James Hiroyuki Liao

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1976-02-06 (49 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

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).

Acting

2006

Hard Luck

as Chang

2012

Applebaum

as Tze Lin

2011

Battle: Los Angeles

as Steven Mottola

2013

Star Trek Into Darkness

as U.S.S. Vengeance Bridge Officer

2020

Lost Girls

as Michael Pak

2012

Frankenweenie

as Toshiaki (voice)

2009

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All Signs of Death

as Ding Bang

2025

Superman

as General Mori

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