Takeshi Kusaka

Takeshi Kusaka
Born	February 24, 1931 Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1954–present

Takeshi Kusaka (日下 武史 Kusaka Takeshi, born February 24, 1931) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Toshima, Tokyo. He is the founder of the Shiki Theatre Company. He remarried with actress Fujiko Kimura in 2010.

Roles

Live action films

• Assassination (1964) (Narahara Shigeru)
• Fumō Chitai (1976) (Koide)
• Antarctica (1983) (Hokkaidō University professor)
• Teito Taisen (1989) (Fumimaro Konoe)
• Madadayo (1993) (Doctor Kobayashi)

Live action television

• Ōedo Sōsamō (Narrator)
• Ōoku (1983 series) (Ryūkō)

Television anime

• Ginga Eiyū Densetsu (Document voiceover (episode 56))

Theater

• The Cherry Orchard
• Hamlet
• The Merchant of Venice

Theatrical animation

• Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (Vega)
• Twilight of the Cockroaches

Dubbing roles

Live action

• 99 and 44/100% Dead (Harry Crown)
• Amadeus (Antonio Salieri)
• Avalon (Game Master)
• The Cassandra Crossing (Doctor Jonathan Chamberlain)
• Columbo (Robert Conrad)
• Hannibal (TV Asahi edition) (Hannibal Lecter)
• Les Misérables (Inspector Javert)
• Sitting Bull (Major Robert Parrish)
• The Thief of Paris (Georges Randal)
• The Untouchables (Eliot Ness)

Animation

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Judge Claude Frollo (speaking voice))
• SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (Dr. Harley Street)

Honors

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (1996)
• Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2002)

External links

• Profile