Michael Yama
Acting
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Brooklyn South
An American ensemble police drama series following the life of police officers from the 74th Precinct in southern Brooklyn, New York City.
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
One of the most moving stories in the annals of sports is presented in this true drama documenting the love affair of baseball immortal Lou Gehrig and his wife Eleanor. Their romance spans the time period from his days of glory with Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees to his unsuccessful battle with an incurable disease. As the story begins, the talented but shy Gehrig is already a popular Yankee slugger when he meets the outgoing Eleanor. Their romance begins hesitantly, but blossoms as they exchange letters while Gehrig is on the road with the team. However, Gehrig's possessive mother becomes a formidable obstacle, first to their marriage and later to their happiness. But their love for one another proves triumphant. In the midst of their happiness, when Gehrig is at the peak of his career, he learns that he is suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The courage and dignity exhibited by the Gehrigs during this crisis make this a powerful, memorable film.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise!
After yet another defeat inflicted by G.I. Joe, the immediate subordinates of Cobra's leader, Cobra Commander, have finally come to the end of their patience with his apparent incompetence and his inability to achieve real victories. The leader of the research and interrogations wing, Dr. Mindbender, receives a dream showing the solution. His plan is to collect the genetic material of great warriors and military leaders to create a composite clone that would be the perfect leader for Cobra. Now they set out to put this scheme into motion, and G.I. Joe has very little time to learn of this plot before Cobra becomes that much more a dire threat to the world.
Malcolm in the Middle
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
The X-Files
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra
G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra is the second G.I. Joe miniseries based on the successful Hasbro Toys and Marvel Comics property. Using a laser core stolen from G.I.Joe, Cobra activates the Weather Dominator, an incredible weapon which controls the forces of Nature itself, Cobra Commander targets Washington for destruction, but the Joe team repels the attack and the Weather Dominator explodes into three parts setting off a chain reaction of natural disasters around the world. Can G.I.Joe recover the Weather Dominator in time to beat Cobra and save the world. It aired in 1984 and most of the 1984 and even some 1985 products are given plenty of screen time. Like the first miniseries, A Real American Hero, The Revenge of Cobra was written by Ron Friedman who created the series for television, and wrote all four miniseries.
Angel
The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
ER
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
The Fall Guy
Hollywood stuntman Colt Seavers picks up some extra pocket money by using his rough-and-tumble skills to track and capture bail jumpers.
Filmography
as Philip
as Dalai Lama
as Chinese Restaurant Maître D'
as Speed Dater 4
as Harry's Dad
as Drunken Chef
as Morita
as Yori Nakano
as Ancient One (voice)
as Additional Voices (voice)
as Watsuhita Head Executive
as Mr. Ozu
as Shyu (voice)
as Mr. Cho
as Mr. Kim
as Chinese Agent
as Larry the Waiter
as Chairman Tzu
as Mr. Yamamoto
as Japanese Business Man #1
as Mr. Hayashi
as Otaku (voice)
as Businessman (segment "Static Man")
as Wataru Yamaguchi
as Grandfather
as Dr. Key
as Judge Furuya
as Epidemiologist
as Curious Sushi Man
as Quan
as Hiro Tanaka
as Dr. Sada
as Chinese Father
as Hsin
as Surgeon
as The Dealer
as Japanese Man #1
as Croupier #2
as Technician
as Old Man
as Dr. Lee
as Sketch Artist
as Tai Charlie
as Torpedo (voice)
as Nagamichi
as Toshi Nokarita
as George Wong
as Iko
as Torpedo (voice)
as Japanese Businessman
as Chinese Co-Pilot
as Baccarat Croupier
as Masaggi's Aide #2
as Stepmother / Witch
as Newscaster
as Torpedo (voice)
as Mr. Russell
as Waiter
as Kei (uncredited)
as Kei
as Richard's Lawyer
as Takahama
as Photographer
as Anesthesiologist
as Photographer
as Usher
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)