The 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).