Clyde Kusatsu

Biography

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.

Known For

Police Chief Lee Wu

The Interpreter

Japanese Tanker Skipper

Godzilla

Additional Voice Talents (voice)

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

Mr. Agasa

Shopgirl

Bill Morishi

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

Clyde Yamashito

...All the Marbles

Shimoto

The Road Raiders

Cab Driver

Love Happens

Judge Lance Ito

American Tragedy

Joe

Extreme Dating

Head Monk

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

Capt. Callahan

Top Dog

Mr. Halligan

A Nanny for Christmas

Fred Fukizaki

Drive Thru

Interviewing Professor

Gross Anatomy

Francis Tanaguchi

The Choirboys

Lt. Arioto

Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

Wong

Dr. Strange

Dr. Nunakawa

The Moment

Joe Go

Shanghai Surprise

Jimmy

Allison Sydney Harrison

Saburo Saigo

Silent Cries

Former Prime Minister Nakasone

Pizza Man

Sun Bear (voice)

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

Officer Okawa

Deconstructing Sarah

Ken Tanaka

Site

Shingen (voice)

The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole

Yamashiro

Meteor

Wrestling Coach (voice)

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Col. Minh

Go Tell the Spartans

Enoki

And the Sea Will Tell

Parking Attendant - Gets the China Speech

Lookin' to Get Out

Coroner Thomas Noguchi

Wired

Fujimoto

Run Till You Fall

Mr. Lee

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Kasaki

Jailbirds

Banker

Thanksgiving Day

Go

The Challenge

X-Ray Technician

Alex & the Gypsy

Lieutenant Hand

Lies Before Kisses

Jack Okura

In the Line of Fire

Teddy Wakatsuki

Farewell to Manzanar

Sergeant Tomiashi, 'The Snake'

Paradise Road

Japanese Ambassador (voice)

Justice League: Secret Origins

Judge

Sex Tax: Based on a True Story

English Teacher

American Pie

Detective Wong

The Perfect Weapon

Drunk Official

47 Ronin

Kevin Williams

Turner & Hooch

Coroner Chung

Hollywood Homicide

Sushi Chef

The Face of Love

Additional Voices (voice)

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

Noggin

Spy Hard

Professor Ikeda

Intimate Encounters

History Teacher

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Tanaka

Rising Sun

Judge Kurita

Dream Lover

Matsumo

In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing

Mr. Takawaki

Bird on a Wire

Coroner

Laguna Heat

Dr. Tommy Chang

A Perfect Match

Judge Carl Munro

Pretty Persuasion

Souvanna

Volunteers

Conference Attendee

Rumor Has It...

Mr. Yamashiro (voice)

Recess: School's Out

Dr. Chang

Baby of the Bride

Bee (voice)

Dr. Dolittle 2

Mr. Ping

The Frisco Kid

Nakasumi (voice; uncredited)

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

Freighter Captain

Black Sunday

Supermarket Employee (uncredited)

Oh, God!

Cmdr. Watanabe

Midway

Judge

The United States of Leland

Dr. Hanson

Paparazzi

Dr. Yashima

Velvet

Ken Tanaka

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

Bob Takashima

Made in America

Prime Minister Soto

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Dr. Edwards

Streets of Justice

Blood Bank Executive

And the Band Played On

Saint Peter

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

The Grocer (voice)

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas