Personal Info
James Saburo Shigeta
繁田三郎
James Shigeta
Acting
Biography
James Saburo Shigeta (June 17, 1929 – July 28, 2014) was an American actor, singer, and musician of Japanese descent. He was noted for his roles in The Crimson Kimono (1959), Walk Like a Dragon (1960), Flower Drum Song (1961), Bridge to the Sun (1961), Die Hard (1988), and Mulan (1998). In 1960, he won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, along with three other actors.
In his early career, Shigeta often played romantic male lead roles, which were almost nonexistent for an actor of Asian descent during his time, making him a trailblazer in Asian American representation in…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Beam Me Up, Sulu
as Self
Yorktown: A Time to Heal
as Admiral Heilachiro Nogura
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
as (archive footage)
The People I've Slept With
as Charles Yang
Hollywood Chinese
as Self
The Slanted Screen
as Himself
Brother
as Sugimoto
Qigong: Ancient Chinese Healing for the 21st Century
as Narrator
Mulan
as General Li (voice)
Drive
as Mr. Lau
TV Shows
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Old Wanderer (voice) · 1 ep.
Threat Matrix
as Kang Sok-Joo · 1 ep.
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
as Dr. Yamashiro (voice) · 1 ep.
Cybill
as Mr. Matsuzaki · 1 ep.
Babylon 5
as Taro Isogi · 1 ep.
seaQuest DSV
as Vietnamese President Chi · 2 ep.
Renegade
as Mr. Ota · 1 ep.
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Ben Sosna · 3 ep.
Jake and the Fatman
as Mr. Koso Nakasone · 1 ep.
Murder, She Wrote
as Luc Li · 1 ep.
