Peter Shinkoda
| Peter Shinkoda | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 25, 1971[1] Montreal, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor |
Peter Shinkoda (born March 25, 1971) is a Canadian film and television actor who stars as Dai on the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies[2] from Steven Spielberg and as Sektor in the Warner Bros. webseries Mortal Kombat: Legacy[3] directed by Kevin Tancharoen. Shinkoda has also appeared as recurring character Nobu on Marvel's Daredevil, which is distributed via Netflix.[4][5]
Shinkoda has also starred as in films such as War (as Harbor Yanagawa Shatei), I, Robot (as Detective Chin), and Paycheck as well as TV shows such as Hawaii Five-0 (as Alan Kim), Sanctuary (as Andy Fetz), Dark Angel (as Albino X), Stargate SG-1, Supernatural, The L Word (as Bryan Karikawa), Kingdom Hospital, Andromeda (as Burke), Cold Squad, Masked Rider and the original Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (in both series as Ferrian).
Early life
Shinkoda was born and raised in Montreal. Though family and friends encouraged him to be practical and pursue a career in engineering or medicine, he was focused on an entertainment career from a young age. His first attempt at acting came when he forced his parents to drive six hours to Toronto to attend an international casting call for the role of Short Round in Steven Spielberg’s film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The audition led nowhere at the time, leaving Shinkoda to focus on sports, excelling at hockey, skiing, football, baseball, soccer and judo. He also studied classical piano and was identified as one of the top young pianists in Canada by the time he was 13 years old. He also has a brother named Dean.
Education
At 18, Shinkoda moved to Toronto to stay with relatives, but only stayed a year, leaving to attend the University of Western Ontario to pursue a Civil Engineering degree. He began spending summers in Los Angeles and eventually made the transition to study Post Production for Film and Television at UCLA.[6] He then went on to work as an assistant editor on such films as Romeo Must Die, Rat Race, Freddie Got Fingered and Saving Silverman, although he never finished any of the editing projects as acting assignments always arose to supersede them. Shinkoda once studied acting at the East-West Players Conservatory, and earned a lead role in the Northwest Asian American Theater’s production of Exit the Dragon by Eric Michael Zee, produced by Ming-Na Wen.[7]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | If Looks Could Kill | French Club | |
| 2001 | Crash and Byrnes | Victor | Video |
| 2003 | Paycheck | Suit | |
| 2004 | Miracle | Japanese Athlete | |
| 2004 | The Truth About Miranda | Male Model | |
| 2004 | I, Robot | Chin | |
| 2004 | Lucky Stars | Peter | |
| 2006 | Spymate | Mountain Guard #2 | |
| 2006 | Man About Town | Agency Assistant | |
| 2007 | War | Harbor Yanagawa Shatei | |
| 2007 | Battle in Seattle | Protester | Uncredited |
| 2009 | The Hole | Young Cop | |
| 2014 | Godzilla | Muto Crow's Nest Tech #1 | |
| 2014 | Jackhammer | Nee Long | |
| 2014 | Zero Day | Tseung | Short Post-production |
| 2014 | Dragons Vs. Robots | Reiling | Short Post-production |
| 2014 | The Lady Killers | Brian | Post-production |
| 2015 | Western Religion | Chinaman Dan | Post-production |
| 2015 | Inflection | Chad | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers | Ferrian | Episode: "A Friend in Need, Parts 1-3" |
| 1995 | Masked Rider | Ferrian | Episode: "Escape From Edenoi, Part 1" |
| 2000–04 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 2001 | Cold Squad | Informant 591 | Episode: "Loose Ends, Parts 1-2" |
| 2001 | Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat | Various Characters, Voice | 3 episodes |
| 2001 | Gadget and the Gadgetinis | Suzuki, Voice | 2001 only |
| 2002 | Dark Angel | Albino X | Episode: "Love Among the Runes" |
| 2002 | The Real World Movie: The Lost Season | Keith | Scripted TV special |
| 2002 | Andromeda | Burke | Episode: "The Risk-All Point" |
| 2004 | 10.5 | Drill Tech #2 | TV mini-series |
| 2004 | Kingdom Hospital | Anesthesiologist | 5 episodes |
| 2004–05 | The L Word | Bryan Karikawa | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Stephen King's Dead Zone | Duffy | Episode: "Heroes and Demons" |
| 2005 | Supernatural | Alex | Episode: "Skin" |
| 2006 | Stargate SG-1 | Caledonian Aide | Episode: "Ethon" |
| 2007 | Sanctuary | Andy Fetz | TV mini-series |
| 2008 | Filminute 2008 | Host | TV Movie |
| 2010 | Riverworld | Yoshinaka | TV Movie |
| 2011 | Mortal Kombat: Legacy | Sektor | Episode: "Cyrax and Sektor" |
| 2011–13 | Falling Skies | Dai | 21 episodes |
| 2014 | Hawaii Five-0 | Alan Kim | Episode: "Ho'i Hou" |
| 2014 | The Startup | Mark | TV movie |
| 2015–16 | Daredevil | Nobu | 9 episodes |
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/seychellegab/status/316099995243786240
- ↑ Peter Shinkoda on TNT's Falling Skies website
- ↑ Mortal Kombat: Legacy cast listing on IMDb
- ↑ The Deadline Team, Deadline Hollywood, Peter Shinkoda Joins Netflix’s Marvel Drama Series ‘Daredevil’; AMC’s ‘Galyntine’ Adds Cast, http://www.deadline.com/2014/07/peter-shinkoda-joins-netflixs-marvel-drama-series-daredevil-amcs-galantyne-adds-cast/
- ↑ Angry Asian Man, PETER SHINKODA JOINS THE CAST OF 'DAREDEVIL', http://blog.angryasianman.com/2014/07/peter-shinkoda-joins-cast-of-daredevil.html
- ↑ IMDb bio
- ↑ Peter Shinkoda, About, http://www.petershinkoda.com/styled/about.html