Sab Shimono
- Acting
- July 31, 1937 · Sacramento, California, United States
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Activated Man · Mr. Hideyoshi
- Magnum P.I. · George Nakamura
- The Terror · Kazu
- Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie · The Emperor (Voice)
- The Watcher · Wendell
- Flaked · Wild Bill
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow · Ichiro Yamashiro
- The Blacklist · Daniel Nakamoto
- Family Gathering
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles · Murakami (Voice)
- Longmire · Francis Igawa
- The Arcadian · Moto
- Hawaii Five-0 · Uncle Keako
- Old Dogs · Yoshiro Nishamura
- Half Kenneth · Takahiro
- Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword · Mr. Takagawa (Voice)
- The Sensei · Taki Nakano
- Ben 10: Race Against Time · Old Man
- Southland Tales · Hideo Takehashi
- Mad Men · Ichiro Kimura
- Legion of Super Heroes · K3NT (Voice)
- Americanese · Wood Ding
- The Boondocks · Mr. Long Dou (Voice)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender · Master Yu / Additional Voices (Voice), Master Yu (Voice)
- Justice League Unlimited · Monk (Voice)
- Two and a Half Men · Hiroshi
- Robot Stories · John
- Par 6 · Mr. Watsabi
- Samurai Jack · Emperor (Voice)
- Ice Planet · Karteez Rumla
- Jackie Chan Adventures · Uncle (Voice)
- Jack & Jill · Mr. Tanaka
- Life Tastes Good · Harry
- The Big Hit · Jiro Nishi
- Paradise Road · Colonel Hirota
- The Steve Harvey Show · Bobby Wong
- Waterworld · Elder
- ER · Dr. Okida
- All-American Girl · Sammy
- The Shadow · Dr. Roy Tam
- 3 Ninjas Kick Back · Koga
- Suture · Dr. Max Shinoda
- The X-Files · Gung Bituen
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III · Lord Norinaga
- Silent Cries · Natsume
- Come See the Paradise · Mr. Kawamura
- Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes · Dr. Fujita
- Presumed Innocent · 'Painless' Kumagai
- The Simpsons · Master Sushi Chef (Voice)
- Seinfeld · Executive #1
- Dear John · Charlie Moura
- The Wash · Sadao
- Blind Date · Mr. Yakamoto
- Gung Ho · Mr. Saito
- Gung Ho · Saito
- Airwolf · Ko
- Where the Toys Come From · Kenji
- Newhart · Sunatra
- Remington Steele · Kenji Ito, Sam Kuromatsu
- Knight Rider · Hito Osaka
- Tales of the Gold Monkey
- The Challenge · Toshio Yoshida
- Cagney & Lacey · Cunningham
- Conan the Barbarian · Subotai (voice) (uncredited)
- American Playhouse · Sadao, Takahashi Hosoume
- Modesty Blaise · Weng
- Nice Dreams · Oriental Bus Boy
- Palmerstown, U.S.A.
- Knots Landing · Pharmacist
- When Hell Was in Session · Cao
- Hart to Hart
- Mandrake · Ho
- Rabbit Test · Chinese Leader
- And the Soul Shall Dance · Murata
- Quincy, M.E. · Tokamo, Governor Tokamo
- Pacific Overtures · Manjiro
- Midway · Lt. Tomonaga
- Pueblo · North Korean Officer
- M*A*S*H
- The Waltons