Peter Shinkoda
Peter Shinkoda (born March 25, 1971 in Montreal , Québec ) is a Canadian actor of Japanese descent.
life and career
Peter Shinkoda was born the youngest of two sons in the Canadian city of Montreal , where he also grew up. Although his family and friends pushed him to pursue an engineering or medical career, he chose to become an actor. In addition to her first castings, Shinkoda played sports such as soccer or judo and played the piano very successfully .
After leaving school, he attended the University of Western Ontario and began studying engineering. In the summers he moved to Los Angeles , where he eventually settled down and studied film and television post-production at the University of California, Los Angeles .
From the beginning of the 1990s, Shinkoda initially took on smaller series roles, such as in Power Rangers or Cold Squad . In 2004 he was seen in small roles in the films Paycheck - Die Abrechnung and I, Robot . He also had guest appearances in series such as Supernatural , Stargate - Kommando SG-1 or Dead Zone .
From 2011 to 2013 Shinkoda starred in the role of Dai in the television series Falling Skies . This was followed by film appearances, for example in Godzilla or Inflection . From 2015 to 2016 he played the role of Nobu in the Netflix series Marvel's Daredevil . In 2019 he took on a supporting role as Kazu Hirano in the fourth season of the series The Man in the High Castle .
Filmography (selection)
- 1991: The Spy Who Came Out High School (If Looks Could Kill)
- 1995: Power Rangers (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2001: Cold Squad (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2002: Dark Angel (TV series, episode 2x20)
- 2003: Andromeda (TV series, episode 3x13)
- 2004: Paycheck - the settlement (Paycheck)
- 2004: The Truth About Miranda
- 2004: Kingdom Hospital (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2004: I, Robot
- 2004: Lucky Stars
- 2005: Dead Zone (TV series, episode 4x05)
- 2005: Supernatural (TV series, episode 1x06)
- 2006: Spymate
- 2006: Stargate - Kommando SG-1 ( Stargate SG-1 , TV series, episode 9x15)
- 2006: Man About Town
- 2007: Was
- 2009: The Hole - What are you afraid of? (The Hole)
- 2011: Mortal Kombat
- 2011-2013: Falling Skies (TV series, 21 episodes)
- 2011–2013: Eddie Angsthorn (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2014: Hawaii Five-0 (TV series, episode 4x18)
- 2014: Godzilla
- 2014: Inflection
- 2015: Western Religion
- 2015-2016: Marvel's Daredevil (TV series, 9 episodes)
- 2017: The Lady Killers
- 2017: Go For Broke
- 2018: Predator - Upgrade (The Predator)
- 2018: Magnum PI (TV series, 1x02)
- 2019: The Terror (TV series, episode 2x05)
- 2019: Midway - For Freedom (Midway)
- 2019: The Man in the High Castle (TV series, 4 episodes)
Web links
- Peter Shinkoda in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Peter Shinkoda in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Shinkoda, Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal , Quebec , Canada |