Biography
Tohoru Masamune is an American actor. He was born on 18 November 1959 in Madison, Wisconsin, and is an MIT graduate. He is known for playing Shredder in the 2014 film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Japanese security guard in Inception (2010).
Masamune has appeared in television series including Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016), Heroes (2006–2010) and Never Have I Ever (2020–2023). On stage he has taken starring roles at the Goodman Theatre and Williamstown Theatre Festival, directed by Tony Award winners Mary Zimmerman and Daniel J. Sullivan, and has performed with the Theatre of Yugen in classical Japanese theatre.
