Cast
Clyde Kusatsu
Acting
Cast
Clyde Kusatsu
Known for
Acting
Born
1948-09-13
From
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Also known as ููููุฏ ููุณุงุชุณู
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 สปIolani 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 (1982โ83) nor the Hawaiian-set medical drama Island Son (1989โ90) (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 (1994โ1995), 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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6.6
MOVIE1999
American Pie
as English Teacher
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5.7
MOVIE1998
Godzilla
as Japanese Tanker Skipper
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6.2
MOVIE2013
47 Ronin
as Drunk Official
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6.1
MOVIE1981
...All the Marbles
as Clyde Yamashito
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6.5
MOVIE1993
Hot Shots! Part Deux
as Prime Minister Soto
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6.3
MOVIE1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
as Mujahideen (voice)
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5.8
MOVIE2005
Pretty Persuasion
as Judge Carl Munro
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7.0
MOVIE1993
In the Line of Fire
as Jack Okura
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6.6
MOVIE1976
Midway
as Cmdr. Watanabe
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5.4
MOVIE1996
Spy Hard
as Noggin
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5.7
MOVIE2005
Rumor Has It...
as Conference Attendee
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6.9
MOVIE1993
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
as History Teacher
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6.2
MOVIE1990
Bird on a Wire
as Mr. Takawaki
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5.3
MOVIE2001
Dr. Dolittle 2
as Bee (voice)
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6.3
MOVIE2008
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
as Mr. Lee
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6.3
MOVIE2005
The Interpreter
as Police Chief Lee Wu
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6.1
MOVIE1993
Rising Sun
as Tanaka
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6.3
MOVIE2004
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
as Head Monk
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10.0
MOVIE2026
The Home
as Clyde
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5.8
MOVIE2005
Shopgirl
as Mr. Agasa
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6.6
MOVIE2001
Recess: School's Out
as Mr. Yamashiro (voice)
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6.9
MOVIE2005
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
as Nakasumi (voice; uncredited)
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5.2
MOVIE2003
Hollywood Homicide
as Coroner Chung
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5.3
MOVIE2004
Paparazzi
as Dr. Hanson
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7.2
MOVIE1999
Batman Beyond: The Movie
as Wrestling Coach (voice)
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6.6
MOVIE1993
Dream Lover
as Judge Kurita
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6.3
MOVIE2025
Site
as Ken Tanaka
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6.5
MOVIE1993
And the Band Played On
as Blood Bank Executive
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6.3
MOVIE1989
Turner & Hooch
as Kevin Williams
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6.4
MOVIE1997
Paradise Road
as Sergeant Tomiashi, 'The Snake'
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5.2
MOVIE2003
The Singing Detective
as Visiting Japanese Doctor
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6.7
MOVIE1977
Black Sunday
as Freighter Captain
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6.4
MOVIE1991
The Perfect Weapon
as Detective Wong
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5.8
MOVIE2009
Love Happens
as Cab Driver
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5.5
MOVIE1993
Made in America
as Bob Takashima
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6.3
MOVIE1991
And the Sea Will Tell
as Enoki
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5.4
MOVIE2010
A Nanny for Christmas
as Mr. Halligan
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5.5
MOVIE1985
Volunteers
as Souvanna
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3.0
MOVIE1994
Deconstructing Sarah
as Officer Okawa
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4.2
MOVIE1986
Shanghai Surprise
as Joe Go
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6.6
MOVIE1998
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
as Bill Morishi
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6.1
MOVIE1978
Dr. Strange
as Wong
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6.1
MOVIE2013
The Face of Love
as Sushi Chef
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5.2
MOVIE1979
Meteor
as Yamashiro
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6.3
MOVIE2006
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
as Additional Voices (voice)
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6.8
MOVIE2009
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
as The Grocer (voice)
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4.3
MOVIE1995
Top Dog
as Ken Callahan
MOVIE2007
Fugly
as Doctor
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6.2
MOVIE1978
Go Tell the Spartans
as Col. Minh
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6.1
MOVIE1979
The Frisco Kid
as Mr. Ping
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5.8
MOVIE2000
American Tragedy
as Judge Lance Ito
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5.3
MOVIE2007
Drive Thru
as Fred Fukizaki
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5.9
MOVIE1982
The Challenge
as Go
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6.4
MOVIE1977
Oh, God!
as Supermarket Employee (uncredited)
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7.0
MOVIE1985
Streets of Justice
as Dr. Edwards
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5.5
MOVIE1977
The Choirboys
as Francis Tanaguchi
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7.7
MOVIE2001
Justice League: Secret Origins
as Japanese Ambassador (voice)
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5.7
MOVIE1989
Gross Anatomy
as Interviewing Professor
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3.8
MOVIE1986
Intimate Encounters
as Professor Ikeda
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7.0
MOVIE1980
A Perfect Match
as Dr. Tommy Chang
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7.0
MOVIE2001
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
as Sun Bear (voice)
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5.1
MOVIE1995
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
as Saint Peter
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6.0
MOVIE1991
Baby of the Bride
as Dr. Chang
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7.5
MOVIE1990
Thanksgiving Day
as Banker
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4.6
MOVIE1976
Alex & the Gypsy
as X-Ray Technician
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5.0
MOVIE1993
Silent Cries
as Saburo Saigo
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4.5
MOVIE2013
The Moment
as Dr. Nunakawa
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7.5
MOVIE2012
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole
as Shingen (voice)
MOVIE1986
Sylvan in Paradise
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2.0
MOVIE2006
Little Miss Christmas
as Additional Voices (voice)
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6.5
MOVIE2003
The United States of Leland
as Judge
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6.0
MOVIE1976
Farewell to Manzanar
as Teddy Wakatsuki
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5.3
MOVIE1989
The Road Raiders
as Shimoto
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1.0
MOVIE2010
Sex Tax: Based on a True Story
as Judge
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8.0
MOVIE1983
Allison Sydney Harrison
as Jimmy
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10.0
MOVIE1988
Run Till You Fall
as Fujimoto
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8.0
MOVIE1990
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
as Lt. Arioto
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5.5
MOVIE2004
Extreme Dating
as Joe
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4.0
MOVIE1991
Pizza Man
as Former Prime Minister Nakasone
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3.6
MOVIE1989
Wired
as Coroner Thomas Noguchi
MOVIE1991
Lies Before Kisses
as Lieutenant Hand
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5.6
MOVIE1990
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
as Matsumo
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4.9
MOVIE1984
Gimme an 'F'
as Japanese Businessman
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4.3
MOVIE1987
Laguna Heat
as Coroner
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6.7
MOVIE1984
Velvet
as Dr. Yashima
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7.7
MOVIE1991
Jailbirds
as Kasaki
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8.0
MOVIE1992
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
as Ken Tanaka
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5.1
MOVIE1982
Lookin' to Get Out
as Parking Attendant - Gets the China Speech