Gedde Watanabe

Biography

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Gedde Watanabe (born Gary Watanabe, June 26, 1955, Ogden, Utah) is an American theatre, film, and television actor.

He was in several dramatic productions in high school, both acting and singing. After graduation, Watanabe left Ogden for San Francisco, where he hoped to make his living as a street musician while honing his acting skills.

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Known For

Family Guy

Long Duk Dong (voice)

The Simpsons

Factory Foreman (voice)

The Simpsons

Cartoon Squid / Japanese Father (voice)

Rugrats

Zack (voice)

Mad About You

Speech Writer

Seinfeld

Mr. Oh

American Dad!

Chicken Hatchery Manager (voice)

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Kenji

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Ultraman: Rising	Professor Sato / Ultradad (voice)
2024	Kung Fu Panda 4	Badger Crime Boss (voice)
2023	The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms	Trader Joe (voice)
2022	Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage	Self
2020	In Search of Darkness: Part II	Self
2017	The Last Word	Louie the gardener
2012	Parental Guidance	Mr. Cheng
2012	The Seven Year Hitch	Mr. Fujimura
2010	Don't You Forget About Me	Self
2009	Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword	Kenji (voice)
2009	Not Forgotten	Agent Nakamura
2008	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Hotel Manager
2008	Celebrating Sixteen Candles	Himself
2008	The Onion Movie	James Nakatami
2005	Two for the Money	Milton
2005	Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama	Professor Bob Chen (voice)
2004	Mulan II	Ling (voice)
2004	Alfie	Mrs. Wing
2002	Slackers	Japanese Proctor
2002	L.A. Law: The Movie	Cyril
1999	EDtv	Greg
1999	The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space	Karate Master (voice)
1999	Rugrats: Runaway Reptar	Zack (voice)
1999	Guinevere	Ed
1998	Mulan	Ling (voice)
1997	Psycho Sushi	Yoshi
1997	Booty Call	Chan
1997	Nick and Jane	Enzo
1996	That Thing You Do!	Play-Tone Photographer
1995	Perfect Alibi
1995	Boys on the Side	Steve
1992	Miss America: Behind the Crown	Takeo
1990	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	Mr. Katsuji
1989	The Spring	Matty
1989	UHF	Kuni
1986	Vamp	Duncan
1986	Gung Ho	Oishi Kazihiro
1985	Volunteers	At Toon
1984	Sixteen Candles	Long Duk Dong
1980	The Long Island Four
1976	Pacific Overtures	Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble
	On The Couch	Charlie

Year	TV Show	Role
2023	BLUE EYE SAMURAI	Kenzou / Sentry (voice)
2023	BLUE EYE SAMURAI	Kenzou / Chiba (voice)
2023	BLUE EYE SAMURAI	Nightjar Manager / Running Man / Kenzou (voice)
2023	BLUE EYE SAMURAI	Lord with Silk (voice)
2023	BLUE EYE SAMURAI	Chiba (voice)
2021	The Sex Lives of College Girls	Professor Harpin
2019	Perfect Harmony	Glenn
2005	American Dad!	Chicken Hatchery Manager (voice)
2003	I Love the '80s Strikes Back
2002	Kim Possible
2002	Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?	James Nob (voice)
2002	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Vincent Wong (voice)
2002	Everwood	Art
2001	My Wife and Kids
2001	The Proud Family	Mr. Min (voice)
2000	Jackie Chan Adventures	Gangster 1 (voice)
1999	Batman Beyond	Principal (voice)
1999	Family Guy	Long Duk Dong (voice)
1999	Batman Beyond	Dr. Suzuki (voice)
1997	The Weird Al Show	Kuni
1996	E! True Hollywood Story
1996	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Kenji
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	The Emperor (voice)
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Nuri (voice)
1994	ER	Yosh Takata
1992	Mad About You	Speech Writer
1991	Home Improvement	Nobu Nakamura
1991	Rugrats	Zack (voice)
1991	Pacific Station	Ram Sha
1990	Down Home	Tran
1990	Grand	Taki Mifune
1989	Seinfeld	Mr. Oh
1989	Booker
1989	The Simpsons	Factory Foreman (voice)
1989	The Simpsons	Cartoon Squid / Japanese Father (voice)
1988	Murphy Brown	Guru Prem
1987	The New Adventures of Beans Baxter	Ho Hum
1986	Gung Ho	Kaz Kazuhiro
1982	Newhart	Mr. Tagadachi