Clyde Kusatsu
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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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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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Avatar: The Last Airbender
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
The Really Loud House
Pantheon
Never Have I Ever
Dirty John
The Cool Kids
The Lion Guard
Dr. Ken
The Grinder
Major Lazer
47 Ronin
The Face of Love
The Moment
Ben and Kate
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole
New Girl
Franklin & Bash
Fairly Legal
A Nanny for Christmas
Law & Order: LA
$#*! My Dad Says
Hawaii Five-0
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Love Happens
Dollhouse
The Penguins of Madagascar
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Chuck
Drive Thru
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
Me, Eloise
Shark
Rumor Has It...
Shopgirl
Extreme Dating
The Closer
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Numb3rs
Pretty Persuasion
Boston Legal
Paparazzi
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
The Lyon's Den
NCIS
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Nip/Tuck
Hollywood Homicide
The United States of Leland
Everwood
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Monk
Justice League
Citizen Baines
Heavy Gear
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
Samurai Jack
Dr. Dolittle 2
Recess: School's Out
The Division
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Jackie Chan Adventures
Strong Medicine
Even Stevens
Malcolm in the Middle
The West Wing
Family Law
American Pie
Mickey Mouse Works
Batman Beyond
Providence
Charmed
The Wild Thornberrys
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Godzilla
Dharma & Greg
Ally McBeal
City Guys
Extreme Ghostbusters
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
The Practice
Paradise Road
The Pretender
Superman: The Animated Series
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Spy Hard
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
JAG
Murder One
Maybe This Time
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
Top Dog
Marker
The Wayans Bros.
Deconstructing Sarah
Gargoyles
Fantastic Four
Touched by an Angel
ER
Chicago Hope
All-American Girl
Ellen
Dream Lover
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Mighty Max
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Rising Sun
In the Line of Fire
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Walker, Texas Ranger
Silent Cries
Class of '96
Made in America
Raven
Baby of the Bride
The Legend of Prince Valiant
Jailbirds
The Perfect Weapon
Lies Before Kisses
And the Sea Will Tell
Pizza Man
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
Thanksgiving Day
Beverly Hills, 90210
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Bird on a Wire
Gross Anatomy
Family Matters
Island Son
Wired
Turner & Hooch
The Road Raiders
Jesse Hawkes
Murphy's Law
Dear John
Run Till You Fall
Laguna Heat
thirtysomething
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Tour of Duty
Wiseguy
Designing Women
Intimate Encounters
ALF
The New Gidget
Shanghai Surprise
The Hogan Family
Sidekicks
Streets of Justice
MacGyver
Volunteers
Stingray
Crazy like a Fox
Murder, She Wrote
Who's the Boss?
Hunter
Velvet
Webster
Allison Sydney Harrison
Lookin' to Get Out
Remington Steele
Bring 'Em Back Alive
The Challenge
Cagney & Lacey
T. J. Hooker
Simon & Simon
The Fall Guy
...All the Marbles
Dynasty
Magnum, P.I.
A Perfect Match
Knots Landing
Meteor
Benson
The Facts of Life
The Frisco Kid
Hello, Larry
Taxi
Dr. Strange
Go Tell the Spartans
The Choirboys
Oh, God!
Lou Grant
Black Sunday
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Quincy, M.E.
Spencer's Pilots
Alice
Midway
Farewell to Manzanar
Ellery Queen
The Rockford Files
Harry O
Kung Fu
M*A*S*H
All in the Family
Hawaii Five-O
Mannix
Ironside