About

Known credits:
32
Birthday:
1960-03-24
Place of birth:
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Website:
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Chris Tashima

Overview

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

Acting
2023 Kodama Actor Hiro N/A
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2022 No No Girl Actor Uncle Bob N/A
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2018 Surviving Theater 9 Actor Professor Cambro N/A
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2017 Go for Broke Actor Shigeo Yoshida 58
Average
2014 Under the Blood-Red Sun Actor Papa Nakaji 59
Average
2013 Real Playing Game Actor Mr. Chan 58
Average
2012 Lil Tokyo Reporter Actor Sei Fujii N/A
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2012 Model Minority Actor Ken Tanaka 58
Average
2009 Half Kenneth Actor Masamichi N/A
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2006 Americanese Actor Raymond Ding 58
Average
2003 Day of Independence Actor The Umpire N/A
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1998 Lani Loa: The Passage Actor Bong 58
Average
1997 Visas and Virtue Actor Chiune 'Sempo' Sugihara 59
Average
1997 Strawberry Fields Actor Mark 59
Average
1995 Requiem Actor Philip N/A
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1991 The Perfect Weapon Actor Bag Man 59
Average
1987 Overkill Actor Nagumo Jr. 58
Average
1987 Lethal Weapon Actor Fire Rescue Attendant (uncredited) 71
Good
1986 The Karate Kid Part II Actor The Rockabilly Club Dancer (uncredited) 62
Fair
1985 Killzone Actor Crawford's Men 58
Average
1985 Scandal Sheet Actor (uncredited) 58
Average
1985 The Hour of the Ox Actor James N/A
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Directing
2003 Day of Independence Directing Director N/A
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1997 Visas and Virtue Directing Director 59
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1979 Investigation of Fear Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2003 Day of Independence Writing Co-Writer N/A
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1997 Visas and Virtue Writing Co-Writer 59
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1979 Investigation of Fear Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1979 Investigation of Fear Production Producer N/A
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Crew
1987 Near Dark Crew Carpenter 64
Fair
1979 Investigation of Fear Crew Cinematography N/A
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Editing
1979 Investigation of Fear Editing Editor N/A
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