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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 24, 1960
Place of Birth
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Chris Tashima
0.3 Popularity
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 the 442nd RCT origin story Go For Broke from producer/screenwriter Stacey Hayashi. Most recently, he played the hard-nosed Uncle Bob in the generational family comedy No No Girl from writer/director Paul Daisuke Goodman--for which he received two nominations at the Austin Revolution Film Festival, and he plays Hiro in Brian M. Tang's action/fantasy short Kodama, receiving its world premiere at SXSW 2023. Tashima received an Academy Award® for directing the dramatic short film Visas and Virtue, a re-telling of the heroic actions of Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sugihara. In addition he co-wrote the screenplay adapting a one-act play by Tim Toyama, and starred as the Humanitarian diplomat Sugihara. He also directed, co-wrote and starred in the WWII Japanese American internment short film Day of Independence which was nominated for a NATAS Northern California Area Emmy®. These two directorial works came from Tashima's own Cedar Grove Productions, an indie entertainment house aiming to "Boldly defy mainstream Hollywood by giving Asian Americans the close-up onscreen."
Known For
5.5
Hiro
Kodama
2023
0.0
Uncle Bob
No No Girl
2022
0.0
Professor Cambro
Surviving Theater 9
2018
6.0
Shigeo Yoshida
Go for Broke
2017
6.2
Papa Nakaji
Under the Blood-Red Sun
2014
4.0
Mr. Chan
Real Playing Game
2013
0.0
Sei Fujii
Lil Tokyo Reporter
2012
4.3
Ken Tanaka
Model Minority
2012
0.0
Masamichi
Half Kenneth
2009
1.5
Raymond Ding
Americanese
2006
Credits
Kodama
as Hiro
2023
5.5
No No Girl
as Uncle Bob
2022
0.0
Surviving Theater 9
as Professor Cambro
2018
0.0
Go for Broke
as Shigeo Yoshida
2017
6.0
Under the Blood-Red Sun
as Papa Nakaji
2014
6.2
Real Playing Game
as Mr. Chan
2013
4.0
Lil Tokyo Reporter
as Sei Fujii
2012
0.0
Model Minority
as Ken Tanaka
2012
4.3
Half Kenneth
as Masamichi
2009
0.0
Americanese
as Raymond Ding
2006
1.5
Day of Independence
as The Umpire
2003
0.0
Barrier Device
as Actor in Diamond Jeweler Commercial (uncredited)
2002
4.7
The Shield
as Chris Yamamoto (scenes deleted)
2002
8.1
🎬
Lani Loa: The Passage
as Bong
1998
3.0
Visas and Virtue
as Chiune 'Sempo' Sugihara
1997
6.5
Strawberry Fields
as Mark
1997
5.7
🎬
Vital Signs
as Surgeon
1997
5.8
Requiem
as Philip
1995
0.0
The Perfect Weapon
as Bag Man
1991
6.2
Unsolved Mysteries
as Stunt Coordinator (segment "Brandon Lee")
1988
7.7
Overkill
as Nagumo Jr.
1987
2.9
Lethal Weapon
as Fire Rescue Attendant (uncredited)
1987
7.3
Night of the Creeps
as Extra (uncredited)
1986
6.7
The Karate Kid Part II
as The Rockabilly Club Dancer (uncredited)
1986
6.3
Savage Dawn
as Extra (uncredited)
1985
4.1
Once Bitten
as Dream Sequence Extra (uncredited)
1985
5.8
Generation
as Gang Extra (uncredited)
1985
4.5
Killzone
as Crawford's Men
1985
4.5
Moving Violations
as Parade Extra (uncredited)
1985
5.3
The Sure Thing
as Frat Guy at Punch Bowl (uncredited)
1985
6.5
Sara
as Concert Goer (uncredited)
1985
7.5
Scandal Sheet
as (uncredited)
1985
5.0
Not My Kid
as Student (uncredited)
1985
7.3
The Mechanical Universe
as Freefall Rider (segment "Magic Mountain")
1985
8.2
The Hour of the Ox
as James
1985
0.0
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
as Club Patron (uncredited)
1984
5.0
1st & Ten
as Reporter (uncredited)
1984
5.9
A Nightmare on Elm Street
as Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)
1984
7.3
Highway to Heaven
as Camper's Dad (uncredited)
1984
7.4
St. Elsewhere
as Technician (uncredited)
1982
5.6
The Fall Guy
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
1981
7.5