Sab Shimono
Acting
Born July 31, 1937, Sacramento, California, United States
Saburo "Sab" Shimono (born July 31, 1937) is an American actor. He began his career on stage on Broadway and in regional theaters, starring in musicals like Mame, Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen, and Pacific Overtures. He has appeared in dozens of films, including Midway (1976), Gung Ho (1986), Presumed Innocent (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993), Waterworld (1995), Southland Tales (2006), and Old Dogs (2009). He also has extensive television credits including episodes of M*A*SH, Quincy, M.E., Remington Steele, The X-Files, Seinfeld, Mad Men, and The Blacklist. Shimono's voice roles include Uncle Chan in Jackie Chan Adventures, the Emperor in Samurai Jack, and Monk Gyatso in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Filmography
- 2024The Activated Man — Mr. Hideyoshi
- Magnum P.I. — George Nakamura
- The Terror — Kazu
- 2017Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie — The Emperor (voice)
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow — Ichiro Yamashiro
- Flaked — Wild Bill
- 2016The Watcher — Wendell
- 2013Family Gathering
- The Blacklist — Daniel Nakamoto
- Longmire — Francis Igawa
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Murakami (voice)
- 2011The Arcadian — Moto
- Hawaii Five-0 — Uncle Keako
- 2009Half Kenneth — Takahiro
- 2009Old Dogs — Yoshiro Nishamura
- 2009Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword — Mr. Takagawa (voice)
- 2008Ben 10: Race Against Time — Old Man
- 2008The Sensei — Taki Nakano
- Mad Men — Ichiro Kimura
- 2007Southland Tales — Hideo Takehashi
- 2006Americanese — Wood Ding
- Legion of Super Heroes — K3NT (voice)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender — Master Yu / Additional Voices (voice), Master Yu (voice), Gyatso (voice)
- The Boondocks — Mr. Long Dou (voice)
- Justice League Unlimited — Monk (voice)
- 2003Robot Stories — John
- Two and a Half Men — Hiroshi
- 2002Par 6 — Mr. Watsabi
- 2001Ice Planet — Karteez Rumla
- Samurai Jack — Emperor (voice)
- Jackie Chan Adventures — Uncle (voice)
- Jack & Jill — Mr. Tanaka
- 1999Life Tastes Good — Harry
- 1998The Big Hit — Jiro Nishi
- 1997Paradise Road — Colonel Hirota
- The Steve Harvey Show — Bobby Wong
- 1995Waterworld — Elder
- 19943 Ninjas Kick Back — Koga
- All-American Girl — Sammy
- ER — Dr. Okida
- 1994The Shadow — Dr. Roy Tam
- 1993Silent Cries — Natsume
- 1993Suture — Dr. Max Shinoda
- 1993Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III — Lord Norinaga
- The X-Files — Gung Bituen
- 1990Come See the Paradise — Mr. Kawamura
- 1990Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes — Dr. Fujita
- 1990Presumed Innocent — 'Painless' Kumagai
- Seinfeld — Executive #1
- The Simpsons — Master Sushi Chef (voice)
- Dear John — Charlie Moura
- 1988The Wash — Sadao
- 1987Blind Date — Mr. Yakamoto
- 1986Gung Ho — Saito
- Gung Ho — Mr. Saito
- Airwolf — Ko
- 1983Where the Toys Come From — Kenji
- American Playhouse — Sadao, Takahashi Hosoume
- Cagney & Lacey — Cunningham
- 1982Conan the Barbarian — Subotai (voice) (uncredited)
- Knight Rider — Hito Osaka
- 1982Modesty Blaise — Weng
- Newhart — Sunatra
- Remington Steele — Kenji Ito, Sam Kuromatsu
- Tales of the Gold Monkey
- 1982The Challenge — Toshio Yoshida
- 1981Nice Dreams — Oriental Bus Boy
- Palmerstown, U.S.A.
- Hart to Hart
- Knots Landing — Pharmacist
- 1979Mandrake — Ho
- 1979When Hell Was in Session — Cao
- 1978And the Soul Shall Dance — Murata
- 1978Rabbit Test — Chinese Leader
- 1976Midway — Lt. Tomonaga
- 1976Pacific Overtures — Manjiro
- Quincy, M.E. — Tokamo, Governor Tokamo, Ito
- 1973Pueblo — North Korean Officer
- M*A*S*H
- 1972Parades — Togo
- The Waltons
- 1971The Hospital — Operating Room Staff Member (uncredited)
- 1970Loving — Byron
- Operation Othello — Brabantino