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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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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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Star Trek: The Next Generation
ER
The Rockford Files
Hawaii Five-0
Beverly Hills, 90210
Monk
Simon & Simon
JAG
The Practice
Boston Legal
Chicago Hope
MacGyver
L.A. Law
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Quincy, M.E.
Magnum, P.I.
Remington Steele
Ironside
Ally McBeal
T. J. Hooker
Malcolm in the Middle
Nip/Tuck
Mannix
Knots Landing
Dear John
Alice
Family Matters
Batman Beyond
Cagney & Lacey
Shark
Dirty John
Hunter
New Girl
Providence
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Closer
The Facts of Life
Everwood
Law & Order: LA
Wiseguy
Kung Fu
Crazy like a Fox
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Murder, She Wrote
Who's the Boss?
The Pretender
ALF
Never Have I Ever
Charmed
Superman: The Animated Series
The Lyon's Den
Dynasty
M*A*S*H
Hawaii Five-O
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
$#*! My Dad Says
The Fall Guy
The Penguins of Madagascar
Tour of Duty
Touched by an Angel
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Hello, Larry
Jackie Chan Adventures
Stingray
All in the Family
The Really Loud House
A Different World
Chuck
The West Wing
A Man on the Inside
Major Lazer
Pantheon
Ellery Queen
The Hogan Family
Justice League
City Guys
Avatar the Last Airbender
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
Taxi
Raven
The Lion Guard
Family Law
Lou Grant
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Fantastic Four
Samurai Jack
Spencer's Pilots
Dr. Dolittle 2
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Spy Hard
Recess: School's Out
Godzilla
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
47 Ronin
American Pie
Batman Beyond: The Movie
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Black Sunday
Justice League: Secret Origins
Love Happens
In the Line of Fire
Bird on a Wire
Lies Before Kisses
The Perfect Weapon
Laguna Heat
The Interpreter
Babylon 5: Thirdspace
Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
Walker, Texas Ranger
All-American Girl
Dr. Strange
Bring 'Em Back Alive
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