Toshi Toda
Toshi Toda (born April 27, 1943, in New York, New York) is a Japanese-American actor who has been active since 1980, making his screen debut as a Professor in It's My Turn (1980, with Jill Clayburgh). He has accumulated over 70 film and television credits, frequently portraying Japanese businessmen, officials, and other authority figures, and has also done voice work on 47 Ronin (2013), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), and War (2007). On Broadway he appeared in Anything Goes.
His most notable film credits include Colonel Adachi in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006, directed by Clint Eastwood, with Ken Watanabe), a Japanese Tanker Captain in Godzilla (1998), Yuan in Just Married (2003, with Ashton Kutcher and Justin Theroux), a Dentist in Pearl Harbor (2001, directed by Michael Bay), a Japanese Businessman in Crank (2006, with Jason Statham), a Watsuhita Executive in Click (2006, with Adam Sandler), a Grocery Store Man in Menace II Society (1993), and a role in The Wolverine (2013, with Hugh Jackman). On television he is best known as Sugiyama Josui in Shōgun (2024, 5 episodes, FX), with additional credits in Seinfeld (1996), Mad About You (1992), ER (2000), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2005), Entourage (2006), Arrested Development (2005), Scrubs (2007), FlashForward (2009), The Event (2011, as Japanese Prime Minister), Chuck (2010), Black Lightning (2018), Perry Mason (2020), and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022).
Photos
Films (28)
Serial Beauty
2024 · Mr. Kimura
Masaru
2022
Monster Island
2019 · Lieutenant Maxwell
The Great Buddha Arrival
2018 · Maxwell (Toshi) James
Masterless
2015 · Old Man
Tadaima
2015 · Kazuo
Delivered
2011 · Katsuro
All That Remains
2011 · Nakata
The 8th SAMURAI
2009
Lettres d'Iwo Jima
2006 · Colonel Adachi
Hyper tension
2006 · Japanese Businessman
Click : Télécommandez votre vie
2006 · Watsuhita Executive
Les Indestructibles
2004 · Firefighters (voice) (uncredited)
Windy City Heat
2003 · Hiroshima Nagaskai
Pour le meilleur et pour le rire
2003 · Yuan
Les Aventures de Mister Deeds
2002 · Card Reader
Ocha Cups for Christmas
2002 · Mr. Ishikawa
Bark!
2002 · Customer
Monstres & Cie
2001 · CDA (voice) (uncredited)
Pearl Harbor
2001 · Dentist
Godzilla
1998 · Japanese Tanker Captain
Hourglass
1997 · Tak Narita
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996 · Korean Store Owner
Menace II Society
1993 · Grocery Store Man
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
1992 · Asian Passenger
Ghost Ship
1992 · Chang
It's My Turn
1980 · Professor
Night Driver
· Jin Pun
Séries (31)
Shōgun
2024 · Sugiyama Josui
Perry Mason
2020 · Kenjirō Tokura
Black Lightning
2018 · Hiroshi
Henry Danger
2014 · Mr. Yoshda
Touch
2012 · Hiroshi
The Middle
2009 · Takayuki's Dad
FlashForward
2009 · Mr. Nakahara
Chuck
2007 · Thai Bossman
iCarly
2007 · Dad
The Unit : Commando d'élite
2006 · Premier Huang
Mélinda, entre deux mondes
2005 · Fruit Vendor
Entourage: El séquito
2004 · JoJo, Tailor
Drake et Josh
2004 · Performing Center Owner, Karate Instructor
Arrested Development
2003 · Japanese Buisnessman
Reno 911, n'appelez pas !
2003 · Ring Leader
FBI : Portés Disparus
2002 · Shop Keeper
Scrubs
2001 · Mr. Chuang
Alias
2001 · Toshiro Takenada
Grounded for Life
2001 · Cook
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
2000 · Shoyu Weenie's Manager (voice)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Sushi Chef #2
Even Stevens
2000 · Mr. Yang
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Cadao Nguyen
ER
1994 · Japanese Businessman 1
Mad About You
1992 · Businessman
Renegade
1992 · Jimmy
Space Age
1992 · Spacecraft Crew
Dream On
1990 · Michael Muriyama
Seinfeld
1989 · Mr. Tanaka
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Japanese Businessman
American Playhouse
1982 · Japanese Official