
Chris Tashima
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…
Known For
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)
Lethal Weapon
Fire Rescue Attendant (uncredited)
Good Morning, Vietnam
Carpenter
The Karate Kid Part II
The Rockabilly Club Dancer (uncredited)
Near Dark
Carpenter
Night of the Creeps
Extra (uncredited)
The Sure Thing
Frat Guy at Punch Bowl (uncredited)
Once Bitten
Dream Sequence Extra (uncredited)
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Filmography
Acting (41)
Movies (32)
Kodama
2023as Hiro
No No Girl
2022as Uncle Bob
Surviving Theater 9
2018as Professor Cambro
Go for Broke
2017as Shigeo Yoshida
Under the Blood-Red Sun
2014as Papa Nakaji
Real Playing Game
2013as Mr. Chan
Lil Tokyo Reporter
2012as Sei Fujii
Model Minority
2012as Ken Tanaka
Half Kenneth
2009as Masamichi
Americanese
2006as Raymond Ding
Day of Independence
2003as The Umpire
Barrier Device
2002as Actor in Diamond Jeweler Commercial (uncredited)
Lani Loa: The Passage
1998as Bong
Visas and Virtue
1997as Chiune 'Sempo' Sugihara
Strawberry Fields
1997as Mark
Requiem
1995as Philip
The Perfect Weapon
1991as Bag Man
Lethal Weapon
1987as Fire Rescue Attendant (uncredited)
Overkill
1987as Nagumo Jr.
The Karate Kid Part II
1986as The Rockabilly Club Dancer (uncredited)
Night of the Creeps
1986as Extra (uncredited)
Once Bitten
1985as Dream Sequence Extra (uncredited)
The Sure Thing
1985as Frat Guy at Punch Bowl (uncredited)
Moving Violations
1985as Parade Extra (uncredited)
Savage Dawn
1985as Extra (uncredited)
Killzone
1985as Crawford's Men
The Hour of the Ox
1985as James
Not My Kid
1985as Student (uncredited)
Generation
1985as Gang Extra (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet
1985as (uncredited)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984as Boy in Nancy's English Class (uncredited)
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
1984as Club Patron (uncredited)
Television (9)
The Shield
2002as Chris Yamamoto (scenes deleted)
Vital Signs
1997as Surgeon
Unsolved Mysteries
1988as Stunt Coordinator (segment "Brandon Lee")
Sara
1985as Concert Goer (uncredited)
The Mechanical Universe
1985as Freefall Rider (segment "Magic Mountain")
Highway to Heaven
1984as Camper's Dad (uncredited)
1st & Ten
1984as Reporter (uncredited)
St. Elsewhere
1982as Technician (uncredited)
The Fall Guy
1981as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Crew (18)
Movies (14)
Day of Independence
2003Co-Writer
Day of Independence
2003Director
Visas and Virtue
1997Co-Writer
Visas and Virtue
1997Director
Barry Manilow: Big Fun on Swing Street
1988Carpenter
Liberace: Behind the Music
1988Carpenter
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987Carpenter
Near Dark
1987Carpenter
Chisai Samurai
1986Director
Investigation of Fear
1979Cinematography
Investigation of Fear
1979Director
Investigation of Fear
1979Editor
Investigation of Fear
1979Producer
Investigation of Fear
1979Writer
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