Chris Tashima
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 24, 1960 (age 66)
- Birthplace
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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-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."
Known For
Filmography
Kodama
Movie · as Hiro
No No Girl
Movie · as Uncle Bob
Searching for Anna May Wong
Movie · as Self
Surviving Theater 9
Movie · as Professor Cambro
Go for Broke
Movie · as Shigeo Yoshida
Under the Blood-Red Sun
Movie · as Papa Nakaji
Real Playing Game
Movie · as Mr. Chan
Lil Tokyo Reporter
Movie · as Sei Fujii
Model Minority
Movie · as Ken Tanaka
Half Kenneth
Movie · as Masamichi
Americanese
Movie · as Raymond Ding
Day of Independence
Movie · as The Umpire
Barrier Device
Movie · as Actor in Diamond Jeweler Commercial (uncredited)
The Shield
TV · as Chris Yamamoto (scenes deleted) · 1 ep
Lani Loa: The Passage
Movie · as Bong
Visas and Virtue
Movie · as Chiune 'Sempo' Sugihara
Strawberry Fields
Movie · as Mark
Vital Signs
TV · as Surgeon · 1 ep
Requiem
Movie · as Philip
The Perfect Weapon
Movie · as Bag Man
Unsolved Mysteries
TV · as Stunt Coordinator (segment "Brandon Lee") · 1 ep
Overkill
Movie · as Nagumo Jr.
Lethal Weapon
Movie · as Fire Rescue Attendant (uncredited)
The Karate Kid Part II
Movie · as The Rockabilly Club Dancer (uncredited)
Night of the Creeps
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
Killzone
Movie · as Crawford's Men
The Hour of the Ox
Movie · as James
Scandal Sheet
Movie · as (uncredited)
The Sure Thing
Movie · as Frat Guy at Punch Bowl (uncredited)
Moving Violations
Movie · as Parade Extra (uncredited)
Generation
Movie · as Gang Extra (uncredited)
Once Bitten
Movie · as Dream Sequence Extra (uncredited)
Savage Dawn
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
Not My Kid
Movie · as Student (uncredited)
Sara
TV · as Concert Goer (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Mechanical Universe
TV · as Freefall Rider (segment "Magic Mountain") · 1 ep
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Movie · as Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Movie · as Club Patron (uncredited)
Highway to Heaven
TV · as Camper's Dad (uncredited) · 1 ep
1st & Ten
TV · as Reporter (uncredited) · 1 ep
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Technician (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Fall Guy
TV · as Bar Patron (uncredited) · 1 ep