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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

31

Gender

Male

Birthday

1976-02-06 (49 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

جیمز هیرویوکی لیائو

James Liao

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).

Known For

Acting

Hard Luck

2006

Hard Luck

as

Chang

Applebaum

2012

Applebaum

as

Tze Lin

Battle: Los Angeles

2011

Battle: Los Angeles

as

Steven Mottola

Star Trek Into Darkness

2013

Star Trek Into Darkness

as

U.S.S. Vengeance Bridge Officer

Lost Girls

2020

Lost Girls

as

Michael Pak

Frankenweenie

2012

Frankenweenie

as

Toshiaki (voice)

Management

2009

Management

as

Al

Superman

2025

Superman

as

General Mori

The Shield

The Shield

as

Llewellyn Wang

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

as

ME Assistant

Bones

Bones

as

Assistant Coroner

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as

Erik 'Precious Ricky' Hong

Unforgettable

Unforgettable

as

Jay Lee

Cowboy Bebop

Cowboy Bebop

as

Rengie Tanaka

Barry

Barry

as

Albert Nguyen

Prison Break

Prison Break

as

Roland Glenn

The Dropout

The Dropout

as

Edmond Ku

Law & Order

Law & Order

as

Bobby Ito

Blue Bloods

Blue Bloods

as

Lt. Fleming

House

House

as

Luca

SEAL Team

SEAL Team

as

Dr. Lucien

Presumed Innocent

Presumed Innocent

as

Dr. Herbert Kumagai

Production

Crew

Directing