Person
James Saito
Born 6 March 1955 71 years old Los Angeles, California, USA Who else is 71? → TMDB ↗
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.
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The numbers
17age in their first credit on record (1972)
52years on screen and counting
6credits in 1984, their busiest year
102dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 69 Breathe
2024as Man
Age: 69 Breathe
2024as The Man
Age: 66 Love Hard
2021as Bob Lin
Age: 65 The Christmas Bow
2020as Grandpa Joe
Age: 65 Algorithm: BLISS
2020as Dr. Stein
Age: 65 Tigertail
2020as Hank
Age: 64 Always Be My Maybe
2019as Harry
Age: 64 Long Shot
2019as Minister Kishido
Age: 63 Paterno
2018as Doctor
Age: 62 Wilson
2017as Warren Kudo
Age: 61 The Sea of Trees
2016as Dr. Takahashi
Age: 60 While We're Young
2015as Dr. Nagato
Age: 59 Big Eyes
2014as Judge
Age: 58 From the Rough
2013as Won-Sik
Age: 57 Life of Pi
2012as Older Insurance Investigator
Age: 56 Too Big to Fail
2011as Chinese Official
Age: 52 I Think I Love My Wife
2007as Mr. Yuni
Age: 51 Brother's Shadow
2006as Line Boss
Age: 48 Love the Hard Way
2003as Akiri
Age: 47 Robot Stories
2003as Roy
Age: 46 Pearl Harbor
2001as Japanese Aide #1
Age: 45 The Atlantis Conspiracy
2001as Police Captain
Age: 44 The Thomas Crown Affair
1999as Paul Cheng
Age: 43 Henry Fool
1998as Mr. Deng
Age: 42 Home Alone 3
1997as Chinese Mob Boss
Age: 42 The Devil's Advocate
1997as Takaori Osumi
Age: 41 The Tomorrow Man
1996as Dr. Lorechi
Age: 40 Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995as Korean Proprietor
Age: 39 The Hunted
1995as Nemura
Age: 38 Silent Cries
1993as Japanese Soldier
Age: 35 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1990as The Shredder / Oroko Saki
Age: 34 Mortal Sins
1989as Park Sung
Age: 33 C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf
1988
Age: 30 Covenant
1985as Cabbie
Age: 28 Hot Dog... The Movie
1984as Kendo Yamamoto
Age: 28 Girls of the White Orchid
1983as Officer #1
Age: 27 The Renegades
1982as Khan
Age: 26 The Two Lives of Carol Letner
1981as Professor
Age: 26 Beyond the Next Mountain
1981
Age: 25 Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980as Lt. Tatsuo Yamato
Age: 25 The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980
Age: 21 Farewell to Manzanar
1976as Richard Wakatsuki
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TV credits
Age: 67 The Company You Keep
2023as Joseph Hill
Age: 67 Blockbuster
2022as Simon
Age: 65 Dash & Lily
2020as Arthur Mori
Age: 64 Little America
2020
Age: 64 Modern Love
2019as Kenji
Age: 64 Prodigal Son
2019as Dr. Stanley Higa
Age: 63 New Amsterdam
2018as Andrew Nomura
Age: 63 The Terror
2018as Wilson Yoshida
Age: 62 Altered Carbon
2018as Tanaseda Hideki
Age: 62 The Deuce
2017as Kim
Age: 62 Marvel's Iron Fist
2017as Yü-Ti
Age: 59 Madam Secretary
2014as Shimbakura
Age: 58 Broad City
2014as Trang
Age: 57 House of Cards
2013as Dr. Krebs
Age: 57 Elementary
2012as Dr. Ken Fukata
Age: 56 Person of Interest
2011as Glen
Age: 55 Blue Bloods
2010as Dennis Eng
Age: 55 Hawaii Five-0
2010as David Toriyama
Age: 52 Eli Stone
2008as Frank Chen
Age: 52 Heroes and Villains
2007
Age: 51 30 Rock
2006as Chef
Age: 51 The Unit
2006as Chu
Age: 50 Starved
2005as Captain Wong
Age: 50 Grey's Anatomy
2005as Herschel Katano
Age: 46 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001as Mr. Miyazaki
Age: 44 Third Watch
1999as Sgt. Yee
Age: 44 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999as Judge Henry Suzuki
Age: 44 Strangers with Candy
1999as Drug Tester
Age: 43 Sex and the City
1998as Korean Man
Age: 39 Star Trek: Voyager
1995as Nogami
Age: 39 Gargoyles
1994as Taro (voice)
Age: 39 New York Undercover
1994as Detective Chang
Age: 37 To Be the Best
1992as Tony Chiu
Age: 35 Law & Order
1990as Yoshi Yoshimura
Age: 35 Law & Order
1990as Mr. Tanaka
Age: 35 Counterstrike
1990as General Loctuck
Age: 34 True Blue
1989
Age: 33 War and Remembrance
1988as Operations Officer (Yamato)
Age: 30 Blood & Orchids
1986as Halehone
Age: 30 MacGyver
1985as Ming
Age: 29 A Woman of Substance
1985as Tony Chiu
Age: 29 Crazy like a Fox
1984as Chinese Henchman
Age: 29 Charles in Charge
1984as Chinese Food Delivery Man
Age: 29 Miami Vice
1984as Ma Sek
Age: 29 Miami Vice
1984as Howie Wong
Age: 28 Airwolf
1984as Tim Shimizu
Age: 28 Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Age: 27 The A-Team
1983as Kwai Li
Age: 27 Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982
Age: 27 T. J. Hooker
1982as Lab Technician
Age: 26 The Fall Guy
1981
Age: 25 Hill Street Blues
1981
Age: 25 Bosom Buddies
1980
Age: 24 Knots Landing
1979as Reporter
Age: 24 Hart to Hart
1979
Age: 22 The Incredible Hulk
1977
Age: 17 M*A*S*H
1972as Park
Age: 17 M*A*S*H
1972as South Korean (uncredited)
Age: 17 M*A*S*H
1972as South Korean
Age: 17