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).
Filmography
Superman
2025
as General Mori
Star Trek: Section 31
2025
as San
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
2021
as Yasuzo
Lost Girls
2020
as Michael Pak
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013
as U.S.S. Vengeance Bridge Officer
Frankenweenie
2012
as Toshiaki (voice)
Applebaum
2012
as Tze Lin
Battle: Los Angeles
2011
as Steven Mottola
Management
2009
as Al
Hard Luck
2006
as Chang
- No poster
All Signs of Death
Unreleased
as Dingbang
- No poster
All Signs of Death
Unreleased
as Ding Bang