James Hiroyuki Liao
Actor
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).
Filmography
Superman
as General Mori 2025
Battle: Los Angeles
as Steven Mottola 2011
Frankenweenie
as Toshiaki (voice) 2012
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
as Yasuzo 2021
Lost Girls
as Michael Pak 2020
Management
as Al 2009
Star Trek: Section 31
as San 2025
Hard Luck
as Chang 2006
Applebaum
as Tze Lin 2012
All Signs of Death
as Dingbang TBA