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Toshi Toda
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Toshi Toda (born April 27, 1943, in New York, New York) is a Japanese-American actor who has been active since 1980, making his screen debut as a Professor in It's My Turn (1980, with Jill Clayburgh). He has accumulated over 70 film and television credits, frequently portraying Japanese businessmen, officials, and other authority figures, and has also done voice work on 47 Ronin (2013), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), and War (2007). On Broadway he appeared in Anything Goes.
His most notable film credits include Colonel Adachi in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006, directed by Clint Eastwood, with Ken Watanabe), a Japanese Tanker Captain in Godzilla (1998), Yuan in Just Married (2003, with Ashton Kutc…
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Toshi Toda (born April 27, 1943, in New York, New York) is a Japanese-American actor who has been active since 1980, making his screen debut as a Professor in It's My Turn (1980, with Jill Clayburgh). He has accumulated over 70 film and television credits, frequently portraying Japanese businessmen, officials, and other authority figures, and has also done voice work on 47 Ronin (2013), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), and War (2007). On Broadway he appeared in Anything Goes. His most notable film credits include Colonel Adachi in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006, directed by Clint Eastwood, with Ken Watanabe), a Japanese Tanker Captain in Godzilla (1998), Yuan in Just Married (2003, with Ashton Kutcher and Justin Theroux), a Dentist in Pearl Harbor (2001, directed by Michael Bay), a Japanese Businessman in Crank (2006, with Jason Statham), a Watsuhita Executive in Click (2006, with Adam Sandler), a Grocery Store Man in Menace II Society (1993), and a role in The Wolverine (2013, with Hugh Jackman). On television he is best known as Sugiyama Josui in Shōgun (2024, 5 episodes, FX), with additional credits in Seinfeld (1996), Mad About You (1992), ER (2000), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2005), Entourage (2006), Arrested Development (2005), Scrubs (2007), FlashForward (2009), The Event (2011, as Japanese Prime Minister), Chuck (2010), Black Lightning (2018), Perry Mason (2020), and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022).
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Toshi Toda's Filmography
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Serial Beauty
as Mr. Kimura
Masaru
Monster Island
as Lieutenant Maxwell
The Great Buddha Arrival
as Maxwell (Toshi) James
Masterless
as Old Man
Tadaima
as Kazuo
Delivered
as Katsuro
All That Remains
as Nakata
The 8th SAMURAI
Letters from Iwo Jima
as Colonel Adachi
Crank
as Japanese Businessman
Click
as Watsuhita Executive
Windy City Heat
as Hiroshima Nagaskai
Just Married
as Yuan
Mr. Deeds
as Card Reader
Ocha Cups for Christmas
as Mr. Ishikawa
Bark!
as Customer
Pearl Harbor
as Dentist
Godzilla
as Japanese Tanker Captain
Hourglass
as Tak Narita
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
as Korean Store Owner
Menace II Society
as Grocery Store Man
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
as Asian Passenger
Ghost Ship
as Chang
It's My Turn
as Professor
No Poster
Night Driver
as Jin Pun