Toshi Toda
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 27, 1943 (age 83)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
Night Driver
Movie · as Jin Pun
Serial Beauty
Movie · as Mr. Kimura
Shōgun
TV · as Sugiyama Josui · 5 eps
Masaru
Movie
Perry Mason
TV · as Kenjirō Tokura · 1 ep
Monster Island
Movie · as Lieutenant Maxwell
The Great Buddha Arrival
Movie · as Maxwell (Toshi) James
Black Lightning
TV · as Hiroshi · 1 ep
Masterless
Movie · as Old Man
Tadaima
Movie · as Kazuo
Henry Danger
TV · as Mr. Yoshda · 1 ep
Touch
TV · as Hiroshi · 1 ep
Delivered
Movie · as Katsuro
All That Remains
Movie · as Nakata
The 8th SAMURAI
Movie
FlashForward
TV · as Mr. Nakahara · 1 ep
The Middle
TV · as Takayuki's Dad · 1 ep
Chuck
TV · as Thai Bossman · 1 ep
iCarly
TV · as Dad · 1 ep
Click
Movie · as Watsuhita Executive
Letters from Iwo Jima
Movie · as Colonel Adachi
Crank
Movie · as Japanese Businessman
The Unit
TV · as Premier Huang · 1 ep
Ghost Whisperer
TV · as Fruit Vendor · 1 ep
The Incredibles
Movie · as Firefighters (voice) (uncredited)
Drake & Josh
TV · as Performing Center Owner, Karate Instructor · 1 ep
Entourage
TV · as JoJo, Tailor · 1 ep
Just Married
Movie · as Yuan
Windy City Heat
Movie · as Hiroshima Nagaskai
Reno 911!
TV · as Ring Leader · 1 ep
Arrested Development
TV · as Japanese Buisnessman · 1 ep
Ocha Cups for Christmas
Movie · as Mr. Ishikawa
Bark!
Movie · as Customer
Mr. Deeds
Movie · as Card Reader
Without a Trace
TV · as Shop Keeper · 1 ep
Pearl Harbor
Movie · as Dentist
Monsters, Inc.
Movie · as CDA (voice) (uncredited)
Alias
TV · as Toshiro Takenada · 1 ep
Grounded for Life
TV · as Cook · 1 ep
Scrubs
TV · as Mr. Chuang · 1 ep
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV · as Sushi Chef #2 · 1 ep
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
TV · as Shoyu Weenie's Manager (voice) · 1 ep
Even Stevens
TV · as Mr. Yang · 1 ep
Godzilla
Movie · as Japanese Tanker Captain
Hourglass
Movie · as Tak Narita
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Movie · as Korean Store Owner
ER
TV · as Japanese Businessman 1 · 1 ep
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Cadao Nguyen · 1 ep
Menace II Society
Movie · as Grocery Store Man
Ghost Ship
Movie · as Chang
Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me
Movie · as Asian Passenger
Renegade
TV · as Jimmy · 1 ep
Space Age
TV · as Spacecraft Crew · 1 ep
Mad About You
TV · as Businessman · 1 ep
Dream On
TV · as Michael Muriyama · 1 ep
Seinfeld
TV · as Mr. Tanaka · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Japanese Businessman · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Japanese Official · 1 ep
It's My Turn
Movie · as Professor