Tohoru Masamune

Tohoru Masamune
Masamune at the 2019 Emmy Awards for ARTIFICIAL win, Los Angeles, CA
Born	Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SB)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1990–present

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.

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

External links

• Tohoru Masamune at Internet Movie Database