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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Kodama
Character:Hiro
Release Date:11/03/2023
No No Girl
Character:Uncle Bob
Release Date:09/09/2022
Surviving Theater 9
Character:Professor Cambro
Release Date:22/04/2018
Go for Broke
Character:Shigeo Yoshida
Release Date:14/10/2017
Under the Blood-Red Sun
Character:Papa Nakaji
Release Date:14/09/2014
Real Playing Game
Character:Mr. Chan
Release Date:28/08/2013
Lil Tokyo Reporter
Character:Sei Fujii
Release Date:14/09/2012
Model Minority
Character:Ken Tanaka
Release Date:11/05/2012
Half Kenneth
Character:Masamichi
Release Date:18/04/2009
Americanese
Character:Raymond Ding
Release Date:15/03/2006
Day of Independence
Character:The Umpire
Release Date:26/09/2003
Barrier Device
Character:Actor in Diamond Jeweler Commercial (uncredited)
Release Date:11/05/2002
Lani Loa: The Passage
Character:Bong
Release Date:25/09/1998
Visas and Virtue
Character:Chiune 'Sempo' Sugihara
Release Date:01/05/1997
Strawberry Fields
Character:Mark
Release Date:09/03/1997
Requiem
Character:Philip
Release Date:07/11/1995
The Perfect Weapon
Character:Bag Man
Release Date:15/03/1991
Overkill
Character:Nagumo Jr.
Release Date:16/12/1987
Lethal Weapon
Character:Fire Rescue Attendant (uncredited)
Release Date:06/03/1987
Night of the Creeps
Character:Extra (uncredited)
Release Date:21/08/1986
The Karate Kid Part II
Character:The Rockabilly Club Dancer (uncredited)
Release Date:18/06/1986
Savage Dawn
Character:Extra (uncredited)
Release Date:21/12/1985
Once Bitten
Character:Dream Sequence Extra (uncredited)
Release Date:15/11/1985
Generation
Character:Gang Extra (uncredited)
Release Date:24/05/1985
Killzone
Character:Crawford's Men
Release Date:01/05/1985
Moving Violations
Character:Parade Extra (uncredited)
Release Date:19/04/1985
The Sure Thing
Character:Frat Guy at Punch Bowl (uncredited)
Release Date:01/03/1985
Scandal Sheet
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:21/01/1985
Not My Kid
Character:Student (uncredited)
Release Date:15/01/1985
The Hour of the Ox
Character:James
Release Date:01/01/1985
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Character:Club Patron (uncredited)
Release Date:21/12/1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Character:Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)
Release Date:09/11/1984
Television Appearances
The Shield
Character:Chris Yamamoto (scenes deleted)
Vital Signs
Character:Surgeon
Unsolved Mysteries
Character:Stunt Coordinator (segment "Brandon Lee")
Sara
Character:Concert Goer (uncredited)
The Mechanical Universe
Character:Freefall Rider (segment "Magic Mountain")
1st & Ten
Character:Reporter (uncredited)
Highway to Heaven
Character:Camper's Dad (uncredited)
St. Elsewhere
Character:Technician (uncredited)
The Fall Guy
Character:Bar Patron (uncredited)
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