
Sab Shimono
Department: 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.
Known For

Operation Othello
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Ice Planet
2001

Southland Tales
2007

Rabbit Test
1978

Presumed Innocent
1990

The Shadow
1994

Gung Ho
1986

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
2009

3 Ninjas Kick Back
1994

Ben 10: Race Against Time
2008

Come See the Paradise
1990

Suture
1993

The Wash
1988

Modesty Blaise
1982

Silent Cries
1993

Half Kenneth
2009

The Activated Man
2024

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
1993

Blind Date
1987

Old Dogs
2009

Family Gathering
2013

The Challenge
1982

The Hospital
1971

When Hell Was in Session
1979

The Sensei
2008

Paradise Road
1997

Nice Dreams
1981

Americanese
2006

Where the Toys Come From
1983

Robot Stories
2003

Pacific Overtures
1976

Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie
2017

The Watcher
2016

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990

Mandrake
1979

Waterworld
1995

The Big Hit
1998

The Arcadian
2011

Parades
1972

Pueblo
1973

Midway
1976

Loving
1970

Conan the Barbarian
1982

Par 6
2002

Life Tastes Good
1999

And the Soul Shall Dance
1978

Mad Men
2007

The Simpsons
1989

Jackie Chan Adventures
2000

Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005

M*A*S*H
1972

Seinfeld
1989

Remington Steele
1982

Jack & Jill
1999

Knight Rider
1982

Two and a Half Men
2003

Samurai Jack
2001

Knots Landing
1979

Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982

Newhart
1982

Legion of Super Heroes
2006

The Steve Harvey Show
1996

The X-Files
1993

Hart to Hart
1979

The Waltons
1972

ER
1994

Gung Ho
1986

Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980

Justice League Unlimited
2004

All-American Girl
1994

DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016

The Blacklist
2013

Airwolf
1984

Remington Steele
1982

Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005

Dear John
1988

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012

Quincy, M.E.
1976

The Terror
2018

Flaked
2016

Hawaii Five-0
2010

Longmire
2012

Magnum P.I.
2018

Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005

Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005

Cagney & Lacey
1982