Chris Tashima
Acting
42
Acting Credits
5
Directed
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...
Known For
The Shield
Chris Yamamoto (scenes deleted)
St. Elsewhere
Technician (uncredited)
Highway to Heaven
Camper's Dad (uncredited)
Independent Lens
The Fall Guy
Bar Patron (uncredited)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)
Lethal Weapon
Fire Rescue Attendant (uncredited)
Unsolved Mysteries
Stunt Coordinator (segment "Brandon Lee")
Filmography
Kodama
2023
as Hiro
No No Girl
2022
as Uncle Bob
Searching for Anna May Wong
2020
as Self
Surviving Theater 9
2018
as Professor Cambro
Go for Broke
2017
as Shigeo Yoshida
Under the Blood-Red Sun
2014
as Papa Nakaji
Real Playing Game
2013
as Mr. Chan
Lil Tokyo Reporter
2012
as Sei Fujii
Model Minority
2012
as Ken Tanaka
Half Kenneth
2009
as Masamichi
Americanese
2006
as Raymond Ding
Day of Independence
2003
as The Umpire
Barrier Device
2002
as Actor in Diamond Jeweler Commercial (uncredited)
The Shield
2002
as Chris Yamamoto (scenes deleted)
Lani Loa: The Passage
1998
as Bong
Visas and Virtue
1997
as Chiune 'Sempo' Sugihara
Strawberry Fields
1997
as Mark
Vital Signs
1997
as Surgeon
Requiem
1995
as Philip
The Perfect Weapon
1991
as Bag Man
Unsolved Mysteries
1988
as Stunt Coordinator (segment "Brandon Lee")
Overkill
1987
as Nagumo Jr.
Lethal Weapon
1987
as Fire Rescue Attendant (uncredited)
The Karate Kid Part II
1986
as The Rockabilly Club Dancer (uncredited)
Night of the Creeps
1986
as Extra (uncredited)
Killzone
1985
as Crawford's Men
The Hour of the Ox
1985
as James
Scandal Sheet
1985
as (uncredited)
The Sure Thing
1985
as Frat Guy at Punch Bowl (uncredited)
Moving Violations
1985
as Parade Extra (uncredited)
Generation
1985
as Gang Extra (uncredited)
Once Bitten
1985
as Dream Sequence Extra (uncredited)
Savage Dawn
1985
as Extra (uncredited)
Not My Kid
1985
as Student (uncredited)
Sara
1985
as Concert Goer (uncredited)
The Mechanical Universe
1985
as Freefall Rider (segment "Magic Mountain")
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
as Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
1984
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Highway to Heaven
1984
as Camper's Dad (uncredited)
1st & Ten
1984
as Reporter (uncredited)
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Technician (uncredited)
The Fall Guy
1981
as Bar Patron (uncredited)