James Yaegashi

is a Japanese-American actor based in New York.

Early life James Yaegashi was born in Yokohama and raised in Yamagata to an American mother and a Japanese father. Upon graduating high school, he moved to America and majored in acting and directing at University of Missouri–Kansas City. He moved to New York City with his wife in 1998.

Career He has acted in various stage productions, including as Mr. Yunioshi in a stage production of Breakfast at Tiffany's; a role that had historically been played in yellowface. Of the character Yaegashi said "He's a real character, for starters. The film...made so many changes to the story...Yunioshi is a Nisei, a Japanese American from California. In the movie, Mickey Rooney played him as if he was fresh off the boat." He ultimately felt it was necessary to play the character to portray ethnic characters in a positive light. Yaegashi first entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with a minor role in Daredevil, but had a more notable role when he was cast as Robert Minoru in the Hulu original series Runaways based on the Marvel Comics series. In 2004, he voiced the Chinese Triad leader, Wu Zi Mu, in the action-adventure game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. He later voiced an undercover police officer called Charlie in Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) and the expansion pack The Lost and Damned (2009). He also voiced Dr. Yi Suchong in the first-person shooter game BioShock (2007) and one of its sequels, BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea (2014).

Personal life James Yaegashi is married with two children. He is also bilingual.

Filmography + Film roles Year Title Role Notes 1999 The Thomas Crown Affair Crown Acquisitions Executive 1999 Spin the Bottle Cole 2000 Lisa Picard Is Famous Alex 2001 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Legal Assistant 2007 Superheroes James 2007 Noise Japanese Businessman 2008 The Collective The Janitor 2011 Lefty Loosey Righty Tighty Director 2012 Man on a Ledge Police Technician 2024 Civil War Commercial Corporal

+ Television roles Year Title Role Notes 2008 Cashmere Mafia Frederic Episode: "Pilot" 2016 Madam Secretary Rick Episode: "Unity Node" 2016 Daredevil Leader Episode: "Regrets Only" 2017–2019 Runaways Robert Minoru Main cast 2019 New Amsterdam Ethan Kimura Episode: "The Karman Line" 2021 The Blacklist Alexander Frayne 2 episodes 2023 Mech Cadets Captain Skip Tanaka (voice) 10 episodes 2024 Fallout Leon Von Felden Episode: "The Beginning" 2024 Law & Order: Organized Crime ATF Special Agent Marcus Cole 2 episodes

+ Theater roles Year Title Role Notes 2003 Take Me Out Takeshi Kawabata Broadway 2005 A Naked Girl on the Appian Way Bill Lapin Broadway 2013 Breakfast at Tiffany's I. Y. Yunioshi Broadway 2014 The Oldest Boy Father Off-Broadway

+ Video game roles Year Title Role Notes 2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Wu Zi Mu Also motion capture 2005 Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition Tomoya (Tokyo) 2007 BioShock Dr. Yi Suchong 2008 Grand Theft Auto IV Charlie / The Crowd of Liberty City 2014 BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Yi Suchong / Bartender 2021 Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition Wu Zi Mu Archival recordingsRemaster of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas only