Peter Shinkoda bio
Main TV Roles
Show Character(s)
Falling Skies TV Show
Falling Skies
Dai Falling Skies
Dai

Main Movie Roles
2014 – Godzilla
2007 – Battle in Seattle
2007 – War
2006 – Spymate
2006 – Man About Town
2004 – I, Robot
2004 – Miracle
2003 – Paycheck
1991 – If Looks Could Kill
BIOGRAPHY:

Peter Shinkoda (born March 25, 1971) is a Canadian film and television actor who stars as Dai on the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies from ‘Steven Spielberg’ and as Sektor in the Warner Bros. webseries Mortal Kombat: Legacy directed by Kevin Tancharoen. Shinkoda has also been cast as recurring character Hachiro on Marvel’s Daredevil which is distributed via Netflix.

Shinkoda has also starred as in films such as War (as Harbor Yanagawa Shatei), I, Robot (as Detective Chin), and Paycheck as well as TV shows such as Sanctuary (as Andy Fetz), Dark Angel (as Albino X), Stargate SG-1, Supernatural, The L Word (as Bryan Karikawa), Kingdom Hospital, Andromeda (as Burke), Cold Squad, Masked Rider and the original Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers (in both series as Ferrian).

Born and raised in Montreal.

Though family and friends encouraged him to be practical and pursue a career in engineering or medicine, he was focused on an entertainment career from a young age. His first attempt at acting came when he forced his parents to drive six hours to Toronto to attend an international casting call for the role of Short Round in Steven Spielberg’s film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.The audition led nowhere at the time, leaving Shinkoda to focus onsports, excelling at hockey, skiing, football, baseball, soccer andjudo. He also studied classical piano and was identified as one of the top young pianists in Canada by the time he was 13 years old. He also has a brother named Dean.

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