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.

Cast

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

(The Shredder / Oroko Saki)

The Devil's Advocate

(Takaori Osumi)

Robot Stories

(Roy)

Hot Dog... The Movie

(Kendo Yamamoto)

Henry Fool

(Mr. Deng)

Love the Hard Way

(Akiri)

C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf

Life of Pi

(Older Insurance Investigator)

The Tomorrow Man

(Dr. Lorechi)

Covenant

(Cabbie)

Silent Cries

(Japanese Soldier)

From the Rough

(Won-Sik)

Paterno

(Doctor)

The Renegades

(Khan)

Breathe

(Man)

Beyond the Next Mountain

The Two Lives of Carol Letner

(Professor)

Wilson

(Warren Kudo)

The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

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

(Lt. Tatsuo Yamato)

Big Eyes

(Judge)

Blood & Orchids

(Halehone)

Brother's Shadow

(Line Boss)

Farewell to Manzanar

(Richard Wakatsuki)

The Sea of Trees

(Dr. Takahashi)

Pearl Harbor

(Japanese Aide)

Mortal Sins

(Park Sung)

While We're Young

(Dr. Nagato)

Home Alone 3

(Chinese Mob Boss)

Always Be My Maybe

(Harry)

I Think I Love My Wife

(Mr. Yuni)

The Hunted

(Nemura)

Tigertail

(Hank)

Long Shot

(Minister Kishido)

Girls of the White Orchid

(Officer #1)

Algorithm: BLISS

(Dr. Stein)

The Christmas Bow

(Grandpa Joe)

Love Hard

(Bob Lin)

The Thomas Crown Affair

(Paul Cheng)

The Atlantis Conspiracy

(Police Captain)

Die Hard: With a Vengeance

(Korean Proprietor)

Eli Stone

(Frank Chen)

Third Watch

(Sgt. Yee)

Law & Order

(Yoshi Yoshimura)

M*A*S*H

(Park)

Charles in Charge

(Chinese Food Delivery Man)

The Incredible Hulk

T. J. Hooker

(Lab Technician)

The A-Team

(Kwai Li)

Star Trek: Voyager

(Nogami)

Miami Vice

Gargoyles

Airwolf

(Tim Shimizu)

The Unit

Bosom Buddies

Hill Street Blues

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

MacGyver

(Ming)

Knots Landing

(Reporter)

Tales of the Gold Monkey

Hart to Hart

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

(Mr. Miyazaki)

The Fall Guy

The Waltons

Crazy like a Fox

(Chinese Henchman)

Heroes and Villains

True Blue

Counterstrike

(General Loctuck)

Marvel's Iron Fist

(Yü-Ti)

Blue Bloods

(Dennis Eng)

New Amsterdam

(Andrew Nomura)

House of Cards

(Dr. Krebs)

Sex and the City

(Korean Man)

To Be the Best

Person of Interest

(Glen)

30 Rock

(Chef)

Strangers with Candy

(Drug Tester)

The Deuce

(Kim)

A Woman of Substance

(Tony Chiu)

Law & Order

(Mr. Tanaka)

Broad City

(Trang)

New York Undercover

(Detective Chang)

The Company You Keep

(Joseph Hill)

Hawaii Five-0

(David Toriyama)

Blockbuster

(Simon)

Grey's Anatomy

(Herschel Katano)

The Terror

(Wilson Yoshida)

Little America

Modern Love

(Kenji)

Altered Carbon

(Tanaseda Hideki)

Elementary

(Dr. Ken Fukata)

Miami Vice

(Howie Wong)

Starved

(Captain Wong)

Prodigal Son

(Dr. Stanley Higa)

Dash & Lily

(Arthur Mori)