James was born in Yokohama and raised in rural Yamagata, Japan. He moved to the U.S. after high school and earned a BA in literature from Wheaton College and an MFA in acting and directing from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.James is based in NYC, working as an actor, director, translator, and writer. Many fans know him as Robert Minoru from Marvels Runaways. He has originated many roles on and off Broadway, including Sarah Ruhls The Oldest Boy, Richard Greenbergs Take Me Out (2003 Tony Award for Best Play), A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, John Guares A Few Stout Individuals, and Julia Chos Durango. His credits also include characters in world-premiere stage adaptations of literary classics, such as Yunioshi in Truman Capotes Breakfast at Tiffanys on Broadway and Toru in Haruki Murakamis The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle at the Edinburgh Intl Festival and the Singapore Arts Festival.For the stage, he has directed My Friend Has Come for the Asian American Writers Workshop, Dancing with the Bird at the Japan Society in New York, Clippy and Ms. U for Ma-Yi Studios, and Ready or Not and Its a Jungle Out There for the 52nd Street Project Playmaking series. He made his filmmaking debut in 11 with Lefty Loosey Righty Tighty, which won Best Feature in the DIY film competition at Northside Festival, a trendsetter art festival in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.James was the conceiver of the theater benefit SHINSAI Theaters for Japan which took place on March 11, 2012, the one-year anniversary of the disasters in Japan, with participation from nearly 100 theaters, internationally. He also collaborates frequently with Japanese artists, translating award winning contemporary Japanese plays and subtitling major Japanese studio films.James is also a martial artist with black belts in judo and aikido.

Filmek -tól nem elérhető James Yaegashi

Spin The Bottle

Cole

Film 1999

Resistance at Tule Lake

Iwao Shimizu (voice)

Film 2017

Lisa Picard Is Famous

Alex

Film 2000

Serie televisive -tól nem elérhető James Yaegashi

The Blacklist

Alexander Frayne

Tv 2013

New Amsterdam

Ethan Kimura

Tv 2018

Marvel's Daredevil

Leader

Tv 2015

Blue Bloods

Peter Chou

Tv 2010

Marvel's Runaways

Robert Minoru

Tv 2017

Fallout

Leon Von Felden (West-Tek)

Tv 2024

Law & Order: Organized Crime

ATF Agent Marcus Cole

Tv 2021

Poker Face

Officer Buckley

Tv 2023