James Saito
Acting
1955-03-06 · 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
Breathe
2024 · Movie
The Company You Keep
2023 · Series
Blockbuster
2022 · Series
Love Hard
2021 · Movie
Dash & Lily
2020 · Series
The Christmas Bow
2020 · Movie
Algorithm: BLISS
2020 · Movie
Tigertail
2020 · Movie
Little America
2020 · Series
Modern Love
2019 · Series
Prodigal Son
2019 · Series
Always Be My Maybe
2019 · Movie
Long Shot
2019 · Movie
New Amsterdam
2018 · Series
Paterno
2018 · Movie
The Terror
2018 · Series
Altered Carbon
2018 · Series
The Deuce
2017 · Series
Wilson
2017 · Movie
Marvel's Iron Fist
2017 · Series
The Sea of Trees
2016 · Movie
While We're Young
2015 · Movie
Big Eyes
2014 · Movie
Madam Secretary
2014 · Series
Broad City
2014 · Series
From the Rough
2013 · Movie
House of Cards
2013 · Series
Life of Pi
2012 · Movie
Elementary
2012 · Series
Too Big to Fail
2011 · Movie
Person of Interest
2011 · Series
Blue Bloods
2010 · Series
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · Series
Eli Stone
2008 · Series
Heroes and Villains
2007 · Series
I Think I Love My Wife
2007 · Movie
30 Rock
2006 · Series
Brother's Shadow
2006 · Movie
The Unit
2006 · Series
Starved
2005 · Series
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
Love the Hard Way
2003 · Movie
Robot Stories
2003 · Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
Pearl Harbor
2001 · Movie
The Atlantis Conspiracy
2001 · Movie
Third Watch
1999 · Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999 · Movie
Strangers with Candy
1999 · Series
Henry Fool
1998 · Movie
Sex and the City
1998 · Series
Home Alone 3
1997 · Movie
The Devil's Advocate
1997 · Movie
The Tomorrow Man
1996 · Movie
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995 · Movie
The Hunted
1995 · Movie
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · Series
Gargoyles
1994 · Series
New York Undercover
1994 · Series
Silent Cries
1993 · Movie
To Be the Best
1992 · Series
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Counterstrike
1990 · Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990 · Movie
True Blue
1989 · Series
Mortal Sins
1989 · Movie
War and Remembrance
1988 · Series
C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
1988 · Movie
Blood & Orchids
1986 · Series
MacGyver
1985 · Series
Covenant
1985 · Movie
A Woman of Substance
1985 · Series
Crazy like a Fox
1984 · Series
Charles in Charge
1984 · Series
Miami Vice
1984 · Series
Airwolf
1984 · Series
Hot Dog... The Movie
1984 · Movie
Girls of the White Orchid
1983 · Movie
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · Series
The A-Team
1983 · Series
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982 · Series
The Renegades
1982 · Movie
T. J. Hooker
1982 · Series
The Fall Guy
1981 · Series
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981 · Movie
Beyond the Next Mountain
1981 · Movie
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
Bosom Buddies
1980 · Series
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980 · Movie
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980 · Movie
Knots Landing
1979 · Series
Hart to Hart
1979 · Series
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Series
Farewell to Manzanar
1976 · Movie
M*A*S*H
1972 · Series
The Waltons
1972 · Series