Sab Shimono
Acting
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.
Born: July 31, 1937
Place of Birth: Sacramento, California, United States
Known For
Pacific Overtures
In 1853 Japan, the story follows the Westernization of Japan, mainly through the story of Kayama, a samurai, and Manjiro, a fisherman. The lives of both men are radically changed by the coming of American ships to Japan.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
Samurai Jack
A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".
The X-Files
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in an all-new animated series on Nickelodeon! Surfacing topside for the first time on their fifteenth birthday, the titular turtles, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, find that life out of the sewers isn't exactly what they thought it would be. Now the turtles must work together as a team to take on new enemies that arise to take over New York City.
Justice League Unlimited
The galaxy's most powerful superheroes return to battle the allied villains and criminal plots that endanger the universe.
Seinfeld
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
Filmography
as Mr. Hideyoshi
as George Nakamura
as Kazu
as The Emperor (voice)
as Wendell
as Wild Bill
as Ichiro Yamashiro
as Daniel Nakamoto
as Murakami (voice)
as Francis Igawa
as Moto
as Uncle Keako
as Yoshiro Nishamura
as Takahiro
as Mr. Takagawa (voice)
as Taki Nakano
as Old Man
as Hideo Takehashi
as Ichiro Kimura
as K3NT (voice)
as Wood Ding
as Master Yu / Additional Voices (voice)
as Master Yu (voice)
as Gyatso (voice)
as Additional Voices (voice)
as Monk (voice)
as Hiroshi
as John
as Mr. Watsabi
as Emperor (voice)
as Karteez Rumla
as Uncle (voice)
as Harry
as Jiro Nishi
as Colonel Hirota
as Bobby Wong
as Elder
as Dr. Okida
as Sammy
as Dr. Roy Tam
as Koga
as Dr. Max Shinoda
as Gung Bituen
as Lord Norinaga
as Natsume
as Mr. Kawamura
as Dr. Fujita
as 'Painless' Kumagai
as Master Sushi Chef (voice)
as Executive #1
as Charlie Moura
as Sadao
as Mr. Yakamoto
as Mr. Saito
as Saito
as Ko
as Kenji
as Sunatra
as Kenji Ito
as Sam Kuromatsu
as Hito Osaka
as Toshio Yoshida
as Subotai (voice, uncredited)
as Weng
as Oriental Bus Boy
as Pharmacist
as Cao
as Ho
as Chinese Leader
as Tokamo
as Governor Tokamo
as Ito
as Manjiro
as Lt. Tomonaga
as North Korean Officer
as Togo
as Operating Room Staff Member (uncredited)
as Byron
as Brabantino