Chris Tashima
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday24 March 1960 (66 years old)
Place of birthCambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Known credits51
Biography
Chris Tashima is an award-winning American actor and director. He has starred in numerous independent feature films, most notably as the romantic lead opposite Joan Chen, Allison Sie, Kelly Hu and Autumn Reeser, in Eric Byler's Americanese which won a Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Cast at SXSW. He was awarded Best Actor in a Supporting Role, at the inaugural Love International Film Festival, for his portrayal of Papa Nakaji in Tim Savage's World War II family drama Under the Blood Red Sun produced by Dana Satler Hankins. He portrayed real-life educator/activist Shigeo Yoshida in…
Kodama
2023 · Hiro
No No Girl
2022 · Uncle Bob
Searching for Anna May Wong
2020 · Self
Surviving Theater 9
2018 · Professor Cambro
Go for Broke
2017 · Shigeo Yoshida
Under the Blood-Red Sun
2014 · Papa Nakaji
Real Playing Game
2013 · Mr. Chan
Lil Tokyo Reporter
2012 · Sei Fujii
Model Minority
2012 · Ken Tanaka
Half Kenneth
2009 · Masamichi
Americanese
2006 · Raymond Ding
Day of Independence
2003 · The Umpire
Day of Independence
2003 · Co-Writer
Day of Independence
2003 · Director
Barrier Device
2002 · Actor in Diamond Jeweler Commercial (uncredited)
The Shield
2002 · Chris Yamamoto (scenes deleted)
Independent Lens
1999 · Director
Independent Lens
1999 · Writer
Lani Loa: The Passage
1998 · Bong
Visas and Virtue
1997 · Chiune 'Sempo' Sugihara
Visas and Virtue
1997 · Director
Visas and Virtue
1997 · Co-Writer
Strawberry Fields
1997 · Mark
Vital Signs
1997 · Surgeon
Requiem
1995 · Philip
The Perfect Weapon
1991 · Bag Man
Liberace: Behind the Music
1988 · Carpenter
Unsolved Mysteries
1988 · Stunt Coordinator (segment "Brandon Lee")
Fun House
1988 · Carpenter
Barry Manilow: Big Fun on Swing Street
1988 · Carpenter
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987 · Carpenter
Overkill
1987 · Nagumo Jr.
Near Dark
1987 · Carpenter
Lethal Weapon
1987 · Fire Rescue Attendant (uncredited)
Pee-wee's Playhouse
1986 · Carpenter
Night of the Creeps
1986 · Extra (uncredited)
The Karate Kid Part II
1986 · The Rockabilly Club Dancer (uncredited)
Chisai Samurai
1986 · Director
Savage Dawn
1985 · Extra (uncredited)
Once Bitten
1985 · Dream Sequence Extra (uncredited)
Generation
1985 · Gang Extra (uncredited)
Killzone
1985 · Crawford's Men
Moving Violations
1985 · Parade Extra (uncredited)
The Sure Thing
1985 · Frat Guy at Punch Bowl (uncredited)
Sara
1985 · Concert Goer (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet
1985 · (uncredited)
Not My Kid
1985 · Student (uncredited)
The Hour of the Ox
1985 · James
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