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."
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Sara
as Concert Goer (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 1985
Highway to Heaven
as Camper's Dad (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1984
The Mechanical Universe
as Freefall Rider (segment "Magic Mountain")
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 01, 1985
The Fall Guy
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 04, 1981
1st & Ten
as Reporter (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 02, 1984
St. Elsewhere
as Technician (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 26, 1982
Unsolved Mysteries
as Stunt Coordinator (segment "Brandon Lee")
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1988
Vital Signs
as Surgeon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 27, 1997
The Shield
as Chris Yamamoto (scenes deleted)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 12, 2002
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