Manzanar | Richard Wakatsuki | 1976 |
| The Sea of Trees | Dr. Takahashi | 2016 |
| Pearl Harbor | Japanese Aide | 2001 |
| Mortal Sins | Park Sung | 1989 |
| While We're Young | Dr. Nagato | 2015 |
| Home Alone 3 | Chinese Mob Boss | 1997 |
| Always Be My Maybe | Harry | 2019 |
| I Think I Love My Wife | Mr. Yuni | 2007 |
| The Hunted | Nemura | 1995 |
| Tigertail | Hank | 2020 |
| Long Shot | Minister Kishido | 2019 |
| Girls of the White Orchid | Officer #1 | 1983 |
| Algorithm: BLISS | Dr. Stein | 2020 |
| The Christmas Bow | Grandpa Joe | 2020 |
| Love Hard | Bob Lin | 2021 |
| The Thomas Crown Affair | Paul Cheng | 1999 |
| The Atlantis Conspiracy | Police Captain | 2001 |
| Die Hard: With a Vengeance | Korean Proprietor | 1995 |
| Breathe | The Man | 2024 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Third Watch | Sgt. Yee | 1999 |
| Eli Stone | Frank Chen | 2008 |
| Law & Order | Yoshi Yoshimura | 1990 |
| M*A*S*H | Park | 1972 |
| Charles in Charge | Chinese Food Delivery Man | 1984 |
| The Incredible Hulk | 1977 | |
| T. J. Hooker | Lab Technician | 1982 |
| The A-Team | Kwai Li | 1983 |
| Star Trek: Voyager | Nogami | 1995 |
| Miami Vice | 1984 | |
| Gargoyles | 1994 | |
| Airwolf | Tim Shimizu | 1984 |
| The Unit | 2006 | |
| Bosom Buddies | 1980 | |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | 1983 | |
| Hill Street Blues | 1981 | |
| MacGyver | Ming | 1985 |
| Knots Landing | Reporter | 1979 |
| Tales of the Gold Monkey | 1982 | |
| Hart to Hart | 1979 | |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Mr. Miyazaki | 2001 |
| The Waltons | 1972 | |
| The Fall Guy | 1981 | |
| Crazy like a Fox | Chinese Henchman | 1984 |
| Heroes and Villains | 2007 | |
| True Blue | 1989 | |
| Counterstrike | General Loctuck | 1990 |
| Marvel's Iron Fist | Yü-Ti | 2017 |
| Blue Bloods | Dennis Eng | 2010 |
| New Amsterdam | Andrew Nomura | 2018 |
| House of Cards | Dr. Krebs | 2013 |
| Sex and the City | Korean Man | 1998 |
| To Be the Best | 1992 | |
| Person of Interest | Glen | 2011 |
| 30 Rock | Chef | 2006 |
| Strangers with Candy | Drug Tester | 1999 |
| The Deuce | Kim | 2017 |
| A Woman of Substance | Tony Chiu | 1985 |
| Law & Order | Mr. Tanaka | 1990 |
| Broad City | Trang | 2014 |
| New York Undercover | Detective Chang | 1994 |
| The Company You Keep | Joseph Hill | 2023 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | David Toriyama | 2010 |
| Blockbuster | Simon | 2022 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Herschel Katano | 2005 |
| The Terror | Wilson Yoshida | 2018 |
| Little America | 2020 | |
| Modern Love | Kenji | 2019 |
| Altered Carbon | Tanaseda Hideki | 2018 |
| Elementary | Dr. Ken Fukata | 2012 |
| Miami Vice | Howie Wong | 1984 |
| Starved | Captain Wong | 2005 |
| Prodigal Son | Dr. Stanley Higa | 2019 |
| Dash & Lily | Arthur Mori | 2020 |
