Tohoru Masamune

Tohoru Masamune is a Japanese–American actor. He is best known for playing Shredder in Michael Bay's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film), and for the movie Inception. He played the starring role of Dr. Matt Lin in the 2019 Emmy Award and 2019 Peabody Award-winning series, ARTIFICIAL on Twitch. On stage, he has played starring roles under the direction of Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman at the Goodman Theater, and Tony Award winner Daniel J. Sullivan at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in a premiere of Far East (play) written by Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright A.R. Gurney. As a voice actor, he has appeared on American Dad! and Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness.

Tohoru Masamune
Masamune at the 2019 Emmy Awards for ARTIFICIAL win, Los Angeles, CA
Born
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (SB)
OccupationActor
Years active1990present

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
1990 Pacific Heights Neighbor
1994 Bigfoot: The Unforgettable Encounter Ling
2010 Inception Japanese Security Guard
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Oroku Saki / The Shredder

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 Diagnosis: Murder Al Cho Episode: "Murder Murder"
1996 Mad About You Anesthesiologist Episode: "The Procedure"
1996 The Secret World of Alex Mack Dr. Matsumura Episode: "World Without Alex"
1996 The Cape Hiro Furakawa 2 episodes
1997 The Practice Technician Episode: "Part IV"
1997 Ink George Episode: "Logan's Run"
1999 Providence Reporter #2 Episode: "You Can't Hurry Love"
1999 Chicago Hope Paramedic #8
Paramedic #4
Episode: "The Heavens Can Wait"
Episode: "White Rabbit"
2003 Jackie Chan Adventures Company Owner (voice) Episode: "Samurai Ratso"
2005 Without a Trace Mr. Kim Episode: "Lone Star"
2006 24 CTU Agent Episode: "Day 5: 9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m."
2006 Heroes Boss At Yamagato
Mr. Egami
Episode: "Unaired Premiere Episode," "Chapter One 'Genesis'"
Episode: "Chapter Three 'Kindred'"
2008 Big Shots Riko's Manager Episode: "The Better Man"
2008 iCarly Massage Therapist #1
Mr. Fuzawa
Episode: "iGo to Japan"
Episode: "iLost My Head in Vegas"
2010 SOLO - The Series Yakuza Bossman Recurring role
2011 The Young and the Restless Myanmar Official 2 episodes
2012 Shake It Up Executive #1 Episode: "Made in Japan"
2013 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Kira Kozu (voice) Episode: "The Way of the Prawn"
2015 Game Shakers Alan Episode: "Lost on the Subway"
2016 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Haruto Yakimura Episode: "The Inside Man"
2016 We Bare Bears Manager (voice) Episode: "Losing Ice"
2016 American Dad! Chief Haruki (voice) Episode: "The Enlightenment of Ragi-Baba"
2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Samurai #2, Samurai #3, Samurai #4 (voices)
Shiro Neko Ninja (voice)
Episode: "Yojimbo"
Episode: "Kagayake! Kintaro"

Video games

Year Title Credit
1994 Twisted: The Game Show Johnny Pow (Voice)
1999 Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style Voice
2010 EA Sports MMA Katsuo Yamada (Voice)
2020 Ghost of Tsushima Sword Fight Choreography Consultant


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