Oscar® winning Actor/Director • Theatre/Film/Television • SAG-AFTRA/AEA/DGA/SDC

I am an actor, and theatre & film director.

CURRENT PROJECTS:

IN PRODUCTION: Lead role of "Papa" in UNDER THE BLOOD-RED SUN, an indie dramatic feature, based on the award-winning young adult novel by Graham Salisbury--Online VOD September 14, 2014. Produced by Dana Hankins; directed by Tim Savage. [https://www.facebook.com/redsunmovie]

ON DVD: I star as Issei (first-generation Japanese American) Civil Rights pioneer, Sei Fujii, in Jeffrey Gee Chin's historical dramatic short, LIL TOKYO REPORTER, now on the festival circuit and available on home video. For more info, visit [http://www.ltreporter.com]

NOW ON AMAZON TV: I star in Lily Mariye's indie feature, MODEL MINORITY (as an alcoholic dad), a multiple award-winner at film festivals, coming soon to DVD! Watch (and rate) on amazon: [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ES2WLO4/] Official site: [http://www.modelminoritymovie.com]

I star as the romantic lead opposite Joan Chen, Allison Sie, Kelly Hu and Autumn Reeser, in Eric Byler's AMERICANESE, an Asian American indie feature adapted from the seminal novel by Shawn Wong, "American Knees."--coming soon to DVD [http://www.americanknees.com]

PAST PROJECTS:

I am Artistic Director of Cedar Grove OnStage, an Asian American theatre company which presented a world premiere that I directed, written by award-winning performance artist Dan Kwong, entitled BE LIKE WATER produced in association with East West Players, September 11 to October 12, 2008. Visit CGO on MySpace for more info: [www.myspace.com/cedargroveonstage]

I directed and star in the Academy Award® winning short film, VISAS AND VIRTUE, inspired by the heroic actions of Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sugihara. Produced by my media company, Cedar Grove Productions, the film was adapted from a play by Tim Toyama . I also directed the Emmy® nominated half-hour PBS special, DAY OF INDEPENDENCE also from Cedar Grove Productions, about a Nisei baseball player facing the Japanese American internment during World War II. You can download mail-order forms for both DVDs from Cedar Grove Productions here: [http://www.box.com/shared/uik9ztdjlv]

I am currently developing more film projects with Cedar Grove Productions, in addition to stage plays to be presented by Cedar Grove Onstage