Actor
Eiji Inoue
Accomplished actor and martial artist, Eiji Inoue impacted audiences with his performance in In the Cage (2013) as the character San Tao. He has also appeared in many well-known films such as The Last Samurai, Click, and Pearl Harbor. For the episode "Chimera" from NCIS, Eiji Inoue impressed production so much that they switched a role from one concept to another just so that Eiji could play the character, Satoshi Takada. During Eiji Inoue's acting career of 23 years, he has appeared in more than 60 plays. He is best known for his role as Takeshi Kawabata in Take Me Out a play by Richard Greenberg. This Tony Award winning production made a revival in Los Angeles and continued to be extended 3 times winning both critics' and audiences hearts alike. Not only is Eiji Inoue a driven and talented actor, he is also extremely experienced in Chinese martial arts, specifically Wushu Kungfu. With over 30 years of martial arts training and competitions, Eiji is adept in 18 different styles and weaponry uses. Some of which are Broad Sword, Double Broad Sword, Straight Sword, Long Spear, 3 Section Staff, Japanese Samurai Sword, etc. Because Eiji continues to perfect his craft by participating in theater when not working on films and TV, he has had the privilege of being cast alongside prolific actors such as Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Adam Sandler, Meg Ryan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and many more. Awards: ADA Award for Best Ensemble Cast for The Box. Nominations: His independent film Pearlblossom Hwy (2012) for AFI's Film Festival Top 10. Official Selections for Vienna International Film Festival, AFI Fest, Starz Denver Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Bradford International Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival. Eiji Inoue's next project, Conversation, is expected to shoot in November 2014. With 2 projects already slated to come out in 2015, Eiji Inoue is one busy actor ready for more prominent roles and creatively challenging projects.
Notable work
6.3Click (2006)
as Watsuhita Executive
6.9Pearl Harbor (2001)
as Japanese Soldier
6Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
as Taxi Driver
7.6NCIS (2003)
as Satoshi Takada
7.8Predator: Killer of Killers (2025)
as Additional Voices (voice)
7.9Gilmore Girls (2000)
as Mr. Watanabe
7.4The Terror (2018)
as Hideo Furuya
7.9Angel (1999)
as Japanese Business Man #2
7.2Little Boy (2015)
as Japanese Soldier
7.1Brother (2000)
as Shirase's Henchman
Often works with
Hidetoshi Imura
3 titles together
Syndicate Smasher, Swordsman, Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America
Kate Beckinsale
2 titles together
Click, Pearl Harbor
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
2 titles together
Pearl Harbor, Little Boy
Naomasa Musaka
2 titles together
Brother, Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America
David Prak
2 titles together
Syndicate Smasher, Blonde Squad
Olya Lvova
2 titles together
Syndicate Smasher, Blonde Squad
Full filmography · 20
Area 5150
as Dr. Yoshi
Upcoming
Swordsman
as Miyamoto Musashi
Upcoming
Predator: Killer of Killers
as Additional Voices (voice)
20257.8
BEETS
as Narrator
2019
A Different Beyond
as Old Man
2018
Syndicate Smasher
as Tadao Kanehara
2018
Doomsday Device
as Oda Nobunaga / Monk
2017
Little Boy
as Japanese Soldier
20157.2
Blonde Squad
as Shinoda
2014
The Mark: Redemption
as Japanese Prime Minister
2013
In the Cage
as San Tao
2013
Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America
cast
2011