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Clyde Kusatsu
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Clyde Kusatsu (born September 13, 1948) is a U.S. actor.
Kusatsu was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he attended Κ»Iolani 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 sparrinβ¦
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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 Κ»Iolani 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 (1982β83) nor the Hawaiian-set medical drama Island Son (1989β90) (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 (1994β1995), 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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BODY OF WORK
Clyde Kusatsu's Filmography
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The Home
as Clyde
Site
as Ken Tanaka
47 Ronin
as Drunk Official
The Face of Love
as Sushi Chef
The Moment
as Dr. Nunakawa
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole
as Shingen (voice)
A Nanny for Christmas
as Mr. Halligan
Sex Tax: Based on a True Story
as Judge
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
as The Grocer (voice)
Love Happens
as Cab Driver
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
as Mr. Lee
Drive Thru
as Fred Fukizaki
No Poster
Fugly
as Doctor
Little Miss Christmas
as Additional Voices (voice)
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
as Additional Voices (voice)
Rumor Has It...
as Conference Attendee
Shopgirl
as Mr. Agasa
The Interpreter
as Police Chief Lee Wu
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
as Nakasumi (voice; uncredited)
Pretty Persuasion
as Judge Carl Munro
Paparazzi
as Dr. Hanson
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
as Head Monk
Extreme Dating
as Joe
The Singing Detective
as Visiting Japanese Doctor
Hollywood Homicide
as Coroner Chung
The United States of Leland
as Judge
Justice League: Secret Origins
as Japanese Ambassador (voice)
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
as Sun Bear (voice)
Dr. Dolittle 2
as Bee (voice)
Recess: School's Out
as Mr. Yamashiro (voice)
American Tragedy
as Judge Lance Ito
American Pie
as English Teacher
Batman Beyond: The Movie
as Wrestling Coach (voice)
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
as Bill Morishi
Godzilla
as Japanese Tanker Skipper
Paradise Road
as Sergeant Tomiashi, 'The Snake'
Spy Hard
as Noggin
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
as Mujahideen (voice)
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
as Saint Peter
Top Dog
as Ken Callahan
Deconstructing Sarah
as Officer Okawa
Dream Lover
as Judge Kurita
And the Band Played On
as Blood Bank Executive
Rising Sun
as Tanaka
In the Line of Fire
as Jack Okura
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Prime Minister Soto
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
as History Teacher
Silent Cries
as Saburo Saigo
Made in America
as Bob Takashima
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
as Ken Tanaka
Baby of the Bride
as Dr. Chang
Jailbirds
as Kasaki
The Perfect Weapon
as Detective Wong
Lies Before Kisses
as Lieutenant Hand
And the Sea Will Tell
as Enoki
Pizza Man
as Former Prime Minister Nakasone
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
as Matsumo
Thanksgiving Day
as Banker
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
as Lt. Arioto
Bird on a Wire
as Mr. Takawaki
Gross Anatomy
as Interviewing Professor
Wired
as Coroner Thomas Noguchi
Turner & Hooch
as Kevin Williams
The Road Raiders
as Shimoto
Run Till You Fall
as Fujimoto
Laguna Heat
as Coroner
Intimate Encounters
as Professor Ikeda
Shanghai Surprise
as Joe Go
No Poster
Sylvan in Paradise
Streets of Justice
as Dr. Edwards
Volunteers
as Souvanna
Gimme an 'F'
as Japanese Businessman
Velvet
as Dr. Yashima
Allison Sydney Harrison
as Jimmy
Lookin' to Get Out
as Parking Attendant - Gets the China Speech
The Challenge
as Go
...All the Marbles
as Clyde Yamashito
No Poster
Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
as Naval Medical Examiner
A Perfect Match
as Dr. Tommy Chang
Meteor
as Yamashiro
The Frisco Kid
as Mr. Ping
Dr. Strange
as Wong
Go Tell the Spartans
as Col. Minh
The Choirboys
as Francis Tanaguchi
Oh, God!
as Supermarket Employee (uncredited)
Black Sunday
as Freighter Captain
Alex & the Gypsy
as X-Ray Technician
Midway
as Cmdr. Watanabe
Farewell to Manzanar
as Teddy Wakatsuki