Clyde Kusatsu

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.

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Birthday: September 13, 1948

Deathday: N/A

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Known For

The Interpreter
The Interpreter

2005-04-08

Godzilla
Godzilla

1998-05-20

Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Aladdin and the King of Thieves

1996-05-20

Shopgirl
Shopgirl

2005-10-21

Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Babylon 5: Thirdspace

1998-07-17

...All the Marbles
...All the Marbles

1981-03-01

The Road Raiders
The Road Raiders

1989-04-25

Love Happens
Love Happens

2009-09-18

American Tragedy
American Tragedy

2000-11-12

Extreme Dating
Extreme Dating

2005-06-23

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

2004-07-12

Top Dog
Top Dog

1995-04-28

A Nanny for Christmas
A Nanny for Christmas

2010-11-23

Drive Thru
Drive Thru

2007-05-29

Gross Anatomy
Gross Anatomy

1989-10-20

The Choirboys
The Choirboys

1977-12-23

Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

1990-06-03

Dr. Strange
Dr. Strange

1978-09-06

The Moment
The Moment

2013-04-21

Shanghai Surprise
Shanghai Surprise

1986-08-29

Allison Sydney Harrison
Allison Sydney Harrison

1983-08-19

Silent Cries
Silent Cries

1993-03-08

Pizza Man
Pizza Man

1991-01-01

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

2001-08-18

Deconstructing Sarah
Deconstructing Sarah

1994-12-16

Site
Site

The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole

2012-01-10

Meteor
Meteor

1979-10-19

Batman Beyond: The Movie
Batman Beyond: The Movie

1999-01-10

Go Tell the Spartans
Go Tell the Spartans

1978-07-12

And the Sea Will Tell
And the Sea Will Tell

1991-02-24

Lookin' to Get Out
Lookin' to Get Out

1982-10-08

Wired
Wired

1989-08-25

Run Till You Fall
Run Till You Fall

1988-09-09

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

2008-04-25

Jailbirds
Jailbirds

1991-05-16

Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day

1990-11-19

The Challenge
The Challenge

1982-07-23

Alex & the Gypsy
Alex & the Gypsy

1976-10-03

Lies Before Kisses
Lies Before Kisses

1991-03-03

In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire

1993-07-08

Farewell to Manzanar
Farewell to Manzanar

1976-03-11

Paradise Road
Paradise Road

1997-02-11

Justice League: Secret Origins
Justice League: Secret Origins

2001-11-17

Sex Tax: Based on a True Story
Sex Tax: Based on a True Story

2010-10-01

American Pie
American Pie

1999-07-09

The Perfect Weapon
The Perfect Weapon

1991-03-15

47 Ronin
47 Ronin

2013-12-06

Turner & Hooch
Turner & Hooch

1989-07-28

Hollywood Homicide
Hollywood Homicide

2003-06-09

The Face of Love
The Face of Love

2013-10-25

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

2006-10-28

Spy Hard
Spy Hard

1996-05-24

Intimate Encounters
Intimate Encounters

1986-09-28

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

1993-05-07

Rising Sun
Rising Sun

1993-07-30

Dream Lover
Dream Lover

1993-10-24

In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing

1990-11-25

Bird on a Wire
Bird on a Wire

1990-05-18

Laguna Heat
Laguna Heat

1987-11-15

A Perfect Match
A Perfect Match

1980-10-05

Pretty Persuasion
Pretty Persuasion

2005-01-22

Volunteers
Volunteers

1985-08-16

Rumor Has It...
Rumor Has It...

2005-12-22

Recess: School's Out
Recess: School's Out

2001-02-16

Baby of the Bride
Baby of the Bride

1991-12-22

Dr. Dolittle 2
Dr. Dolittle 2

2001-06-22

The Frisco Kid
The Frisco Kid

1979-07-06

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

2005-04-08

Black Sunday
Black Sunday

1977-04-01

Oh, God!
Oh, God!

1977-10-07

Midway
Midway

1976-06-18

The United States of Leland
The United States of Leland

2003-05-15

Paparazzi
Paparazzi

2004-09-03

Velvet
Velvet

1984-08-27

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

1997-04-23

Made in America
Made in America

1993-01-06

Hot Shots! Part Deux
Hot Shots! Part Deux

1993-05-21

Streets of Justice
Streets of Justice

1985-11-10

And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On

1993-09-11

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

1995-11-12

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

2009-11-10

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