Toshi Toda
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Seinfeld
Mr. Tanaka
1989
Series
Scrubs
Mr. Chuang
2001
Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Sushi Chef #2
2000
Series
ER
Japanese Businessman 1
1994
Series
The Middle
Takayuki's Dad
2009
Series
Ghost Whisperer
Fruit Vendor
2005
Series
Without a Trace
Shop Keeper
2002
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Japanese Businessman
1984
Series
iCarly
Dad
2007
Series
Arrested Development
Japanese Buisnessman
2003
Series
Entourage
JoJo
2004
Series
Entourage
Tailor
2004
Series
American Playhouse
Japanese Official
1982
Series
Chuck
Thai Bossman
2007
Series
Henry Danger
Mr. Yoshda
2014
Series
Mad About You
Businessman
1992
Series
Touched by an Angel
Cadao Nguyen
1994
Series
Reno 911!
Ring Leader
2003
Series
The Unit
Premier Huang
2006
Series
Renegade
Jimmy
1992
Series
Shōgun
Sugiyama Josui
2024
Series
Drake & Josh
Performing Center Owner
2004
Series
Drake & Josh
Karate Instructor
2004
Series
Black Lightning
Hiroshi
2018
Film
Godzilla
Japanese Tanker Captain
1998
Series
Grounded for Life
Cook
2001
Series
Perry Mason
Kenjirō Tokura
2020
Series
Dream On
Michael Muriyama
1990
Series
Touch
Hiroshi
2012
Series
FlashForward
Mr. Nakahara
2009
Series
Even Stevens
Mr. Yang
2000
Series
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Shoyu Weenie's Manager (voice)
2000
Film
Click
Watsuhita Executive
2006
Film
Pearl Harbor
Dentist
2001
Series
Alias
Toshiro Takenada
2001
Film
Crank
Japanese Businessman
2006
Film
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Korean Store Owner
1996
Film
Just Married
Yuan
2003
Film
Letters from Iwo Jima
Colonel Adachi
2006
Film
Mr. Deeds
Card Reader
2002
Film
Menace II Society
Grocery Store Man
1993
Film
It's My Turn
Professor
1980
Film
Ghost Ship
Chang
1992
Film
The Great Buddha Arrival
Maxwell (Toshi) James
2018
Film
Windy City Heat
Hiroshima Nagaskai
2003
Film
Bark!
Customer
2002
Film
Masaru
2022
Film
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
Asian Passenger
1992
Series
Space Age
Spacecraft Crew
1992
Film
Delivered
Katsuro
2011
Film
Monster Island
Lieutenant Maxwell
2019
Film
Masterless
Old Man
2015
Film
Tadaima
Kazuo
2015
Film
Serial Beauty
Mr. Kimura
2024
Film
Hourglass
Tak Narita
1997
Film
Ocha Cups for Christmas
Mr. Ishikawa
2002
Night Driver
Jin Pun
Film
All That Remains
Nakata
2011
Film
The 8th SAMURAI
2009