Alex Shimizu

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Alex Shimizu is an American actor of Japanese descent.

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Early life

Shimizu was born and raised in Manhattan, New York. He began his career as a dancer for the National Dance Institute while attending Hunter College Elementary School. He was mentored by founder Jacques d'Amboise and featured alongside him on the CBS Evening News [1] [2] and NPR with guest host Christopher Walken. [3]

Acting career

Shimizu performed Off Broadway and in the film version of Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The film was shown at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Mavericks in Film Programme. He is best known for portraying the recurring character Tadashi Ito on the NBC series The Blacklist [4] starring James Spader and Toshiro Furuya on season 2 of AMC's horror anthology series The Terror [5] which focused on the Japanese American internment camps during World War II. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2014 A Midsummer's Night Dream Rude Elemental
2017 The Outcasts Howard

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Person of Interest Daizo2 episodes
2015 Community Teen #2
2015 Scorpion Drama Student #1
2016 Foursome Lort2 episodes
2016-2017 Stuck in the Middle Bai Hsu2 episodes
2019 S.W.A.T Kenta
2019 The Terror Toshiro Furuya8 episodes
2018-2021 The Blacklist Tadashi Ito4 episodes

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