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person_profile-Clyde Kusatsu

Clyde Kusatsu Age: 76

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Clyde Kusatsu

Date of Birth:

Sep 13, 1948

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Clyde Kusatsu

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Clyde Kusatsu (born September 13, 1948) is a U.S. actor.

    Kusatsu was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he attended ʻIolani School. Kusatsu began acting in Honolulu summer stock, and after studying theatre at Northwestern University, started to make his mark on the small screen in the mid-1970s. Usually mustachioed, with a dapper, professional air, he has most often played doctors, but his repertoire has included a generous sampling of teachers (usually college professors), businessmen, detectives, church ministers and other intelligent, middle-class types. With his quiet, wry line delivery, Kusatsu made a memorably clever and hilarious sparring partner for Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) on several episodes of All in the Family as the Reverend Chong, refusing to baptize Archie's grandson without the permission of the boy's parents. During this period Kusatsu also worked with the Asian American theatre group East West Players in Los Angeles.

    Kusatsu was subsequently a regular on several series, but neither the adventure Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982–83) nor the Hawaiian-set medical drama Island Son (1989–90) (in which he played one of Richard Chamberlain's colleagues) lasted very long. His many television movies have included the film adaptation of Farewell to Manzanar (1976), about Japanese American internment during World War II. Other M.O.W.s and mini-series have been "And The Sea Will Tell", and "American Tragedy" playing Judge Lance Ito. He had a memorable role in the "Baa Baa Black Sheep" episode "Prisoners of War" as a downed Japanese fighter pilot in the Pacific (1976). (Kusatsu also guest-starred on an episode of Lou Grant on Japanese internment in the U.S.); Golden Land (1988), a Hollywood-set drama based on a William Faulkner story; and the AIDS drama And the Band Played On (1993). He appeared in four M*A*S*H episodes and later starred in the short-lived A.B.C. series All American Girl (1994–1995), the first East Asian familiar sitcom in the U.S.

    Feature roles, beginning with Midway (1976), have generally been small, but in the 1990s Kusatsu had roles in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993, as a history teacher) and In the Line of Fire (1993, as a Secret Service agent). He appeared as a high school English teacher in American Pie (1999). Other recent films have been "ShopGirl" as Mr. Agasa, and in Sydney Pollack's The Interpreter (2005) as Lee Wu, head of security for the United Nations Headquarters. He currently plays the recurring role of Dr. Dennis Okamura on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. Kusatsu starred in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) as Mr. Lee.

    Kusatsu is married to Gayle Kusatsu; they have two sons, Kevin and Andrew.

    Description above from the Wikipedia article Clyde Kusatsu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography of

Clyde Kusatsu

Found 79 Movies in total

47 Ronin

Drunk Official ( Actor )

... 2013

The Face of Love

Sushi Chef ( Actor )

... 2013

The Moment

Dr. Nunakawa ( Actor )

... 2013

... 2012

A Nanny for Christmas

Mr. Halligan ( Actor )

... 2010

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

The Grocer (voice) ( Actor )

... 2009

Love Happens

Cab Driver ( Actor )

... 2009

Drive Thru

Fred Fukizaki ( Actor )

... 2007

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

Additional Voices (voice) ( Actor )

... 2006

Rumor Has It...

Conference Attendee ( Actor )

... 2005

Shopgirl

Mr. Agasa ( Actor )

... 2005

Extreme Dating

Joe ( Actor )

... 2005

The Interpreter

Police Chief Lee Wu ( Actor )

... 2005

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

Nakasumi (voice) ( Actor )

... 2005

Pretty Persuasion

Judge Carl Munro ( Actor )

... 2005

Paparazzi

Dr. Hanson ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2004

Hollywood Homicide

Coroner Chung ( Actor )

... 2003

... 2003

Justice League: Secret Origins

Japanese Ambassador (voice) ( Actor )

... 2001

... 2001

Dr. Dolittle 2

Bee (voice) ( Actor )

... 2001

Recess: School's Out

Mr. Yamashiro (voice) ( Actor )

... 2001

American Pie

English Teacher ( Actor )

... 1999

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Wrestling Coach (voice) ( Actor )

... 1999

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

Bill Morishi ( Actor )

... 1998

Godzilla

Japanese Tanker Skipper ( Actor )

... 1998

... 1997

Paradise Road

Sergeant Tomiashi, 'The Snake' ( Actor )

... 1997

Spy Hard

Noggin ( Actor )

... 1996

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

Thief / Additional Voice Talents (voice) ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1995

Top Dog

Capt. Callahan ( Actor )

... 1995

Deconstructing Sarah

Officer Okawa ( Actor )

... 1994

Dream Lover

Judge Kurita ( Actor )

... 1993

And the Band Played On

Blood Bank Executive ( Actor )

... 1993

Rising Sun

Tanaka ( Actor )

... 1993

In the Line of Fire

Jack Okura ( Actor )

... 1993

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Prime Minister Soto ( Actor )

... 1993

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

History Teacher ( Actor )

... 1993

Silent Cries

Saburo Saigo ( Actor )

... 1993

Made in America

Bob Takashima ( Actor )

... 1993

Baby of the Bride

Dr. Chang ( Actor )

... 1991

Jailbirds

Kasaki ( Actor )

... 1991

The Perfect Weapon

Detective Wong ( Actor )

... 1991

Lies Before Kisses

Lieutenant Hand ( Actor )

... 1991

And the Sea Will Tell

Enoki ( Actor )

... 1991

Pizza Man

Former Prime Minister Nakasone ( Actor )

... 1991

Thanksgiving Day

Banker ( Actor )

... 1990

Bird on a Wire

Mr. Takawaki ( Actor )

... 1990

Gross Anatomy

Interviewing Professor ( Actor )

... 1989

Wired

Coroner Thomas Noguchi ( Actor )

... 1989

Turner & Hooch

Kevin Williams ( Actor )

... 1989

The Road Raiders

Shimoto ( Actor )

... 1989

Run Till You Fall

Fujimoto ( Actor )

... 1988

Laguna Heat

Coroner ( Actor )

... 1987

Intimate Encounters

Professor Ikeda ( Actor )

... 1986

Shanghai Surprise

Joe Go ( Actor )

... 1986

Streets of Justice

Dr. Edwards ( Actor )

... 1985

Volunteers

Souvanna ( Actor )

... 1985

Velvet

Dr. Yashima ( Actor )

... 1984

... 1983

Lookin' to Get Out

Parking Attendant - Gets the China Speech ( Actor )

... 1982

The Challenge

Go ( Actor )

... 1982

...All the Marbles

Clyde Yamashito ( Actor )

... 1981

A Perfect Match

Dr. Tommy Chang ( Actor )

... 1980

Meteor

Yamashiro ( Actor )

... 1979

The Frisco Kid

Mr. Ping ( Actor )

... 1979

Dr. Strange

Wong ( Actor )

... 1978

Go Tell the Spartans

Col. Minh ( Actor )

... 1978

The Choirboys

Francis Tanaguchi ( Actor )

... 1977

Oh, God!

Supermarket Employee (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1977

Black Sunday

Freighter Captain ( Actor )

... 1977

Alex & the Gypsy

X-Ray Technician ( Actor )

... 1976

Midway

Cmdr. Watanabe ( Actor )

... 1976

Farewell to Manzanar

Teddy Wakatsuki ( Actor )

... 1976