Chris Tashima
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA — Mar 24 1960
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-…
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Chris Tashima's Credits
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The Shield
Chris Yamamoto (scenes deleted)
St. Elsewhere
Technician (uncredited)
Highway to Heaven
Camper's Dad (uncredited)
Independent Lens
Directing
The Fall Guy
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Unsolved Mysteries
Stunt Coordinator (segment "Brandon Lee")
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)
Lethal Weapon
Fire Rescue Attendant (uncredited)
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Crew
1st & Ten
Reporter (uncredited)
The Karate Kid Part II
The Rockabilly Club Dancer (uncredited)
Sara
Concert Goer (uncredited)
Good Morning, Vietnam
Crew
Near Dark
Crew
Night of the Creeps
Extra (uncredited)
The Sure Thing
Frat Guy at Punch Bowl (uncredited)
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Club Patron (uncredited)
Moving Violations
Parade Extra (uncredited)
Once Bitten
Dream Sequence Extra (uncredited)
Model Minority
Ken Tanaka
The Perfect Weapon
Bag Man
Scandal Sheet
(uncredited)
Fun House
Crew
Savage Dawn
Extra (uncredited)
Generation
Gang Extra (uncredited)
The Mechanical Universe
Freefall Rider (segment "Magic Mountain")
Barrier Device
Actor in Diamond Jeweler Commercial (uncredited)
Liberace: Behind the Music
Crew
Killzone
Crawford's Men
Overkill
Nagumo Jr.
Real Playing Game
Mr. Chan
Americanese
Raymond Ding
Not My Kid
Student (uncredited)
Lil Tokyo Reporter
Sei Fujii
Lani Loa: The Passage
Bong
Go for Broke
Shigeo Yoshida
Half Kenneth
Masamichi
Requiem
Philip
Surviving Theater 9
Professor Cambro
Kodama
Hiro
Day of Independence
The Umpire
No No Girl
Uncle Bob
Strawberry Fields
Mark
Visas and Virtue
Chiune 'Sempo' Sugihara
Vital Signs
Surgeon
Searching for Anna May Wong
Self
Barry Manilow: Big Fun on Swing Street
Crew
Under the Blood-Red Sun
Papa Nakaji
The Hour of the Ox
James
Investigation of Fear
Writing
Chisai Samurai
Directing