News

October 14th, 2008:  Akie books a Jack in the Box national commercial for the Hispanic market.

 

July 21st, 2008:  Akie booked a co-star role on CBS's Ghost Whisperer.  Episode is titled "Save Our Souls," airing October 24th at 8pm Pacific Time.

July 18th, 2008:  Akie books a guest starring role playing Johnny Young in CSI: Miami. Episode is titled "Won't Get Fueled Again," airing September 29th at 10pm Pacific Time on CBS. CSI: Miami

 

May 13th, 2008:  Akie booked a lead role on the SAG Feature Film, A Tribute to Big Red with RCMVM Productions.  Shooting in Dallas for six weeks.

May 9th, 2008: Akie is proud to have Shelley Pang with House of Pang as his exclusive agent for print representation.

April 30th, 2008: Akie books a guest starring role playing Todd on  Without a Trace." Episode is the season premiere, titled "Last Call," airing September 23rd at 10pm Pacific Time on CBS.

April 27th, 2008: Letters from Iwo Jima (with English dubbing) airs on the AMC Channel.

April 25th, 2008: Akie books a Series Regular role on OIC Productions SAG TV pilot, Venice Beach Sushi.

March 20th, 2008: Showdown Pictures and Red Interactive hire Akie for the 2008 MTV Movie Spoof Awards Advert.

March 8th, 2008: Akie is recurring on a new ESPN.com Viral Ad series, The Drumbone Story produced by Showdown Pictures.

January 23rd, 2008: Akie is re-teaming with Storm's Eye Media & Charles Tien for Pandemic, playing Teet.

December 20th, 2007: Akie will be the voice of Saigo for the English version of Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima.

December 15th, 2007: Akie is working on his upcoming role as Steve in the SAG TV pilot, Lost Angels.

November 7th, 2007: Akie is playing dual supporting roles on the SAG independent feature Pornography - A Thriller directed by David Kittredge.

 November 1st, 2007: Akie is playing Kendo in an episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on FOX.

October 5th, 2007: Akie is co-writing and acting with Masa Kanome in a short dramatic film project called The Route, directed by Kensuke Ota.

August & September, 2007: Akie is working on the second season of NBC's summer hit The Singing Bee.

July 28th, 2007: Akie booked a national commercial for Diet Mountain Dew.

June 25th, 2007: Akie is proud to have Schiowitz, Connor, Ankrum, Wolf, Inc. & Caleigh Vancata as his theatrical agents.

May & June, 2007: Akie is working on the upcoming NBC gameshow, The Singing Bee.

March 12th, 2007: Akie is shooting a principal role for a national Canadian Chevrolet commercial. Kudos to Shane Liem casting. ^_^

March 7th, 2007: Paradise Hills screens at the Westwood Crest Theatre in Westwood, CA.

March 1st, 2007: A New Year! Akie is now working on a new stoner character for Ashes to Ashes, a Chapman short film directed by Chris Harden.

December 15th, 2006: Akie will be working on his friend David J. Lee's short film, Saffron.

December 14th, 2006: Akie booked a national Ad Council PSA, entitled "Everyone Knows Your Name."

December 4th, 2006: Akie booked a supporting role in Peter Pham's short film, Perfect Sense.

November 12th, 2006: Akie got the lead role in David Woo's USC-grad film, Paper Sons.

October 16th, 2006: Akie booked a principal role in a Sony CES industrial, which will be playing at the 2007 International CES, Jan. 8-11th, in Las Vegas.

 

October 1st, 2006: The SAGindie print advert is in industry magaines (such as MovieMaker) now.

September 30th, 2006: Akie works as several voices for the English version of the Japanese anime Eien no Hou, or Laws of Eternity.

September 17th, 2006: Akie works as a featured skateboarder in an upcoming US 5 music video.

September 15th, 2006: The Achievers is accepted into the 2006 Hawaii International Film Festival.



August 28th, 2006: Akie booked a potentially recurring role on Taye Digg's new ABC show - Day Break.
ABC's new show Day Break.

August 2nd, 2006: Akie has booked a supporting role in the SAG feature, Paradise Hills.

July 24th, 2006: Akie booked a national commercial for NASDAQ.

April 1st, 2006: "The Achievers" screens at the 11th annual Chicago Asian American Showcase.

March 29th, 2006: Variety Magazine reviews The Achievers - read the review online here.

March 20th, 2006: Akie booked a Suntory commercial for Japan with Tommy Lee Jones.




Akie in The Achievers

   The Achievers is accepted to the San Francisco International Film Festival (March 2006) and the Chicago Asian American Showcase (April 2006).

March 14th, 2006: Akie worked on a Playstation Major League Baseball 2K6 print advert.



Akie worked on several educational video/industrials for Golden Era Productions in January of 2005, including a public service announcement to promote world peace.

January 25th, 2005: Akie worked on the short film Football and the City, directed by Charles Tien.

September 18th, 2005: Akie booked a co-star role on Stacked.

September 10th, 2005: Akie booked a role on an episode of ER, playing le parkour enthusiast Mako.

August 25th 2005: Akie signed with Vincent Cirrincione Associates, with Anna Liza Recto as his manager.



 

On June 5th, 2005, Akie started principal photography on The Achievers, playing the uber-stoner Shingo.

May 17th, 2005: Akie performed in The Day I Lost My Shoes at the Company of Angels Theatre.

April 25th, 2005: Akie booked a national commercial for K-Swiss shoes.



April 16th, 2005: Akie booked his first national SAG commercial for Cingular.

Corresponding print advert.

March 25th, 2005: Akie worked on a spec-commercial for Ebay.

February 25th, 2005: Akie signed with the Stevens Group Talent Agency.

February 4th, 2005: Akie starred in another short film, Bodhisattva.

December 10th, 2005: Akie books his first short film in LA, working on a project called Reflections.

November 2nd, 2004: Akie shows up in Los Angeles.



   Here is a Review of July - August 2004 Performance of Sin Titulo's production of Samuel Beckett's Play (on page 22). Click here to read comments from this and other performances posted by participants and fans from Akies stay in Japan during 2004.


Akie in Samuel Becketts Play