Actor
James Yaegashi
December 10, 1972 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
James was born in Yokohama and raised in rural Yamagata, Japan. He moved to the U.S. after high school and earned a BA in literature from Wheaton College and an MFA in acting and directing from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
James is based in NYC, working as an actor, director, translator, and writer. Many fans know him as Robert Minoru from Marvel's Runaways. He has originated many roles on and off Broadway, including Sarah Ruhl's The Oldest Boy, Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out (2003 Tony Award for Best Play), A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, John Guare's A Few Stout Individuals, and Julia Cho's Durango. His credits also include characters in world-premiere stage adaptations of literary classics, such as Yunioshi in Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's on Broadway and Toru in Haruki Murakami's The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle at the Edinburgh Int'l Festival and the Singapore Arts Festival.
Notable work
8.2Marvel's Daredevil (2015)
as Leader
6.8Civil War (2024)
as Commercial Corporal
7.6The Blacklist (2013)
as Alexander Frayne
8.1Fallout (2024)
as Leon Von Felden (West-Tek)
6.4Man on a Ledge (2012)
as Police Technician
6.8The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
as Crown Acquisitions Executive
8.3New Amsterdam (2018)
as Ethan Kimura
7.8Blue Bloods (2010)
as Peter Chou
7.3Marvel's Runaways (2017)
as Robert Minoru
7.5Poker Face (2023)
as Officer Buckley
7Zero Day (2025)
as Red Rooster
7Madam Secretary (2014)
as Rick
Often works with
Mozhan Navabi
2 titles together
The Blacklist, Zero Day
Ryan Eggold
2 titles together
The Blacklist, New Amsterdam
Deirdre Lovejoy
2 titles together
The Blacklist, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Robert Clohessy
2 titles together
Man on a Ledge, Blue Bloods
Mandy Gonzalez
2 titles together
Man on a Ledge, Madam Secretary
Daniel Oreskes
2 titles together
The Thomas Crown Affair, Law & Order: Organized Crime
Full filmography · 19
Zero Day
as Red Rooster
20257
Fallout
as Leon Von Felden (West-Tek)
20248.1
Mech Cadets
as Captain Skip Tanaka (voice)
20237.1
Poker Face
as Officer Buckley
20237.5
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as ATF Agent Marcus Cole
20217.9
New Amsterdam
as Ethan Kimura
20188.3
Marvel's Runaways
as Robert Minoru
20177.3
Marvel's Daredevil
as Leader
20158.2
Madam Secretary
as Rick
20147
The Blacklist
as Alexander Frayne
20137.6
Blue Bloods
as Peter Chou
20107.8