Chris Tashima

Chris Tashima

Born

March 24, 1960 (65 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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."

Kodama

Kodama

Hiro

5.5

2023

No No Girl

No No Girl

Uncle Bob

0.0

2022

Surviving Theater 9

Surviving Theater 9

Professor Cambro

0.0

2018

Go for Broke

Go for Broke

Shigeo Yoshida

6.0

2017

Under the Blood-Red Sun

Under the Blood-Red Sun

Papa Nakaji

6.1

2014

Real Playing Game

Real Playing Game

Mr. Chan

4.0

2013

Lil Tokyo Reporter

Lil Tokyo Reporter

Sei Fujii

0.0

2012

Model Minority

Model Minority

Ken Tanaka

4.3

2012

Half Kenneth

Half Kenneth

Masamichi

0.0

2009

Americanese

Americanese

Raymond Ding

1.5

2006

Day of Independence

Day of Independence

The Umpire

0.0

2003

Barrier Device

Barrier Device

Actor in Diamond Jeweler Commercial (uncredited)

6.0

2002

The Shield

The Shield

Chris Yamamoto (scenes deleted) · (1 episode)

8.1

2002

Lani Loa: The Passage

Bong

3.0

1998

Visas and Virtue

Visas and Virtue

Chiune 'Sempo' Sugihara

6.5

1997

Strawberry Fields

Strawberry Fields

Mark

5.7

1997

Vital Signs

Surgeon · (1 episode)

5.8

1997

Requiem

Requiem

Philip

0.0

1995

The Perfect Weapon

The Perfect Weapon

Bag Man

6.2

1991

Unsolved Mysteries

Unsolved Mysteries

Stunt Coordinator (segment "Brandon Lee") · (1 episode)

7.7

1988

Overkill

Overkill

Nagumo Jr.

2.9

1987

Lethal Weapon

Lethal Weapon

Fire Rescue Attendant (uncredited)

7.3

1987

Night of the Creeps

Night of the Creeps

Extra (uncredited)

6.7

1986

The Karate Kid Part II

The Karate Kid Part II

The Rockabilly Club Dancer (uncredited)

6.3

1986

Savage Dawn

Savage Dawn

Extra (uncredited)

4.2

1985

Once Bitten

Once Bitten

Dream Sequence Extra (uncredited)

5.8

1985

Generation

Generation

Gang Extra (uncredited)

4.5

1985

Killzone

Killzone

Crawford's Men

3.7

1985

Moving Violations

Moving Violations

Parade Extra (uncredited)

5.4

1985

The Sure Thing

The Sure Thing

Frat Guy at Punch Bowl (uncredited)

6.5

1985

Sara

Sara

Concert Goer (uncredited) · (1 episode)

7.5

1985

Scandal Sheet

Scandal Sheet

(uncredited)

5.0

1985

Not My Kid

Not My Kid

Student (uncredited)

7.3

1985

The Hour of the Ox

The Hour of the Ox

James

0.0

1985

The Mechanical Universe

The Mechanical Universe

Freefall Rider (segment "Magic Mountain") · (1 episode)

8.8

1985

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Club Patron (uncredited)

5.0

1984

1st & Ten

1st & Ten

Reporter (uncredited) · (1 episode)

6.5

1984

A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)

7.3

1984

Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven

Camper's Dad (uncredited) · (1 episode)

7.4

1984

St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

Technician (uncredited) · (1 episode)

5.5

1982

The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy

Bar Patron (uncredited) · (1 episode)

7.5

1981