James Saito is an American actor with a long-running career across film, television, and stage. Genre fans especially know him as the original Shredder in the 1990 live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, a role that made him part of one of the franchise’s most iconic screen lineups.
His broader body of work includes Eli Stone, Modern Love, Always Be My Maybe, Home Alone 3, Pearl Harbor, Life of Pi, The Devil’s Advocate, and many other screen appearances. He is also an acclaimed stage performer and received an Obie Award for his performance in Durango at The Public Theater.