James Saito: movies and TV shows
James Saito has 102 credits in the archive: 42 films and 60 TV series, from 1972 to 2024. Highest rated: New Amsterdam (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1972 – 2024 · busiest year: 1984 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Breathe | Man | Film | 5.6 | 69 |
| 2024 | Breathe | The Man | Film | 5.6 | 69 |
| 2023 | The Company You Keep | Joseph Hill | TV | 7.2 | 68 |
| 2022 | Blockbuster | Simon | TV | 5.5 | 67 |
| 2021 | Love Hard | Bob Lin | Film | 6.9 | 66 |
| 2020 | Little America | TV | 6.6 | 65 | |
| 2020 | Dash & Lily | Arthur Mori | TV | 7.8 | 65 |
| 2020 | Tigertail | Hank | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 2020 | Algorithm: BLISS | Dr. Stein | Film | 4.3 | 65 |
| 2020 | The Christmas Bow | Grandpa Joe | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2019 | Prodigal Son | Dr. Stanley Higa | TV | 8.1 | 64 |
| 2019 | Modern Love | Kenji | TV | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2019 | Long Shot | Minister Kishido | Film | 6.7 | 64 |
| 2019 | Always Be My Maybe | Harry | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 2018 | New Amsterdam | Andrew Nomura | TV | 8.3 | 63 |
| 2018 | The Terror | Wilson Yoshida | TV | 7.4 | 63 |
| 2018 | Altered Carbon | Tanaseda Hideki | TV | 7.6 | 63 |
| 2018 | Paterno | Doctor | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 2017 | The Deuce | Kim | TV | 7.6 | 62 |
| 2017 | Marvel's Iron Fist | Yü-Ti | TV | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2017 | Wilson | Warren Kudo | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 2016 | The Sea of Trees | Dr. Takahashi | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 2015 | While We're Young | Dr. Nagato | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Shimbakura | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2014 | Broad City | Trang | TV | 7.1 | 59 |
| 2014 | Big Eyes | Judge | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 2013 | House of Cards | Dr. Krebs | TV | 8.0 | 58 |
| 2013 | From the Rough | Won-Sik | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 2012 | Elementary | Dr. Ken Fukata | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 2012 | Life of Pi | Older Insurance Investigator | Film | 7.4 | 57 |
| 2011 | Person of Interest | Glen | TV | 8.1 | 56 |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Chinese Official | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | David Toriyama | TV | 7.7 | 55 |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Dennis Eng | TV | 7.8 | 55 |
| 2008 | Eli Stone | Frank Chen | TV | 6.7 | 53 |
| 2007 | I Think I Love My Wife | Mr. Yuni | Film | 5.3 | 52 |
| 2007 | Heroes and Villains | TV | 7.0 | 52 | |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Chef | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 2006 | The Unit | Chu | TV | 7.3 | 51 |
| 2006 | Brother's Shadow | Line Boss | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Herschel Katano | TV | 8.2 | 50 |
| 2005 | Starved | Captain Wong | TV | 4.7 | 50 |
| 2003 | Love the Hard Way | Akiri | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 2003 | Robot Stories | Roy | Film | 5.1 | 48 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Mr. Miyazaki | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Japanese Aide #1 | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 2001 | The Atlantis Conspiracy | Police Captain | Film | 3.8 | 46 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Judge Henry Suzuki | TV | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Sgt. Yee | TV | 7.9 | 44 |
| 1999 | Strangers with Candy | Drug Tester | TV | 7.6 | 44 |
| 1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Paul Cheng | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Korean Man | TV | 7.4 | 43 |
| 1998 | Henry Fool | Mr. Deng | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1997 | The Devil's Advocate | Takaori Osumi | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1997 | Home Alone 3 | Chinese Mob Boss | Film | 5.3 | 42 |
| 1996 | The Tomorrow Man | Dr. Lorechi | Film | 5.2 | 41 |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Nogami | TV | 7.8 | 40 |
| 1995 | Die Hard: With a Vengeance | Korean Proprietor | Film | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1995 | The Hunted | Nemura | Film | 5.7 | 40 |
| 1994 | Gargoyles | Taro (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 39 |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | Detective Chang | TV | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1993 | Silent Cries | Japanese Soldier | Film | 5.0 | 38 |
| 1992 | To Be the Best | Tony Chiu | TV | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Yoshi Yoshimura | TV | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Mr. Tanaka | TV | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1990 | Counterstrike | General Loctuck | TV | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | The Shredder / Oroko Saki | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1989 | True Blue | TV | 6.3 | 34 | |
| 1989 | Mortal Sins | Park Sung | Film | 3.5 | 34 |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance | Operations Officer (Yamato) | TV | 7.9 | 33 |
| 1988 | C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf | Film | 5.5 | 33 | |
| 1986 | Blood & Orchids | Halehone | TV | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Ming | TV | 7.7 | 30 |
| 1985 | A Woman of Substance | Tony Chiu | TV | 7.6 | 30 |
| 1985 | Covenant | Cabbie | Film | 3.4 | 30 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Ma Sek | TV | 7.4 | 29 |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Howie Wong | TV | 7.4 | 29 |
| 1984 | Airwolf | Tim Shimizu | TV | 7.6 | 29 |
| 1984 | Charles in Charge | Chinese Food Delivery Man | TV | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox | Chinese Henchman | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1984 | Hot Dog... The Movie | Kendo Yamamoto | Film | 4.8 | 29 |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Kwai Li | TV | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | TV | 6.6 | 28 | |
| 1983 | Girls of the White Orchid | Officer #1 | Film | 5.3 | 28 |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Lab Technician | TV | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1982 | Tales of the Gold Monkey | TV | 7.5 | 27 | |
| 1982 | The Renegades | Khan | Film | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | TV | 7.6 | 26 | |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy | TV | 7.6 | 26 | |
| 1981 | Beyond the Next Mountain | Film | 10.0 | 26 | |
| 1981 | The Two Lives of Carol Letner | Professor | Film | 9.0 | 26 |
| 1980 | Bosom Buddies | TV | 6.3 | 25 | |
| 1980 | Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb | Lt. Tatsuo Yamato | Film | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1980 | The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story | Film | — | 25 | |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Reporter | TV | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | TV | 6.8 | 24 | |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | TV | 7.2 | 22 | |
| 1976 | Farewell to Manzanar | Richard Wakatsuki | Film | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | Park | TV | 7.9 | 17 |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | South Korean (uncredited) | TV | 7.9 | 17 |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | South Korean | TV | 7.9 | 17 |
| 1972 | The Waltons | TV | 7.2 | 17 |