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Saito is best known as [[Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|the original Shredder]] in ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', Dr. Chen in the ABC series ''[[Eli Stone]]'', Harry Kim in the Netflix film ''[[Always Be My Maybe (2019 film)|Always Be My Maybe]]'', and Kenji in ''[[Modern Love (TV series)|Modern Love]]''. Saito received an OBIE for his performance in DURANGO at the Public Theater in NY. He is a member of [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|the]] [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Academy Invites 819 To Membership |url=https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-invites-819-membership |publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |access-date=9 January 2021 |date=June 30, 2020}}</ref> and [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]

Saito's parents are of Japanese descent. He graduated from Hamilton High in LA and the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] with a degree in theater. He later studied acting with actress [[Uta Hagen]] at [[HB Studio]], located in [[New York City]].He was in the last group of students who studied with [[Sanford Meisner]] on the island of [[Bequia]] in the [[Grenadines]] and then continued with Meisner in North Hollywood.

Saito's TV credits include [[The Company You Keep (TV series)|The Company You Keep]] ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', ''[[Altered Carbon (TV series)|Altered Carbon]]'', ''[[Prodigal Son (TV series)|Prodigal Son]]'', ''[[Broad City]]'', ''[[At Home with Amy Sedaris]]'', ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'', ''[[Instinct (American TV series)|Instinct]]'', ''[[Iron Fist season 2|Iron Fist]]'', ''[[The Deuce (TV series)|The Deuce]]'', ''[[Paterno (film)|Paterno]]'', ''[[House of Cards (American TV series)|House of Cards]]'', ''[[Madam Secretary (TV series)|Madam Secretary]]'', ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]'', ''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]'', ''[[30 Rock]]'', ''[[One Life to Live]]'', ''[[Too Big to Fail (film)|Too Big to Fail]]'', ''[[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]]'', ''[[Rubicon (TV series)|Rubicon]]'', ''[[The Unit]]'', ''[[Heroes and Villains (TV series)|Heroes and Villains]]'' as [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], ''[[As the World Turns]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', ''[[Sex and the City]]'', ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', ''[[Blood & Orchids]]'', ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'', ''[[Hart to Hart]]'', ''[[The Greatest American Hero]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1996 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Miami Vice]]'', and ''[[Farewell to Manzanar]]''.

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