Clyde Kusatsu

78 years old Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

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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.

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Recent movies

# Name Character Rating
1 The Moment (2013) Dr. Nunakawa -
2 47 Ronin (2013) Drunk Official 6.3
3 A Nanny for Christmas (2010) Mr. Halligan 5.7
4 Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (2009) The Grocer (voice) 6
5 Love Happens (2009) Cab Driver 5.9
6 Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) Mr. Lee 6.7
7 Drive Thru (2007) Fred Fukizaki 4
8 Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) Additional Voices (voice) 6
9 Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama (2005) Nakasumi (voice; uncredited) 7.5
10 The Interpreter (2005) Police Chief Lee Wu 6.7
11 Rumor Has It... (2005) Conference Attendee 6
12 Shopgirl (2005) Mr. Agasa 6.6
13 Pretty Persuasion (2005) Judge Carl Munro 5.4
14 Paparazzi (2004) Dr. Hanson 5.7
15 The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004) Head Monk 6.8
16 Extreme Dating (2004) Joe -
17 Hollywood Homicide (2003) Coroner Chung 4.8
18 The Singing Detective (2003) Visiting Japanese Doctor 5
19 The United States of Leland (2003) Judge 7.4
20 Justice League: Secret Origins (2001) Japanese Ambassador (voice) 9
21 Recess: School's Out (2001) Mr. Yamashiro (voice) 7
22 Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) Bee (voice) 5.2
23 The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie (2001) Sun Bear (voice) -
24 American Tragedy (2000) Judge Lance Ito -
25 American Pie (1999) English Teacher 6.8
26 Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999) Wrestling Coach (voice) 7.5
27 Godzilla (1998) Japanese Tanker Skipper 5.6
28 Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998) Bill Morishi 6.8
29 Paradise Road (1997) Sergeant Tomiashi, 'The Snake' 10
30 Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) Mujahideen (voice) 6.4
31 Spy Hard (1996) Noggin 6.2
32 Top Dog (1995) Ken Callahan -
33 National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins (1995) Saint Peter 5
34 Deconstructing Sarah (1994) Officer Okawa -
35 In the Line of Fire (1993) Jack Okura 6.5
36 Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) Prime Minister Soto 6.6
37 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) History Teacher 6.8
38 Rising Sun (1993) Tanaka 5.9
39 Made in America (1993) Bob Takashima 5.9
40 And the Band Played On (1993) Blood Bank Executive 7
41 Dream Lover (1993) Judge Kurita 5.5
42 The Perfect Weapon (1991) Detective Wong 5
43 Bird on a Wire (1990) Mr. Takawaki 5.9
44 Turner & Hooch (1989) Kevin Williams 6.2
45 The Road Raiders (1989) Shimoto -
46 Gross Anatomy (1989) Interviewing Professor -
47 Wired (1989) Coroner Thomas Noguchi -
48 Shanghai Surprise (1986) Joe Go 5
49 Volunteers (1985) Souvanna -
50 Gimme an 'F' (1984) Japanese Businessman -
51 Lookin' to Get Out (1982) Parking Attendant - Gets the China Speech -
52 The Challenge (1982) Go 6
53 ...All the Marbles (1981) Clyde Yamashito 5
54 The Frisco Kid (1979) Mr. Ping 6
55 Meteor (1979) Yamashiro 5.5
56 Dr. Strange (1978) Wong -
57 Oh, God! (1977) Supermarket Employee (uncredited) 6
58 The Choirboys (1977) Francis Tanaguchi -
59 Black Sunday (1977) Freighter Captain 4
60 Midway (1976) Cmdr. Watanabe 8