Film & Media Arts

Peter Shinkoda

Peter Shinkoda is a Canadian born actor most well known for

his portrayals of Dai in Steven Spielberg’s Falling Skies and

Nobu in Marvel’s Daredevil on Netflix. In addition to enjoying

an acting career that has spanned almost 30 years Shinkoda also

worked at the Warner Bros. Studios facility in Burbank as an

employee of the lot’s Post Production department for 3 years

during the 90s. Starting out there as a production assistant

Shinkoda eventually acquired the skills of apprentice editor then

eventually graduated to assistant editor. While at WB he studied

Post Production for Film & Television at UCLA and finished the

AVID Editing program at Video Symphony in North

Hollywood. Eventually Shinkoda worked on Canadian shot

films in editing on Hollywood features such as Romeo Must

Die, Rat Race, Freddy Got Fingered, etc. while in his acting

career he has enjoyed working under the direction of prestigious

directors such as Steven Spielberg, Roland Emmerich, John

Woo, Joe Dante, Alex Proyas, Shane Black, etc. Currently

Shinkoda is trying his hand at producing several projects in

hopes that his voice can contribute to the need for a more

diversified approach to storytelling.

Generation
Nisei, Sansei
Born
1971