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James Hiroyuki Liao

Liao was born on February 6, 1976, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York. His father is Taiwanese, and his mother is Japanese. He attended graduate school at the Juilliard School's Drama Division, graduating in 2004, and studied at the Marjorie Ballentine Studio. In addition to numerous roles in movies and TV shows, he performed on stage, including portraying Song Liling in Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage production of M. Butterfly. Liao also provided voice and motion-capture acting for the role of Kenji in the video game Ghost of Tsushima (2020).

Filmography

2025
Star Trek: Section 31

as San

Movie
2021
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

as Yasuzo

Movie
2012
Frankenweenie

as Toshiaki (voice)

Movie
2011
Battle: Los Angeles

as Steven Mottola

Movie
2018
Barry

as Albert Nguyen

TV Show