Rodney Kageyama is an American stage, film and TV actor. He is a Nisei Japanese American (second-generation). In 2007, Kageyama was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He underwent chemotherapy and as of spring 2008 was declared cancer-free. Kageyama began his career in San Francisco as one of the original members of the Asian American Theater Company. While in San Francisco he attended the American Conservatory Theatre. In 1979 Kageyama moved to Los Angeles where he joined the Asian American theatre group, East West Players (EWP), working not only as an actor, but also as a director and designer. In 1985 he received a Drama-Logue Award for Costume Design for EWP's Rashomon.