James Saito
James Saito (born March 6, 1955 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American actor .
Life
James Saito was a member of the Asian American theater group East West Players in Los Angeles in the 1970s . He has appeared in the Broadway production of The King and I and in David Henry Hwang's Golden Child . He received the 2007 Obie Award for his performance in Julia Chos Durango at The Public Theater in New York City .
Saito made his first television appearance in 1976 in the two Emmys nominated drama Farewell to Manzanar , which featured the internment of Japanese Americans at the Manzanar War Relocation Center during World War II. He made his debut in a Hollywood production in 1980 with a small supporting role in Taylor Hackford's The Idolmaker . So far, James Saito has appeared in over 70 mainly supporting roles , with his appearances in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Shredder (1990), in Die Hard: Now All the More (1995), On behalf of the devil and home alone again (both 1997) and Pearl Harbor (2001) are among the better known.
Saito played recurring guest roles in television series such as Pazifikgeschwader 214 , M * A * S * H , Law & Order , New York Undercover and a few more. In 2008 he starred in the BBC history documentary Heroes and Villains and was part of the regular cast of the series Eli Stone , in which he was Dr. Frank Chen , embodies the mental advisor of the title hero. In 2013 he had a guest role in an episode of the US action series Hawaii Five-0
Filmography (selection)
- 1976: Farewell to Manzanar ( TV movie )
- 1976/1977: Pazifikgeschwader 214 ( Baa Baa Black Sheep , TV series)
- 1977–1981: M * A * S * H (TV series)
- 1979: Lou Grant (TV series)
- 1980: All my Stars / Idolmaker - The dirty business of show business ( The Idolmaker )
- 1981: The Waltons ( The Waltons , TV series)
- 1981: Soap (TV series)
- 1981: A Colt for All Cases ( The Fall Guy , TV series)
- 1982: The Sky Dogs of Boragora ( Tales of the Gold Monkey , TV series)
- 1983/1984: Under the California Sun ( Knots Landing , TV series)
- 1984: Hot Dog - The guy with the hot ski ( Hot Dog ... The Movie )
- 1984: Hart to Hart ( Hart to Hart , TV series)
- 1984: Agent with a Heart ( Scarecrow and Mrs. King , TV series)
- 1984: TJ Hooker (TV series)
- 1984: Buckaroo Banzai ( The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension )
- 1985: Street Hawk (TV series)
- 1985: MacGyver (TV series)
- 1985: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
- 1985/1988: Miami Vice (TV series)
- 1986: Das A-Team ( The A-Team , television series)
- 1987: Hill Street Police Station ( Hill Street Blues , TV series)
- 1987: Airwolf (TV series)
- 1990: Turtles ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles )
- 1994/1995 New York Undercover (TV series)
- 1994/2000: Law & Order (TV series)
- 1995: The Hunted
- 1995: Die Hard: Vengeance ( Die Hard with a Vengeance )
- 1995: Star Trek: Spaceship Voyager ( Star Trek: Voyager , TV series)
- 1996: Gargoyles (TV series)
- 1997: The Devil's Advocate ( The Devil's Advocate )
- 1997: Home Alone ( Home Alone 3 )
- 1999: The Thomas Crown Affair ( The Thomas Crown Affair )
- 1999: Sex and the City (TV series)
- 2001: Pearl Harbor
- 2001: Breathless in New York ( Love the Hard Way )
- 2002: Third Watch - Operation at the Limit (TV series)
- 2004: Criminal Intent ( Law & Order: Criminal Intent , TV series)
- 2006: Brother's Shadow
- 2006: As the World Turns (TV series)
- 2007: I Think I Love My Wife ( I Think I Love My Wife )
- 2007: Ghosts of the Heartland
- 2008: Heroes and Villains: Shogun ( Miniseries )
- 2008–2009: Eli Stone (TV series)
- 2012: Life of Pi: Shipwreck with Tiger (Life of Pi)
- 2013: Hawaii Five-0
Web links
- James Saito in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Village Voice (May 15, 2007): 2006–2007 Obie Award Winners , accessed January 31, 2009
- ↑ ProSieben : Eli Stone: Darsteller , accessed January 31, 2009
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Saito, James |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1955 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , United States |