James Saito
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 6 March 1955 · 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
Acting 45
- 2024Breathe as Man
- 2021Love Hard as Bob Lin
- 2020The Christmas Bow as Grandpa Joe
- 2020Algorithm: BLISS as Dr. Stein
- 2020Tigertail as Hank
- 2019Always Be My Maybe as Harry
- 2019Long Shot as Minister Kishido
- 2018Paterno as Doctor
- 2017Wilson as Warren Kudo
- 2016The Sea of Trees as Dr. Takahashi
- 2015While We're Young as Dr. Nagato
- 2014Big Eyes as Judge
- 2013From the Rough as Won-Sik
- 2012Life of Pi as Older Insurance Investigator
- 2011Too Big to Fail as Chinese Official
- 2010Blue Bloods as Dennis Eng · 1 episode
- 2007I Think I Love My Wife as Mr. Yuni
- 2006Brother's Shadow as Line Boss
- 2005Grey's Anatomy as Herschel Katano · 1 episode
- 2003Love the Hard Way as Akiri
- 2003Robot Stories as Roy
- 2001Pearl Harbor as Japanese Aide #1
- 2001The Atlantis Conspiracy as Police Captain
- 1999The Thomas Crown Affair as Paul Cheng
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge Henry Suzuki · 1 episode
- 1998Henry Fool as Mr. Deng
- 1997Home Alone 3 as Chinese Mob Boss
- 1997The Devil's Advocate as Takaori Osumi
- 1996The Tomorrow Man as Dr. Lorechi
- 1995Die Hard: With a Vengeance as Korean Proprietor
- 1995The Hunted as Nemura
- 1993Silent Cries as Japanese Soldier
- 1990Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as The Shredder / Oroko Saki
- 1989Mortal Sins as Park Sung
- 1988C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
- 1986Blood & Orchids as Halehone
- 1985Covenant as Cabbie
- 1984Hot Dog... The Movie as Kendo Yamamoto
- 1983Girls of the White Orchid as Officer #1
- 1982The Renegades as Khan
- 1981The Two Lives of Carol Letner as Professor
- 1981Beyond the Next Mountain
- 1980Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb as Lt. Tatsuo Yamato
- 1980The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
- 1976Farewell to Manzanar as Richard Wakatsuki