Chris Tashima

Chris Tashima is a Japanese American actor and director. He is cofounder of the entertainment company Cedar Grove Productions and Artistic Director of its Asian American theatre company, Cedar Grove OnStage. He is an Academy Award winner for directing the film Visas and Virtue as well as starring in it.

Tashima was born on the East Coast, while his father attended Harvard Law School, but grew up in California. He lived in Pasadena, where he began Suzuki Method violin at age 6. His family moved to Berkeley, where he lived for nine years, attending The College Preparatory School. He returned to Southern California, graduating from John Marshall High School . He attended UC Santa Cruz , where he studied film production. He also attended UCLA, and took additional filmmaking courses at Visual Communications . He started his acting career at East West Players in 1985. He is the son of U.S. Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima.

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