JL
James Hiroyuki Liao
ActorBorn February 6, 1976 (49 years)
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
| 2025 | Superman · as General Mori |
| 2025 | Star Trek: Section 31 · as San |
| 2024 | Presumed Innocent (TV Series) · as Dr. Herbert Kumagai |
| 2023 | Orphan Black: Echoes (TV Series) · as Paul Darros |
| 2023 | ONE PIECE (2023) (TV Series) · as Ipponmatsu |
| 2022 | The Dropout (TV Series) · as Edmond Ku |
| 2021 | Cowboy Bebop (2021) (TV Series) · as Rengie Tanaka |
| 2021 | Snake Eyes · as Yasuzo |
| 2020 | Lost Girls · as Michael Pak |
| 2018 | Manifest (TV Series) · as Rob |
| 2018 | Barry (TV Series) · as Albert Nguyen |
| 2017 | SEAL Team (TV Series) · as Dr. Lucien |
| 2017 | Marvel's Iron Fist (TV Series) · as Albert |
| 2016 | Preacher (TV Series) · as Teddy Gunth |
| 2016 | Heartbeat (2016) (TV Series) · as Rafe Tollefson |
| 2014 | NCIS: New Orleans (TV Series) · as Brandon Pierce |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness · as U.s.s. Vengeance Bridge Officer |
| 2012 | Frankenweenie · as Toshiaki (voice) |
| 2011 | Unforgettable (TV Series) · as Jay Lee |
| 2011 | Battle Los Angeles · as Steven Mottola |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods (TV Series) · as Lt. Fleming |
| 2010 | All Signs of Death · as Ding Bang |
| 2008 | Management · as Al |
| 2006 | Hard Luck · as Chang |
| 2005 | Bones (TV Series) · as Assistant Coroner |
| 2005 | Prison Break (TV Series) · as Roland Glenn |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury (TV Series) · as Eddie Perkins |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Luca |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami (TV Series) · as Me Assistant |
| 2002 | The Shield (TV Series) · as Llewellyn Wang |
| 2001 | 24 (TV Series) · as Devon Rosenthal |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Erik 'precious Ricky' Hong |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Bobby Ito |