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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NCIS

Benjamin Franklin

NCIS

Mr. Rin

Monk

Judge Rienzo

Hawaii Five-0

Judge Kamalei

Charmed

Lo Pan

JAG

Capt. Morimoto

JAG

Senator Theodore Fujiwara

Malcolm in the Middle

Ice Cream Man

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Adm. Nakamura

Beverly Hills, 90210

Frank

Beverly Hills, 90210

Coroner

Murder, She Wrote

Jack Yamoto

MAS*H

Captain Paul Yamato

MAS*H

Kwang Duk

The West Wing

Joe

Fire Nation Sage

Ironside

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Madam Secretary

Choden Gyatso

Nip/Tuck

Dr. Hiroshi

Dynasty

Numb3rs

Antiquities Dealer

Chicago Hope

A Different World

Kinishiwa Representative

Taxi

Paul

T. J. Hooker

Tran Tam

Tour of Duty

Walker, Texas Ranger

Dr. Sweeney

Walker, Texas Ranger

Detective Danny Cho

The Pretender

Li Ho

Who's the Boss?

Hunter

Det. Lt Raymond Lau

Alice

Batman Beyond

Mr. Fong (voice)

Lou Grant

Wiseguy

Designing Women

And the Band Played On

Blood Bank Executive

Dharma & Greg

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

Mujahideen (voice)

Justice League

Japanese Ambassador / Asian Technician (voice)

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

Mr. Kagawa (voice)

Law & Order: LA

Bradley Rumford

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

Mr. Loopman

Dr. Dolittle 2

Bee (voice)

Benson

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries

Soh Fishimene (voice)

Family Law

Judge Paul Hamawaki

In the Line of Fire

Jack Okura

Even Stevens

Tex Nagita

Murder One

Dirty John

Psychiatrist

Streets of Justice

Dr. Edwards

Still Standing

Johnny

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

Dr. Zin (voice)

Dear John

Officer

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

The Grocer (voice)

Godzilla

Japanese Tanker Skipper

Ellery Queen

Lookin' to Get Out

Parking Attendant - Gets the China Speech

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

Additional Voices (voice)

Pinky and the Brain

The Wayans Bros.

Mr. Mitsumoto

Harry O

Rumor Has It...

Conference Attendee

Rising Sun

Tanaka

Bird on a Wire

Mr. Takawaki

Mickey Mouse Works

Dr. Ken

Jerry

Crazy like a Fox

Hye Sook Yung

Dream Lover

Judge Kurita

47 Ronin

Drunk Official

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

Roy Shimamura

The Hogan Family

SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron

City Guys

Fantastic Four

Karnak/Dr. Neville (voice)

Fantastic Four

Annihilus/Black Business Executive (voice)

Recess: School's Out

Mr. Yamashiro (voice)

Dr. Strange

Wong

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Prime Minister Soto

The Really Loud House

Mr. Yanaga

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

Nakasumi (voice; uncredited)

The Legend of Prince Valiant

Extreme Ghostbusters

Webster

Stingray

The Moment

Dr. Nunakawa

Midway

Cmdr. Watanabe

The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie

Sun Bear (voice)

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

History Teacher

Spy Hard

Noggin

The Grinder

Joseph Yao

The Road Raiders

Shimoto

Gross Anatomy

Interviewing Professor

Fairly Legal

Joseph Chang

$#*! My Dad Says

Mortimer Foo

Site

Ken Tanaka

The Interpreter

Police Chief Lee Wu

Justice League: Secret Origins

Japanese Ambassador (voice)

The Cool Kids

Norman

The United States of Leland

Judge

...All the Marbles

Clyde Yamashito

Hello, Larry

The Lyon's Den

Mighty Max

All-American Girl

Benny Kim

Alex & the Gypsy

X-Ray Technician

Paradise Road

Sergeant Tomiashi, 'The Snake'

The Challenge

The Perfect Weapon

Detective Wong

Go Tell the Spartans

Col. Minh

Pretty Persuasion

Judge Carl Munro

Sidekicks

The Frisco Kid

Mr. Ping

Turner & Hooch

Kevin Williams

Raven

Bruno the Kid

Run Till You Fall

Fujimoto

Me, Eloise

(voice)

Love Happens

Cab Driver

Class of '96

Prof. Ashira

Made in America

Bob Takashima

Volunteers

Souvanna

Shanghai Surprise

Joe Go

Heavy Gear

The New Gidget

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Wrestling Coach (voice)

Top Dog

Capt. Callahan

Bring 'Em Back Alive

A Nanny for Christmas

Mr. Halligan

Marker

The Singing Detective

Visiting Japanese Doctor

Farewell to Manzanar

Teddy Wakatsuki

Maybe This Time

Intimate Encounters

Professor Ikeda

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

Ken Tanaka

Shopgirl

Mr. Agasa

Fugly

Doctor

Hollywood Homicide

Coroner Chung

Jailbirds

Kasaki

Sex Tax: Based on a True Story

Judge

Island Son

The Choirboys

Francis Tanaguchi

Major Lazer

Store Owner (voice)

Black Sunday

Freighter Captain

Oh, God!

Supermarket Employee (uncredited)

Meteor

Yamashiro

Spencer's Pilots

Good & Evil

Velvet

Dr. Yashima

Wired

Coroner Thomas Noguchi

Murphy's Law

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

Laguna Heat

Coroner

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

Bill Morishi

Drive Thru

Little Miss Christmas

Additional Voices (voice)

And the Sea Will Tell

Enoki

Silent Cries

Saburo Saigo

A Perfect Match

Dr. Tommy Chang

In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing

Matsumo

American Tragedy

Judge Lance Ito

Lies Before Kisses

Lieutenant Hand

Thanksgiving Day

Banker

Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

Lt. Arioto

Baby of the Bride

Dr. Chang

Pizza Man

Former Prime Minister Nakasone

One on One

Yoon

Clyde Kusatsu

Known for

NCIS

NCIS

Monk

Hawaii Five-0

Charmed

JAG

JAG

Malcolm in the Middle

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

Murder, She Wrote

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

The West Wing

Mannix

New Girl

ER

MacGyver

MacGyver

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

The Closer

The Practice

Boston Legal

The Penguins of Madagascar

Chuck

Avatar the Last Airbender

Ironside

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Madam Secretary

Nip/Tuck

Dynasty

Numb3rs

Chicago Hope

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

ALF

The Rockford Files

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Samurai Jack

Samurai Jack

Samurai Jack

Jackie Chan Adventures

Knots Landing

The Legend of Korra

L.A. Law

Family Matters

Strong Medicine

Hawaii Five-O

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Superman: The Animated Series

Everwood

Party of Five

Touched by an Angel

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

The Facts of Life

Simon & Simon

Never Have I Ever

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

A Man on the Inside

A Different World

Taxi

T. J. Hooker

Tour of Duty

Walker, Texas Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger

The Pretender

Who's the Boss?

MAS*H

MAS*H