He looks Asian to me

I know what you are talking about, but I think its more a camera angle thing, rather than him actually looking Asian. From a certain angle, there's a look about him where I can see what you are saying. But from most angles, I'd say, not at all to the Asian look.

He looks Irish to me.

I was looking at Rome. He was the best Ceaser I have seen, but we all know what happened to Ceaser. So he won't be back next season and I thought he looked Asian, at times. So it must be the angles. BUT then I was just looking at his future movies and he is playing some one named FBI Agent Fujima in Miami Vice which sounds like a Japanese name. He is just probably a Irishman who can play a Asian. Heck Charlie Chan was played by a Austrian and he looked asian too. Anthony Quinn is a Mexican and Irishman who looked Greek in Zobra. Frank Silvera played Italians and Mexicans all of the time but he was Jamaican, African American(he lived around the corner from me).

I don't think I can agree that he could play an Asian. Like I said, I do think I know what you are talking about, but I don't really agree that he ever truly looks Asian. Its just a momentary, glispse of something vaguely 'exotic' from a certain angle, but with such a large, angular face that's not all that surprising. If he were to turn up trying to play a Japanese man, I'm afraid I'd be thoroughly unconvinced. :-)

If his character's name in Miami Vice is Fujima, I'd be willing to be convinced that his character got his Japanese surname from having one greatgrandfather who was Japanese. :-)

I agree I think on his own he would not get away with playing a Asian With a lot of make up though. But I was just taken aback when I saw he was playing person name Fujima.

I think it would have to be incredibly extensive make up before I'd find him convincing as an Asian. Fake nose, for one thing. Amongst others.

I was reading online yesterday that people are complaining about the casting of the movie Memories of a Geisha and how they used non Japanese actors for the main characters. This is turning out to be a pretty big deal within the Asian community. Well among the protest they had mentioned that the Irish actor Cairn Hines is playing a character named Fujimana in the upcomng Miami Vice. So it does look like he is playing a Japanese man. The movie doesn't come out until June but it will be interesting if the director sticks to his guns by keeping him Japanese amid all of the protests about Geisha.

>>Well among the protest they had mentioned that the Irish actor Cairn Hines is playing a character named Fujimana in the upcomng Miami Vice. So it does look like he is playing a Japanese man. The movie doesn't come out until June but it will be interesting if the director sticks to his guns by keeping him Japanese amid all of the protests about Geisha.<<

Hmm, that's bizarre. I can understand the criticism about all three major roles in Geisha going to non-Japanese actors. But Ciarán's role in Miami Vice, as I understand it, is VERY small. A couple of scenes, I think. That doesn't seem worth the protest. My guess is the character's nationality is irrelevant. And, just because someone has a Japanese surname doesn't mean they are a "Japanese man" -- all you would need is one male relative somewhere deep in your ancestry to have a particular surname.

I would also guess that the people who voiced protest at Ciarán's casting in this regard probably know no more about "Miami Vice" and this 'Fujima' character than you and I do. In other words, for all we know, they could have ALREADY changed the character's name and the IMDb is simply wrong. I'm not saying it is, I'm just saying it could be.

My family and my husband's family are Irish American, and they are from the northern counties of the Republic of Ireland, near where Hinds comes from. A remarkably common feature in both of our families is almond-shaped eyes, and when we travel there, I notice many, many people with similar eye shape and color. My own sister has almost the exact same color and shape of eyes that Hinds has, and our son has been asked whether he has Asian or American Indian blood because his eyes are so almond-shaped. I don't know where this genetic feature originates, but if you travel to the northern counties of Ireland, have a good look around and you'll see plenty of people with eyes that are more almond than round.