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Clyde Kusatsu
Acting
1948-09-13 - Present
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.
Credits
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American PieasEnglish Teacher
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Dr. Dolittle 2asBee (voice)
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47 RoninasDrunk Official
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GodzillaasJapanese Tanker Skipper
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MidwayasCmdr. Watanabe
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Aladdin and the King of ThievesasAdditional Voice Talents (voice)
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Hot Shots! Part DeuxasPrime Minister Soto
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Bird on a WireasMr. Takawaki
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee StoryasHistory Teacher
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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo BayasMr. Lee
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In the Line of FireasJack Okura
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Spy HardasNoggin
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Recess: School's OutasMr. Yamashiro (voice)
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Rumor Has It...asConference Attendee
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The Librarian: Quest for the SpearasHead Monk
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The InterpreterasPolice Chief Lee Wu
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Dream LoverasJudge Kurita
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Love HappensasCab Driver
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Hollywood HomicideasCoroner Chung
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Dr. StrangeasWong
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Kim Possible Movie: So the DramaasNakasumi (voice; uncredited)
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Rising SunasTanaka
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The Perfect WeaponasDetective Wong
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Turner & HoochasKevin Williams
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Hellboy Animated: Sword of StormsasAdditional Voices (voice)
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The United States of LelandasJudge
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Drive ThruasFred Fukizaki
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Curious George: A Very Monkey ChristmasasThe Grocer (voice)
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Pretty PersuasionasJudge Carl Munro
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And the Band Played OnasBlood Bank Executive
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Made in AmericaasBob Takashima
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MeteorasYamashiro
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VolunteersasSouvanna
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Justice League: Secret OriginsasJapanese Ambassador (voice)
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Gross AnatomyasInterviewing Professor
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ShopgirlasMr. Agasa
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Babylon 5: ThirdspaceasBill Morishi
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Oh, God!asSupermarket Employee (uncredited)
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The Face of LoveasSushi Chef
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Top DogasCapt. Callahan
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Shanghai SurpriseasJoe Go
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Batman Beyond: The MovieasWrestling Coach (voice)
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A Nanny for ChristmasasMr. Halligan
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The Frisco KidasMr. Ping
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Paradise RoadasSergeant Tomiashi, 'The Snake'
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Black SundayasFreighter Captain
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PaparazziasDr. Hanson
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The ChallengeasGo
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Go Tell the SpartansasCol. Minh
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The ChoirboysasFrancis Tanaguchi
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...All the MarblesasClyde Yamashito
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And the Sea Will TellasEnoki
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WiredasCoroner Thomas Noguchi
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Pizza ManasFormer Prime Minister Nakasone
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Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu StranglerasLt. Arioto
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National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly SinsasSaint Peter
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The MomentasDr. Nunakawa
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Extreme DatingasJoe
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The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation BlowholeasShingen (voice)
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The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of DonnieasSun Bear (voice)
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Allison Sydney HarrisonasJimmy
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Silent CriesasSaburo Saigo
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In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the KillingasMatsumo
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Baby of the BrideasDr. Chang
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VelvetasDr. Yashima
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Farewell to ManzanarasTeddy Wakatsuki
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Laguna HeatasCoroner
Sex Tax: Based on a True StoryasJudge
American TragedyasJudge Lance Ito
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Thanksgiving DayasBanker
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Raven: Return of the Black DragonsasKen Tanaka
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The Road RaidersasShimoto
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Intimate EncountersasProfessor Ikeda
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Alex & the GypsyasX-Ray Technician
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Lookin' to Get OutasParking Attendant - Gets the China Speech
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Deconstructing SarahasOfficer Okawa
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Lies Before KissesasLieutenant Hand
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A Perfect MatchasDr. Tommy Chang
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Streets of JusticeasDr. Edwards
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JailbirdsasKasaki
SiteasKen Tanaka
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Run Till You FallasFujimoto