James Tomio Saito (March 6, 1955) is a Japanese-American actor probably best known to audiences for his role as The Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), as well as Eli Stone and Modern Love. In 2020, he became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Film Roles
- The Idolmaker as Eddie
- Hot Dog The Movie as Kendo
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Masado Banzai (Deleted Role)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) as The Shredder
- Silent Cries as Japanese Soldier
- The Hunted (1995) as Nemura
- Die Hard with a Vengeance as Korean Proprietor
- Henry Fool as Mr. Deng
- The Devil's Advocate as Takaori Osumi
- Home Alone 3 as Chinese Mob Boss
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) as Paul Cheng
- Pearl Harbor as Japanese Aide #1
- Love The Hard Way as Akiri
- Robot Stories as Roy/Groper
- I Think I Love My Wife as Mr. Yuni
- Life of Pi as Older Insurance Investigator
- While Were Young as Dr. Nagato
- Big Eyes as Judge
- Wilson as Warren Kudo
- The Only Living Boy In New York as James
- Long Shot as Minister Kishido
- Always Be My Maybe as Harry
- Tigertail as Hank
- Love Hard as Bob Lin
Television Roles
- Black Sheep Squadron as Third Commando/Ensign Kira (1 episode)
- M*A*S*H as South Korean/South Korean Soldier/Park (3 episodes)
- The Paper Chase (1978) as Kai (1 episode)
- Lou Grant as Steve Nakajima (1 episode)
- The Waltons as Japanese Sgt. (1 episode)
- Soap as Hiro (1 episode)
- The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo as Steven Chiu (1 episode)
- The Incredible Hulk (1977) as Viet Interpreter (1 episode)
- The Fall Guy as Police Officer (1 episode)
- Bosom Buddies as The Man (1 episode)
- The Greatest American Hero as Kelly Kim (1 episode)
- Tales Of The Golden Monkey as Japanese Lt. (1 episode)
- The Renegades as Sam Chow (1 episode)
- Knots Landing as Reporter (2 episodes)
- Hart to Hart as Yamahiro (1 episode)
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Ronnie Quan (1 episode)
- T.J. Hooker as Lab Tech (1 episode)
- Charles in Charge as Chinese Food Delivery Man (1 episode)
- Street Hawk as Joe Ching (1 episode)
- MacGyver (1985) as Ming (1 episode)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Anesthesiologist #1 (1 episode)
- Crazy Like a Fox as Chinese Henchman (1 episode)
- Miami Vice as Howie Wong (1 episode)
- The Young and the Restless as Roy Namaguchi (1986, 2 episodes)
- The A-Team as Kwai Li (1 episode)
- Hill Street Blues as Bob Ashahina (1 episode)
- Airwolf as Tim Shimizu (1 episode)
- Gideon Oliver as Johnny Chen (1 episode)
- Counterstrike as Gen. Loctuck (1 episode)
- Top Cops as Johnny Kai (1 episode)
- Law & Order as Mr. Tanaka/Yoshi Yoshimura (2 episodes)
- New York Undercover as Det. Chang (recurring)
- Star Trek: Voyager as Nogami (1 episode)
- Gargoyles as Taro (1 episode)
- Sex and the City as Korean Man (1 episode)
- Strangers with Candy as Drug Tester (1 episode)
- Third Watch as Sgt. Yee (1 episode)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Mr. Miyazaki (1 episode)
- Starved as Capt. Wong (1 episode)
- As the World Turns as Kano Yamamoto (2 episodes)
- Heroes And Villains as Leyasu Tokugawa (1 episode)
- Eli Stone as Dr. Frank Chen
- The Unit as Chu (1 episode)
- Rubicon as Mooney (1 episode)
- Blue Bloods as Dennis Eng (1 episode)
- Too Big to Fail as Chinese Official (TV Movie)
- One Life to Live as Judge Lee (2011, 9 episodes)
- 30 Rock as Chef (1 episode)
- Person of Interest as Glen (1 episode)
- Hawaii Five-0 as David Toriyama (1 episode)
- Madam Secretary as Japanese Foreign Minister Shimbakura (1 episode)
- House of Cards (US) as Dr. Krebs (1 episode)
- The Deuce as Kim (2 episodes)
- Paterno as Doctor (TV Movie)
- Instinct as Haru Onishi (1 episode)
- Iron Fist (2017) as Yu-Ti (1 episode)
- Elementary as Dr. Kumal Wazir (1 episode)
- Prodigal Son as Dr. Higa (1 episode)
- Altered Carbon as Tanaseda Hideki
- Grey's Anatomy as Hershel Roberts (1 episode)
- Dash & Lily as Arthur Mori (recurring)