James Saito

James Saito

Date of Birth:

Mar 06, 1955

Place of Birth:

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:

While We're Young While We're Young

2015

Home Alone 3 Home Alone 3

1997

Always Be My Maybe Always Be My Maybe

2019

I Think I Love My Wife I Think I Love My Wife

2007

Mortal Sins Mortal Sins

1989

Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor

2001

Brother's Shadow Brother's Shadow

2006

Farewell to Manzanar Farewell to Manzanar

1976

The Sea of Trees The Sea of Trees

2016

The Hunted The Hunted

1995

Tigertail Tigertail

2020

The Thomas Crown Affair The Thomas Crown Affair

1999

The Atlantis Conspiracy The Atlantis Conspiracy

2001

Die Hard: With a Vengeance Die Hard: With a Vengeance

1995

Love Hard Love Hard

2021

The Christmas Bow The Christmas Bow

2020

Long Shot Long Shot

2019

Girls of the White Orchid Girls of the White Orchid

1983

Algorithm: BLISS Algorithm: BLISS

2020

Blood & Orchids Blood & Orchids

1986

Big Eyes Big Eyes

2014

C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf

1988

Life of Pi Life of Pi

2012

The Tomorrow Man The Tomorrow Man

1996

Covenant Covenant

1985

Love the Hard Way Love the Hard Way

2003

Henry Fool Henry Fool

1998

The Devil's Advocate The Devil's Advocate

1997

Robot Stories Robot Stories

2003

Hot Dog... The Movie Hot Dog... The Movie

1984

Silent Cries Silent Cries

1993

From the Rough From the Rough

2013

Wilson Wilson

2017

The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

1980

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

1980

The Two Lives of Carol Letner The Two Lives of Carol Letner

1981

Beyond the Next Mountain Beyond the Next Mountain

1981

Paterno Paterno

2018

The Renegades The Renegades

1982

Breathe Breathe

2024

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1990

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