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Clyde Kusatsu
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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 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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Acting (241)
English Teacher
Senior Monk (voice) / Storyteller / Additional Voices (voice) / Additional Voices (voice) / Calm Man (voice)
Ice Cream Man
Japanese Tanker Skipper
Drunk Official
Lo Pan
Benjamin Franklin / Mr. Rin
Additional Voices (voice)
Prime Minister Soto
Mujahideen (voice)
Ted Yoshida
Judge Kamalei
Jack Okura
Adm. Nakamura
Bee (voice)
Judge
Mr. Lee
Police Chief Lee Wu
Kevin Williams
Fire Nation Sage
Judge Rienzo
Conference Attendee
Skydiver
Morimoto
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Picnicker (voice)
Mr. Takawaki
Anek / Sam
Review Board Doctor #1
Grand Master (voice) / Old Man / Dad (voice) / Father (voice)
Gang Leader (voice)
Elder Domo (voice) / Watari / Boss Hamata (voice) / Boss Hamata / Tayu (voice) / Watari (voice)
Tanaka
Frank / Coroner
History Teacher
Noggin
Captain Paul Yamato / Kwang Duk
Mr. Hasagawa (voice)
Head Monk
Cab Driver
Coroner Chung
Dr. Akira Onodera / Fisherman / Desk Clerk (voice)
Bald Tourist / Luau Host (voice) / Mayor Kim (voice) / (voice) / Mr. Wong (voice)
Coach (voice) / Mr. Tan (voice) / Jimmy Lin (voice) / Mr. Fong (voice)
Japanese Ambassador / Asian Technician (voice)
Joe
Dr. Sweeney / Detective Danny Cho
Dr. Hiroshi
Dr. Makido
Public Affairs Officer
Dr. Arnada (voice) / Kai (voice)
Jack Yamoto
Shingen (voice)
Colonel Ki / Naval Medical Examiner / Dr. Long Tang / Detective Lt. Gordon Katsumoto / Police Detective Lt. Gordon Katsumoto
Antiquities Dealer
Capt. Morimoto / Senator Theodore Fujiwara
Judge Matsumura
Bob Takashima
Dr. Myron Okubo
Dr. Cornell (voice)
Mr. Yamashiro (voice)
Principal Edgar Shimata
Dr. Tanaka
Mr. Lee
Judge
Choden Gyatso
Cmdr. Watanabe
Sun Bear (voice)
Ping / Reporter 2 (voice) / Ping (voice)
Lt. Cdr. McTavish / Lt. Sato (voice)
Al
Mr. Agasa
Domog (voice)
Grant Yokohama
Edward Ogawa
Han Su Lok / Lama Campo Kushog / Lama Campo Kushog / Han Su Lok / Po San
Li Ho
Dr. Hanson
Nakasumi (voice; uncredited)
Wrestling Coach (voice)
Commander Bountan / Crowd / Airbenders / Firebenders (voice) / Commander Bountan / Ellorans / Bending Cadets (voice)
Dr. Robertson
Rev. Chong
Souvanna
Paul
Yamashiro
Mr. Ping
Freighter Captain
Judge Kurita
Jerry Quan
Additional Voices (voice)
Fred Fukizaki
Judge Carl Munro
Visiting Japanese Doctor
San Francisco
Bill Morishi
Sushi Chef
Supermarket Employee (uncredited)
Psychiatrist
Judge Michael A, Katsu
Detective Wong
Nguyen
Mr. Kagawa (voice)
Japanese Ambassador (voice)
Hokaido
Wong
Islander (voice)
Ken Callahan
Blood Bank Executive
Judge Stephen Chin
Soh Fishimene (voice)
Joe Go
Judge Chudacoff
Det. Lt Raymond Lau
Tran Tam
Roy Shimamura
Judge Marcus Koh
Sergeant Tomiashi, 'The Snake'
Tex Nagita
The Grocer (voice)
Karnak/Dr. Neville (voice) / Annihilus/Black Business Executive (voice)
Joseph Yao
Mr. Loopman
Frank Fenton
TS Masuoka
Jerry
Kinishiwa Representative
Warden Yung (voice)
Mr. Halligan
Mr. Mitsumoto
Col. Minh
Johnny
Mortimer Foo
Joseph Chang
Detective
Clyde Yamashito
Judge Mitchell Sung
Interviewing Professor
Go
Dr. Zin (voice)
Dr. Akura
Bradley Rumford
Francis Tanaguchi
Ken Tanaka
Doctor Tanaka
Norman
Mr. Yanaga
Henry Yamada / Pediatrician
Joe
Coroner Thomas Noguchi
Officer
Dr. Nunakawa
Store Owner (voice)
Saint Peter
Dr. Stan Liem
Japanese Businessman
Parking Attendant - Gets the China Speech
Judge Paul Hamawaki
Sun Bear (voice)
Enoki
Dr. Chang
Hye Sook Yung
X-Ray Technician
Coroner
Mr. Tranh
Benny Kim
Judge Lance Ito
Officer Okawa
Matsumo
Former Prime Minister Nakasone
Shimaju Fukuda
Professor Ikeda
Shimoto
Prof. Ashira
Kasaki
Shingen (voice)
Dr. Yashima
(voice)
Ken Tanaka
Saburo Saigo
Dr. Edwards
Banker
Dr. Tommy Chang
Jimmy
Grant Tanaka
Teddy Wakatsuki
Additional Voices (voice)
Lt. Arioto
Fujimoto
Judge
Clyde
Enoki
Dagg (voice) / Ling /Dagg (voice)
Lieutenant Hand
