Liao was born on February 6, 1976, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York. His father is Taiwanese, and his mother is Japanese. He attended graduate school at the Juilliard School's Drama Division, graduating in 2004, and studied at the Marjorie Ballentine Studio. In addition to numerous roles in movies and TV shows, he performed on stage, including portraying Song Liling in Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage production of M. Butterfly. Liao also provided voice and motion-capture acting for the role of Kenji in the video game Ghost of Tsushima (2020).
as General Mori
as San
as Paul Darros
as Dr. Herbert Kumagai
as Edmond Ku
as Rengie Tanaka
as Yasuzo
as Michael Pak
as Rob
as Albert Nguyen
as Dr. Lucien
as Albert
as U.S.S. Vengeance Bridge Officer
as Toshiaki (voice)
as Tze Lin
as Jay Lee
as Steven Mottola
as Lt. Fleming
as Al
as Chang