Clyde Kusatsu
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.
237 acting credits
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NCIS
2003
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Monk
2002
Charmed
1998
JAG
1995
ER
1994
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
The West Wing
1999
The Closer
2005
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
Mannix
1967
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
MacGyver
1985
New Girl
2011
M*A*S*H
1972
Ironside
1967
Boston Legal
2004
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Knots Landing
1979
The Practice
1997
Jackie Chan Adventures
2000
Chicago Hope
1994
Franklin & Bash
2011
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Numb3rs
2005
Dynasty
1981
Strong Medicine
2000
L.A. Law
1986
The Rockford Files
1974
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Everwood
2002
Chuck
2007
Madam Secretary
2014
Shark
2006
The Legend of Korra
2012
Nip/Tuck
2003
Hunter
1984
Touched by an Angel
1994
T. J. Hooker
1982
Family Matters
1989
The Facts of Life
1979
Party of Five
1994
Simon & Simon
1981
The Penguins of Madagascar
2008
ALF
1986
The Division
2001
Taxi
1978
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
The Pretender
1996
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Alice
1976
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Avatar the Last Airbender
2024
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Samurai Jack
2001
Gargoyles
1994
Ellen
1994
Remington Steele
1982
Batman Beyond
1999
Never Have I Ever
2020
Providence
1999
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
A Different World
1987
Raising Hope
2010
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
2003
The Fall Guy
1981
Designing Women
1986
Who's the Boss?
1984
All in the Family
1971
Lou Grant
1977
Family Law
1999
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
thirtysomething
1987
Ally McBeal
1997
Tour of Duty
1987
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2000
Law & Order: LA
2010
Wiseguy
1987
One on One
2001
Dollhouse
2009
Murder One
1995
Still Standing
2002
American Pie
1999
Dharma & Greg
1997
Pantheon
2022
The Lion Guard
2016
Harry O
1974
Benson
1979
...All the Marbles
1981
Dirty John
2018
The Real Ghostbusters
1986
Justice League
2001
The Wayans Bros.
1995
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
Dear John
1988
Crazy like a Fox
1984
The Hogan Family
1986
Midway
1976
Even Stevens
2000
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
2015
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1996
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023
Ellery Queen
1975
Pinky and the Brain
1995
A Man on the Inside
2024
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
1995
Mickey Mouse Works
1999
Dr. Ken
2015
The Lyon's Den
2003
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1991
47 Ronin
2013
The Grinder
2015
Webster
1983
Extreme Ghostbusters
1997
Fairly Legal
2011
Godzilla
1998
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
1993
Fantastic Four
1994
The Really Loud House
2022
Stingray
1985
All-American Girl
1994
$#*! My Dad Says
2010
The Cool Kids
2018
City Guys
1997
Dream Lover
1994
Supertrain
1979
The New Gidget
1986
Bruno the Kid
1996
Hot Shots! Part Deux
1993
Marker
1995
Me, Eloise
2006
Mighty Max
1993
Class of '96
1993
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
Hello, Larry
1979
Sidekicks
1986
Raven
1992
The Interpreter
2005
In the Line of Fire
1993
Maybe This Time
1995
Citizen Baines
2001
Major Lazer
2015
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
2008
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
Island Son
1989
Bird on a Wire
1990
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
2004
Heavy Gear
2001
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993
Bring 'Em Back Alive
1982
Spy Hard
1996
Rude Awakening
1998
Rumor Has It...
2005
Spencer's Pilots
1976
Pretty Persuasion
2005
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
2005
Turner & Hooch
1989
Good & Evil
1991
Rising Sun
1993
Recess: School's Out
2001
Hollywood Homicide
2003
The Perfect Weapon
1991
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
Murphy's Law
1988
The United States of Leland
2003
Love Happens
2009
Paparazzi
2004
And the Band Played On
1993
Batman Beyond: The Movie
1999
Meteor
1979
Made in America
1993
Volunteers
1985
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
2006
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
2002
The Challenge
1982
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole
2012
Shopgirl
2005
Paradise Road
1997
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
Site
2025
The Frisco Kid
1979
Black Sunday
1977
Kung Fu
1972
Dr. Strange
1978
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
2009
Shanghai Surprise
1986
The Singing Detective
2003
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
1998
The Moment
2013
And the Sea Will Tell
1991
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
2001
Drive Thru
2007
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
1995
Oh, God!
1977
Go Tell the Spartans
1978
The Choirboys
1977
Gross Anatomy
1989
Top Dog
1995
Jesse Hawkes
1989
American Tragedy
2000
The Face of Love
2013
Justice League: Secret Origins
2001
Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
1990
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992
Laguna Heat
1987
Wired
1989
Extreme Dating
2004
Silent Cries
1993
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
1990
Sex Tax: Based on a True Story
2010
Intimate Encounters
1986
Allison Sydney Harrison
1983
Jailbirds
1991
Baby of the Bride
1991
The Road Raiders
1989
Velvet
1984
Alex & the Gypsy
1976
A Nanny for Christmas
2010
Thanksgiving Day
1990
Lookin' to Get Out
1982
Streets of Justice
1985
Deconstructing Sarah
1994
The Home
2026
Run Till You Fall
1988
Gimme an 'F'
1984
Farewell to Manzanar
1976
A Perfect Match
1980
Lies Before Kisses
1991
Pizza Man
1991
Fugly
2007
Little Miss Christmas
2006