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Clyde Kusatsu (born September 13, 1948) is a Japanese-American actor who appears in a total of four episodes of the CBS-TV series All in the Family, as [[Reverend Chong]], the new lead pastor of the local church which Edith Bunker attends and is a member of in tree episodes; "Joey's Baptism" in Season 6 (#22), "The Stivics Go West" in Season 8 (#24), and "Stephanie's Conversion" in Season 9 (#20).
Clyde Kusatsu (born September 13, 1948) is a Japanese-American actor who appears in a total of four episodes of the CBS-TV series All in the Family, as [[Reverend Chong (All in the Family)]], the new lead pastor of the local church which Edith Bunker attends and is a member of in tree episodes; "Joey's Baptism" in Season 6 (#22), "The Stivics Go West" in Season 8 (#24), and "Stephanie's Conversion" in Season 9 (#20).


Kusatsu was also the English teacher in American Pie, Dr. Okamura on The Young and the Restless, Principal Shimata on Family Matters, and Mr. Lee (the father of John Cho's character) in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. And to Star Trek fans he'll forever be remembered for his recurring role as [[Vice Admiral Nakamura]] on Star Trek: The Next Generation. He appeared in three TNG episodes, "The Measure of a Man," "Phantasms" and "All Good Things..."
Kusatsu was also the English teacher in American Pie, Dr. Okamura on The Young and the Restless, Principal Shimata on Family Matters, and Mr. Lee (the father of John Cho's character) in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. And to Star Trek fans he'll forever be remembered for his recurring role as [[Vice Admiral Nakamura (Star Trek: The Next Generation) | Vice Admiral Nakamura]] on Star Trek: The Next Generation. He appeared in three TNG episodes, "The Measure of a Man," "Phantasms" and "All Good Things..."


Kusatsu has been 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. (Kusatsu also guest-starred on an episode of Lou Grant on Japanese internment in the U.S.).
Kusatsu has been 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 (Movie) | Farewell to Manzanar]] (1976), about Japanese American internment during World War II. (Kusatsu also guest-starred on an episode of Lou Grant on Japanese internment in the U.S.).


Other television films 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); Golden Land (1988), a Hollywood-set drama based on a William Faulkner story; and the AIDS drama And the Band Played On (1993). Kustatsu also made several guest appearances on Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation as Starfleet Vice Admiral Nakamura, appeared in four M*A*S*H episodes and later starred in the short-lived ABC-TV series All American Girl (1994–1995), the first Asian American family sitcom in the U.S.
Other television films 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); Golden Land (1988), a Hollywood-set drama based on a William Faulkner story; and the AIDS drama And the Band Played On (1993). Kustatsu also made several guest appearances on Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation as Starfleet Vice Admiral Nakamura, appeared in four M*A*S*H episodes and later starred in the short-lived ABC-TV series All American Girl (1994–1995), the first Asian American family sitcom in the U.S.
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Kusatsu is married to Gayle Kusatsu; they have two sons, Kevin and Andrew.
Kusatsu is married to Gayle Kusatsu; they have two sons, Kevin and Andrew.
===Appearances===
* 1976-1978 All in the Family [[Reverend Chong (All in the Family)]] 3 episodes
* 1979 Supertrain Shimaju Fukuda Episode: "The Green Girl"
* 1976 [[Farewell to Manzanar (Movie)]] Teddy Wakatsuki Television film
==Co-starring on All-American Girl==
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|-
! Episode
! Title
! Air Date
|-
| S1.E1
| Mom, Dad, This Is Kyle
| Wed, Sep 14, 1994
|-
| S1.E2
| Submission: Impossible
| Wed, Sep 21, 1994
|-
| S1.E3
| Who's the Boss
| Wed, Sep 28, 1994
|-
| S1.E4
| Yung at Heart
| Wed, Oct 5, 1994
|-
| S1.E5
| Redesigning Women
| Wed, Oct 12, 1994
|-
| S1.E6
| Booktopus
| Wed, Oct 19, 1994
|-
| S1.E7
| Mommie Nearest
| Wed, Oct 26, 1994
|-
| S1.E8
| Take My Family, Please
| Wed, Nov 2, 1994
|-
| S1.E9
| Exile on Market Street
| Wed, Nov 16, 1994
|-
| S1.E10
| Ratting on Ruthie
| Wed, Nov 23, 1994
|-
| S1.E11
| Educating Margaret
| Wed, Nov 30, 1994
|-
| S1.E12
| Loveless in San Francisco
| Wed, Dec 7, 1994
|-
| S1.E13
| Malpractice Makes Perfect
| Wed, Dec 14, 1994
|-
| S1.E14
| The Apartment
| Wed, Jan 11, 1995
|-
| S1.E15
| Notes from the Underground
| Wed, Jan 18, 1995
|-
| S1.E16
| Venus de Margaret
| Wed, Jan 25, 1995
|-
| S1.E17
| A Night at the Oprah
| Tue, Feb 14, 1995
|-
| S1.E18
| Pulp Sitcom
| Wed, Feb 22, 1995
|-
| S1.E19
| Young Americans
| Wed, Mar 15, 1995
|}


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Clyde Kusatsu

Clyde Kusatsu (born September 13, 1948) is a Japanese-American actor who appears in a total of four episodes of the CBS-TV series All in the Family, as Reverend Chong (All in the Family), the new lead pastor of the local church which Edith Bunker attends and is a member of in tree episodes; "Joey's Baptism" in Season 6 (#22), "The Stivics Go West" in Season 8 (#24), and "Stephanie's Conversion" in Season 9 (#20).

Kusatsu was also the English teacher in American Pie, Dr. Okamura on The Young and the Restless, Principal Shimata on Family Matters, and Mr. Lee (the father of John Cho's character) in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. And to Star Trek fans he'll forever be remembered for his recurring role as Vice Admiral Nakamura on Star Trek: The Next Generation. He appeared in three TNG episodes, "The Measure of a Man," "Phantasms" and "All Good Things..."

Kusatsu has been 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. (Kusatsu also guest-starred on an episode of Lou Grant on Japanese internment in the U.S.).

Other television films 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); Golden Land (1988), a Hollywood-set drama based on a William Faulkner story; and the AIDS drama And the Band Played On (1993). Kustatsu also made several guest appearances on Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Next Generation as Starfleet Vice Admiral Nakamura, appeared in four M*A*S*H episodes and later starred in the short-lived ABC-TV series All American Girl (1994–1995), the first Asian American family 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 the Clint Eastwood movie In the Line of Fire (1993, as a United States 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.

Appearances[edit]

Co-starring on All-American Girl[edit]

Episode Title Air Date
S1.E1 Mom, Dad, This Is Kyle Wed, Sep 14, 1994
S1.E2 Submission: Impossible Wed, Sep 21, 1994
S1.E3 Who's the Boss Wed, Sep 28, 1994
S1.E4 Yung at Heart Wed, Oct 5, 1994
S1.E5 Redesigning Women Wed, Oct 12, 1994
S1.E6 Booktopus Wed, Oct 19, 1994
S1.E7 Mommie Nearest Wed, Oct 26, 1994
S1.E8 Take My Family, Please Wed, Nov 2, 1994
S1.E9 Exile on Market Street Wed, Nov 16, 1994
S1.E10 Ratting on Ruthie Wed, Nov 23, 1994
S1.E11 Educating Margaret Wed, Nov 30, 1994
S1.E12 Loveless in San Francisco Wed, Dec 7, 1994
S1.E13 Malpractice Makes Perfect Wed, Dec 14, 1994
S1.E14 The Apartment Wed, Jan 11, 1995
S1.E15 Notes from the Underground Wed, Jan 18, 1995
S1.E16 Venus de Margaret Wed, Jan 25, 1995
S1.E17 A Night at the Oprah Tue, Feb 14, 1995
S1.E18 Pulp Sitcom Wed, Feb 22, 1995
S1.E19 Young Americans Wed, Mar 15, 1995


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