Clyde Kusatsu
Biography
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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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Known For
Acting

2005
asPolice Chief Lee Wu

1998
asJapanese Tanker Skipper

2005
asMr. Agasa

1998
asBill Morishi

1981
asClyde Yamashito

1989
asShimoto

2009
asCab Driver

2000
asJudge Lance Ito

2005
asJoe

2004
asHead Monk

1995
asCapt. Callahan

2010
asMr. Halligan

2007
asFred Fukizaki

1989
asInterviewing Professor

1977
asFrancis Tanaguchi

1990
asLt. Arioto

1978
asWong

2013
asDr. Nunakawa

1986
asJoe Go

1983
asJimmy

1993
asSaburo Saigo

1991
asFormer Prime Minister Nakasone

2001
asSun Bear (voice)

1994
asOfficer Okawa

2025
asKen Tanaka

2012
asShingen (voice)

1979
asYamashiro

1999
asWrestling Coach (voice)

1978
asCol. Minh

1991
asEnoki

1982
asParking Attendant - Gets the China Speech

1989
asCoroner Thomas Noguchi

1988
asFujimoto

2008
asMr. Lee

1991
asKasaki

1990
asBanker

1982
asGo

1976
asX-Ray Technician

1991
asLieutenant Hand

1993
asJack Okura

1976
asTeddy Wakatsuki

1997
asSergeant Tomiashi, 'The Snake'

2001
asJapanese Ambassador (voice)

2010
asJudge

1999
asEnglish Teacher

1991
asDetective Wong

2013
asDrunk Official

1989
asKevin Williams

2003
asCoroner Chung

2013
asSushi Chef

2006
asAdditional Voices (voice)

1996
asNoggin

1986
asProfessor Ikeda

1993
asHistory Teacher

1993
asTanaka

1993
asJudge Kurita

1990
asMatsumo

1990
asMr. Takawaki

1987
asCoroner

1980
asDr. Tommy Chang

2005
asJudge Carl Munro

2005
asConference Attendee

1985
asSouvanna

2001
asMr. Yamashiro (voice)

1991
asDr. Chang

2001
asBee (voice)

1979
asMr. Ping

2005
asNakasumi (voice; uncredited)

1977
asFreighter Captain

1977
asSupermarket Employee (uncredited)

1976
asCmdr. Watanabe

2003
asJudge

2004
asDr. Hanson

1984
asDr. Yashima

1992
asKen Tanaka

1993
asBob Takashima

1993
asPrime Minister Soto

1985
asDr. Edwards

1993
asBlood Bank Executive

1995
asSaint Peter

2009
asThe Grocer (voice)

2007
asDoctor

1996
asMujahideen (voice)
as
asColonel Ki
asJack Yamoto
asKinishiwa Representative
as
asCoach (voice)
asCalm Man / Additional Voices (voice)
asCaptain Paul Yamato
asJudge Mitchell Sung
asMorimoto
as
asSan Francisco
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asAdm. Nakamura
asDr. Tanaka
asRoy Shimamura
asJoe
asHan Su Lok / Lama Campo Kushog
asTran Tam
asDr. Myron Okubo
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asJudge T.S. Masuoka
as
as
asHenry Yamada
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asDr. Robertson
asJudge Rienzo
asLi Ho
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asDr. Arnada (voice)
asMr. Mitsumoto
asJerry Quan
asRev. Chong
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asBald Tourist / Luau Host (voice)
asEdward Ogawa
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asLo Pan
asIce Cream Man
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asDr. Hiroshi
asGrand Master (voice)
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asDr. Sweeney
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asPicnicker (voice)
asAnek
asDr. Akura
asAl
asKarnak/Dr. Neville (voice)
asPrincipal Edgar Shimata
asJudge Stephen Chin
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asDr. Cornell (voice)
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asBenny Kim
asCapt. Morimoto
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asSkydiver
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asDet. Lt Raymond Lau
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asReview Board Doctor #1
asJudge Matsumura
asHye Sook Yung
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asJudge Paul Hamawaki
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asProf. Ashira
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asDr. Makido
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asMayor Kim (voice)
as(voice)
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asTed Yoshida
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asMr. Wong (voice)
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as
asGang Leader (voice)
asJapanese Ambassador / Asian Technician (voice)
asSun Bear (voice)
asPaul
asJudge
asMr. Tan (voice)
asJimmy Lin (voice)
asMr. Fong (voice)
asJoseph Yao
asPediatrician
asJerry
asNguyen
asSenator Theodore Fujiwara
asMr. Yanaga
asSoh Fishimene (voice)
asSenior Monk (voice)
asStoryteller / Additional Voices (voice)
asAdditional Voices (voice)
asDomog (voice)
asBradley Rumford
asPublic Affairs Officer
as
asPing / Reporter 2 (voice)
asShingen (voice)
as(voice)
asElder Domo (voice)
asWatari / Boss Hamata (voice)
asBoss Hamata / Tayu (voice)
asWatari (voice)
as
asMortimer Foo
asJoseph Chang
asWarden Yung (voice)
asStore Owner (voice)
asDr. Zin (voice)
asFire Nation Sage
asDr. Akira Onodera / Fisherman / Desk Clerk (voice)
asNorman
asOfficer
as
asPing (voice)
asBenjamin Franklin
asDetective Danny Cho
asPsychiatrist
asKwang Duk
asSam
asDr. Stan Liem
asJudge Kamalei
asHokaido
as
as
asYoon
asOld Man / Dad (voice)
asFather (voice)
asDetective
asGrant Yokohama
asNaval Medical Examiner
asJohnny
asMr. Lee
asMr. Loopman
asDr. Long Tang
asAnnihilus/Black Business Executive (voice)
asChoden Gyatso
asKai (voice)
asDetective Lt. Gordon Katsumoto
asPolice Detective Lt. Gordon Katsumoto
asLama Campo Kushog / Han Su Lok
asPo San
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