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James Yaegashi‌

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James Yaegashi

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

James Yaegashi

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1972-12-10

Popularity

star2.5

Biography

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 Marvel's Runaways. He has originated many roles on and off Broadway, including Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy, Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out (2003 Tony Award for Best Play), A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, John Guare's A Few Stout Individuals, and Julia Cho's Durango. His credits also include characters in world-premiere stage adaptations of literary classics, such as Yunioshi in Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's on Broadway and Toru in Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle at the Edinburgh Int'l 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 It's 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.

Movie Credits

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing‌
star6.3
calendar 2001

Civil War

Civil War‌
star6.9
calendar 2024

Spin The Bottle

Spin The Bottle‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Man on a Ledge

Man on a Ledge‌
star6.4
calendar 2012

Resistance at Tule Lake

Resistance at Tule Lake‌
star0.0
calendar 2017

Lisa Picard Is Famous

Lisa Picard Is Famous‌
star5.7
calendar 2000

The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair‌
star6.7
calendar 1999

Tv Credits

The Blacklist

The Blacklist‌
star7.6
calendar 2013

Mech Cadets

Mech Cadets‌
star7.4
calendar 2023

New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam‌
star8.4
calendar 2018

Marvel's Daredevil

Marvel's Daredevil‌
star8.2
calendar 2015

Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods‌
star7.8
calendar 2010

Marvel's Runaways

Marvel's Runaways‌
star7.4
calendar 2017

Fallout

Fallout‌
star8.3
calendar 2024

Law & Order: Organized Crime

Law & Order: Organized Crime‌
star7.9
calendar 2021

Poker Face

Poker Face‌
star7.8
calendar 2023