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.
Acting
Movie
Life of Pi
as Older Insurance Investigator
2012
TV
Grey's Anatomy
as Herschel Katano
2005
Movie
Pearl Harbor
as Japanese Aide #1
2001
Movie
The Devil's Advocate
as Takaori Osumi
1997
Movie
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
as Korean Proprietor
1995
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Judge Henry Suzuki
1999
Movie
Big Eyes
as Judge
2014
Movie
Home Alone 3
as Chinese Mob Boss
1997
TV
House of Cards
as Dr. Krebs
2013
Movie
Long Shot
as Minister Kishido
2019
TV
Marvel's Iron Fist
as Yü-Ti
2017
TV
Altered Carbon
as Tanaseda Hideki
2018
TV
Sex and the City
as Korean Man
1998
TV
Person of Interest
as Glen
2011
Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as The Shredder / Oroko Saki
1990
TV
Hawaii Five-0
as David Toriyama
2010
TV
Elementary
as Dr. Ken Fukata
2012
Movie
Love Hard
as Bob Lin
2021
Movie
Always Be My Maybe
as Harry
2019
Movie
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Paul Cheng
1999
Movie
While We're Young
as Dr. Nagato
2015
TV
Star Trek: Voyager
as Nogami
1995
TV
New Amsterdam
as Andrew Nomura
2018
TV
The A-Team
as Kwai Li
1983