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