James Saito
Acting
Born 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.
Known for
New Amsterdam
2018 · TV
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · TV
Person of Interest
2011 · TV
Gargoyles
1994 · TV
House of Cards
2013 · TV
Prodigal Son
2019 · TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
M*A*S*H
1972 · TV
Third Watch
1999 · TV
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · TV
Blue Bloods
2010 · TV
Dash & Lily
2020 · TV
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · TV
MacGyver
1985 · TV
Altered Carbon
2018 · TV
Elementary
2012 · TV
Airwolf
1984 · TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · TV
The Deuce
2017 · TV
War and Remembrance
1988 · TV
The Fall Guy
1981 · TV
Hill Street Blues
1981 · TV
The A-Team
1983 · TV
30 Rock
2006 · TV
Miami Vice
1984 · TV
Strangers with Candy
1999 · TV
Sex and the City
1998 · TV
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982 · TV
The Terror
2018 · TV
A Woman of Substance
1985 · TV
Modern Love
2019 · TV
The Unit
2006 · TV
New York Undercover
1994 · TV
Law & Order
1990 · TV
Blood & Orchids
1986 · TV
Crazy like a Fox
1984 · TV
Counterstrike
1990 · TV
Heroes and Villains
2007 · TV
The Company You Keep
2023 · TV
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · TV
To Be the Best
1992 · TV
The Waltons
1972 · TV
Broad City
2014 · TV
Knots Landing
1979 · TV
True Blue
1989 · TV
Madam Secretary
2014 · TV
Starved
2005 · TV
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983 · TV
Eli Stone
2008 · TV
Hart to Hart
1979 · TV
Little America
2020 · TV
Bosom Buddies
1980 · TV
T. J. Hooker
1982 · TV
Charles in Charge
1984 · TV
Marvel's Iron Fist
2017 · TV
Blockbuster
2022 · TV