Akihiro Lawrence Kotabe (born July 18, 1980) is an American actor. His credits include playing Diego in Silo, Ben Nakamura in The Man in the High Castle, Dead Man in Everly,[1][2] Meyers in The November Man,[3] Eric in The Assets,[4] Akira Takahashi in Mad Men, and Shingo in The Achievers.[5][6] Kotabe also provides the voice of Kyan in the CBeebies animated series Go Jetters, the title character Boyster in the Disney XD animated series Boyster, as well Conor in the podcast Passenger List. He was nominated for Best Actor at the 2020 Madrid International Film Festival for the neo-noir film, Clay's Redemption.[7][8]

Akie Kotabe
Kotabe in 2017
Born
Akihiro Lawrence Kotabe

(1980-07-18) July 18, 1980 (age 44)
OccupationActor
Years active2005–present

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 The Achievers Shingo
2007 Paradise Hills Barry
2009 Midgets vs. Mascots Deng Mann
2009 Pornography: A Thriller Jeremy/Adam
2014 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Aide
2014 The November Man Meyers
2015 Everly Dead Man
2016 Jason Bourne Hub Tech
2016 Arcadia Jacob
2016 Eliminators Analyst
2018 Another Day of Life Friedkin / Student (VO)
2019 Hobbs & Shaw CIA Handler
2020 Clay's Redemption Clay Nominated for Best Actor at the 2020 Madrid International Film Festival
2020 Wonder Woman 1984 Air Traffic Controller
2021 Decrypted Satoshi Nakamoto
2021 Venom: Let There Be Carnage Victim's Brother
2022 The Batman Lone Train Passenger
2023 The Son Mr. Yama
2023 Gran Turismo Akira Akiba

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2005 Stacked Male Customer
2005 ER Mako
2006 Day Break Honda Driver 2 episodes
2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Kendo
2008 CSI: Miami Johnny Young
2008 Without a Trace Todd
2008 Ghost Whisperer Attendant
2010 Day One Aki Pilot
2010 Southland Roommate
2010 Mad Men Akira Takahashi
2011 All My Children Distorted Voice 12 episodes
2012 Not Going Out: Children In Need Special Mr. Namasaki Episode: "Wogan"
2014 The Assets Eric 4 episodes
2015 Humans Dr. Ji Dae-Sun
2014–2017 Boyster Boyster (voice) 52 episodes
2015–2020 Go Jetters Kyan (voice) 156 episodes
2016 Flowers Shun's Father
2016–2017 Teacup Travels Fusaaki / Katsuyori / Tokiyori / Atsu / Ryuu 5 episodes
2018 The Man in the High Castle Ben Nakamura 6 episodes
2019 Berlin Station Sgt. Mark McClain
2020 Avenue 5 Kitchen Worker
2021 The Falcon and the Winter Soldier RJ Episode: "New World Order"
2021 Invasion Satoshi 3 episodes
2022 Breeders Waiter
2022 The Toys That Built America Minoru Arakawa
2023 Silo Diego 4 episodes
2023 The Wheel of Time Turak's Voice 2 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role
2011 L.A. Noire Japanese Soldier
2012 The Secret World Ricky Pagan
2013 Transformers Universe Anomaly
2014 Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water Kazuya Sakaki
2015 Anno 2205 Ville Jorgenson
2016 Homefront: The Revolution Huojin Yang
2017 Horizon Zero Dawn Ferl / Hashiv / Orn
2017 Need for Speed Payback Aki Kimura
2018 Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry Richard / Everitt
2018 State of Mind Simon
2019 Control Additional Cast
2019 Terminator: Resistance NPCs
2019 Dragon Raja Z
2020 Cyberpunk 2077 Anthony Gilchrist
2020 The Complex Drunk Investor
2021 Night Book Pearce
2022 Horizon Forbidden West Additional Voices
2023 Park Beyond Alex
2023 Alan Wake II Additional Voices

References

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  1. ^ AintItCool.com Review of Everly
  2. ^ Exclusive Interview with Akie Kotabe
  3. ^ "November Man – A movie on ex-CIA operative". Archived from the original on September 15, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  4. ^ "Screened: TV Show – The Assets". Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  5. ^ Variety Review: "The Achievers"
  6. ^ Akie Kotabe Filmography – Moviefone
  7. ^ Clay's Redemption, retrieved February 18, 2020
  8. ^ "TIN COWBOYS Nears Completion Of Debut Feature CLAY'S REDEMPTION". BritFlicks. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
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