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