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Clyde Kusatsu

Clyde Kusatsu

Acting

September 13, 1948 (77 years old)
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Male
88 Movies
182 TV Shows

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.

Dr. Strange
Dr. Strange

Dr. Strange

1978 6.0

as Wong

Age 29 (now 77)
The Interpreter
The Interpreter

The Interpreter

2005 6.3

as Police Chief Lee Wu

Age 56 (now 77)
In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire

1993 7.0

as Jack Okura

Age 44 (now 77)
Rising Sun
Rising Sun

Rising Sun

1993 6.1

as Tanaka

Age 44 (now 77)
Bird on a Wire
Bird on a Wire

Bird on a Wire

1990 6.2

as Mr. Takawaki

Age 41 (now 77)
Made in America
Made in America

Made in America

1993 5.5

as Bob Takashima

Age 44 (now 77)
American Pie
American Pie

American Pie

1999 6.6

as English Teacher

Age 50 (now 77)
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

2004 6.3

as Head Monk

Age 55 (now 77)
Top Dog
Top Dog

Top Dog

1995 4.3

as Capt. Callahan

Age 46 (now 77)
Love Happens
Love Happens

Love Happens

2009 5.8

as Cab Driver

Age 61 (now 77)
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Aladdin and the King of Thieves

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

1996 6.3

as Mujahideen (voice)

Age 47 (now 77)
Mickey Mouse Works
Mickey Mouse Works

Mickey Mouse Works

1999 6.9
Age 50 (now 77)
105 eps
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Babylon 5: Thirdspace

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

1998 6.6

as Bill Morishi

Age 49 (now 77)
Shanghai Surprise
Shanghai Surprise

Shanghai Surprise

1986 4.3

as Joe Go

Age 37 (now 77)
A Man on the Inside
A Man on the Inside

A Man on the Inside

2024 7.4

as Grant Yokohama

Age 76 (now 77)
7 eps
Shopgirl
Shopgirl

Shopgirl

2005 5.8

as Mr. Agasa

Age 57 (now 77)