James Saito
Biography
James Saito is an American actor whose screen career began in 1976 with the television film Farewell to Manzanar. Born in Los Angeles, he studied acting at UCLA and later with Uta Hagen at HB Studio in New York. During the 1980s and 1990s he built a busy television career with guest roles on series that included MacGyver and Miami Vice, and in 1990 he played the villain Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He moved between film and television after that, appearing in The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Ang Lee's Life of Pi (2012), and Big Eyes (2014). On the small screen he was a main cast member on Eli Stone as Dr. Chen and portrayed Tokugawa Ieyasu in Heroes and Villains. He won an Obie Award in 2007 for his stage work in Durango. His later credits include the Netflix film Always Be My Maybe (2019) and the ABC drama The Company You Keep.
71years old
Turns 72 on March 6in 144 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- James Tomio Saito (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 44 years1980 to 2024
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Early training
Saito later trained in acting with Uta Hagen at HB Studio in New York City. He belonged to the final group of students taught by Sanford Meisner on Bequia, an island in the Grenadines.
First role
Saito began acting in 1976. That year he appeared in the landmark television film Farewell to Manzanar, which launched his career.
James Saito movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Three actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Joan Chen's page
Box office
What James Saito's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$888 million
10 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$609M68.6% of the total
- 2$124M14.0% of the total
- 3$79M8.9% of the total
- 4$29M3.3% of the total
- 5$20M2.3% of the total
- 6$17M1.9% of the total
- 7$6.6M0.7% of the total
- 8$1.3M0.2% of the total
$1.6 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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