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Line 13: '''James Saito''' <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> is an American actor. 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 onin ''[[Modern Love (TV series)\|Modern Love]]''. ~~In 2020,~~ Saito ~~became~~received an OBIE for his performance in DURANGO at the Public Theater in NY. He is a member of ~~the~~ [[Academy of ~~Motion~~Television ~~Picture~~Arts & Sciences\|the Academy of Television Arts ~~and~~& 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]] ==Early life== 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. ~~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.~~ ==Career== Line 24 ⟶ 22: Saito also appeared in the movies ''[[Life of Pi (film)\|Life of Pi]]'', ''[[Big Eyes]]'', ''[[Wilson (2017 film)\|Wilson]]'', ''[[While We're Young (film)\|While We're Young]]'', ''[[I Think I Love My Wife]]'', ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1999 film)\|The Thomas Crown Affair]]'', ''[[The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)\|The Devil's Advocate]]'', ''[[Henry Fool]]'', ''[[Home Alone 3]]'', ''[[Pearl Harbor (film)\|Pearl Harbor]]'', ''[[Die Hard with a Vengeance]]'', and ''[[Hot Dog…The Movie]].'' 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]]'', ''[[MASH (TV series)\|MASH]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Miami Vice]]'', and ''[[Farewell to Manzanar]]''. Saito has worked extensively in theater, including the Broadway productions of The King and I (1997) and David Henry Hwang's Golden Child (1998). Off-Broadway plays include Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy (2014) at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center and Julia Cho's Durango at The Public Theater for which he won an Obie award in 2007. He also appeared in the Off-Broadway production ''Greater Clements'' in 2019.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/judith-ivey-james-saito-samuel-d-hunter-greater-clements/\|title=Judith Ivey, James Saito, and More to Star in Samuel D. Hunter's Greater Clements\|last=Fujishima\|first=Kevin\|date=June 25, 2019\|publisher=Theater Mania\|website=www.theatermania.com\|accessdate=May 30, 2021}}</ref> Saito appeared as Bob Lin in the film ''[[Love Hard]]'', released in November 2021 by [[Netflix]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.deadline.com/2020/10/darren-barnet-harry-shum-jr-james-saito-mikaela-hoover-heather-mcmahan-love-hard-1234597847/\|title=Darren Barnet, Harry Shum Jr., James Saito, Mikaela Hoover and Heather McMahan Join 'Love Hard'\|last=Kroll\|first=Justin\|date=October 15, 2020\|publisher=Deadline\|website=www.deadline.com\|accessdate=May 30, 2021}}</ref> Line 92 ⟶ 88: \|- \|''[[Home Alone 3]]'' \|Korean Mob Boss \| \|- Line 583 ⟶ 579: [[Category:Obie Award recipients]] [[Category:American male actors of Japanese descent]] ~~[[Category:American actors of Japanese descent]]~~ [[Category:20th-century American male actors]] [[Category:21st-century American male actors]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]