James Hiroyuki Liao
Biography
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).
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Movies (10)
Superman
as General Mori
2025
Star Trek: Section 31
as San
2025
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
as Yasuzo
2021
Lost Girls
as Michael Pak
2020
Star Trek Into Darkness
as U.S.S. Vengeance Bridge Officer
2013
Frankenweenie
as Toshiaki (voice)
2012
Applebaum
as Tze Lin
2012
Battle: Los Angeles
as Steven Mottola
2011
Management
as Al
2009
Hard Luck
as Chang
2006
TV Shows (20)
Orphan Black: Echoes
as Paul Darros
2024
Presumed Innocent
as Dr. Herbert Kumagai
2024
The Dropout
as Edmond Ku
2022
Peacemaker
as General Mori
2022
Cowboy Bebop
as Rengie Tanaka
2021
Manifest
as Rob
2018
Barry
as Albert Nguyen
2018
SEAL Team
as Dr. Lucien
2017
Marvel's Iron Fist
as Albert
2017
Unforgettable
as Jay Lee
2011
Blue Bloods
as Lt. Fleming
2010
Bones
as Assistant Coroner
2005
Prison Break
as Roland Glenn
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Eddie Perkins
2005
House
as Luca
2004
CSI: Miami
as ME Assistant
2002
The Shield
as Llewellyn Wang
2002
24
as Devon Rosenthal
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Eric Hong
2000
Law & Order
as Bobby Ito
1990