Clyde Kusatsu
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
264
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-09-13 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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.
Known For
NCIS
NCIS
Monk
Hawaii Five-0
Malcolm in the Middle
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Charmed
JAG
JAG
Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210
Murder, She Wrote
The West Wing
New Girl
MacGyver
MacGyver
ER
M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H
Boston Legal
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
Chuck
Ironside
Mannix
The Practice
The Closer
Nip/Tuck
The Penguins of Madagascar
Dynasty
A Man on the Inside
Chicago Hope
ALF
Numb3rs
The Rockford Files
Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E.
Ellen
Jackie Chan Adventures
Strong Medicine
Knots Landing
Hawaii Five-O
Party of Five
Madam Secretary
Family Matters
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Samurai Jack
Samurai Jack
Samurai Jack
L.A. Law
The Legend of Korra
Dream Lover
The Facts of Life
A Different World
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Touched by an Angel
Tour of Duty
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Never Have I Ever
Designing Women
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger
Avatar the Last Airbender
Everwood
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
T. J. Hooker
The Wild Thornberrys
Taxi
Alice
Hunter
Remington Steele
Lou Grant
American Pie
Who's the Boss?
The Fall Guy
Gargoyles
Gargoyles
Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond
Superman: The Animated Series
Simon & Simon
The Lion Guard
The Pretender
Raising Hope
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Wiseguy
The Division
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Cagney & Lacey
Franklin & Bash
Providence
Providence
Dollhouse
All in the Family
thirtysomething
Pantheon
Pantheon
Dharma & Greg
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
Dr. Ken
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
Shark
Family Law
One on One
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Godzilla
Law & Order: LA
Benson
Ally McBeal
Justice League
The Challenge
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
Still Standing
The Wayans Bros.
Even Stevens
Murder One
Harry O
Dear John
Dirty John
Midway
City Guys
47 Ronin
The Hogan Family
Pinky and the Brain
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Site
Rising Sun
Ellery Queen
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Crazy like a Fox
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
The Legend of Prince Valiant
Mickey Mouse Works
In the Line of Fire
The Choirboys
Bird on a Wire
The Moment
Spy Hard
Stingray
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Extreme Ghostbusters
Pretty Persuasion
Volunteers
Oh, God!
Black Sunday
The Really Loud House
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Jailbirds
Webster
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
$#*! My Dad Says
Dr. Dolittle 2
Shopgirl
The Lyon's Den
Fairly Legal
Paradise Road
Deconstructing Sarah
Gross Anatomy
Rumor Has It...
The Interpreter
All-American Girl
The Grinder
Dr. Strange
Shanghai Surprise
Meteor
Wired
Love Happens
Mighty Max
Recess: School's Out
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Laguna Heat
Fugly
Velvet
Raven
Top Dog
Hello, Larry
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
The Frisco Kid
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
The Cool Kids
And the Band Played On
Sidekicks
A Nanny for Christmas
Made in America
Batman Beyond: The Movie
...All the Marbles
The Perfect Weapon
Heavy Gear
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Maybe This Time
Turner & Hooch
The New Gidget
Marker
The Singing Detective
Major Lazer
Justice League: Secret Origins
Gimme an 'F'
The Road Raiders
Bring 'Em Back Alive
Go Tell the Spartans
Allison Sydney Harrison
Me, Eloise
Island Son
Class of '96
Run Till You Fall
Lookin' to Get Out
The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie
Bruno the Kid
Streets of Justice
Alex & the Gypsy
Paparazzi
Sex Tax: Based on a True Story
Intimate Encounters
The United States of Leland
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole
Murphy's Law
Drive Thru
Hollywood Homicide
Extreme Dating
Citizen Baines
Farewell to Manzanar
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
A Perfect Match
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
American Tragedy
Spencer's Pilots
The Face of Love
Good & Evil
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future
Jesse Hawkes
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
Kung Fu
Kung Fu
Kung Fu
And the Sea Will Tell
Little Miss Christmas
Silent Cries
Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler
Baby of the Bride
Lies Before Kisses
Thanksgiving Day
Pizza Man
