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Gedde Watanabe
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Gedde Watanabe

Born 1955 · Ogden, Utah, USA · Active 1976–2026

Gedde Watanabe, born in 1951, is an American actor known for his memorable performances in cult films. In Vamp (1986), he brings a comedic flair to the horror genre, playing a role that balances levity with the film's darker elements. His work in UHF (1989) further solidifies his place in the realm of cult cinema, as he navigates the absurdity of a low-budget TV station. Watanabe's ability to blend humor with eccentric characters makes him a distinctive figure in the landscape of 1980s cult films.

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Vamp

Vamp

1986 ★ 6.0
as Duncan

Two college students, Keith and AJ, want to hire a stripper to buy their way into a campus fraternity. They borrow a Cadillac from lonely rich student Duncan, who insists on coming with them to scope out strip clubs in a nearby city. The three boys find themselves at a club in a shady part of town, and after being impressed by a surreally artistic stripper, Katrina, AJ visits her dressing room to try and convince her to come strip for their college party. Katrina seduces AJ, then pins him down - killing him with a fatal bite to the neck. Keith becomes concerned at his friend’s delay and gets help from a waitress named Amaretto, who keeps insisting (to his confusion) that she knows him. They search the neighborhood, and Keith is separated from her while trying to escape from both a psychotic albino street gang, as well as from vampires throughout the area. While hiding in a dumpster, he finds AJ's discarded body, but when he calls the police and returns to the club to accuse the owners, the vampires have preempted him by bringing AJ back to the club as undead. AJ confesses to Keith that he's now a vampire, and after realizing that Keith will not kill him and is willing to die for him, AJ stakes himself with a piece of broken furniture. Keith, Amaretto, and Duncan flee the club, but their car is rammed by vehicles driven by vampires. After escaping, they realize that Duncan has been turned to a vampire, and they abandon him in a burning car. The pair attempt to escape through the sewers, as Amaretto breaks down and tells Keith that her real name is Allison, and she knows AJ from a game of spin the bottle when they were classmates in fifth grade. While they flee through the sewers, they discover and burn a nest of vampires, but Allison is grabbed and held hostage by Katrina. After an arrow to the face and being staked in the chest with a pipe fail to stop Katrina, Keith kills her by opening a grating, allowing the sunlight to destroy her. Before they can escape to the surface, they are trapped by Vlad, Katrina's vampire consort, until Vlad is staked from behind by a revived AJ, who sheepishly notes that the stake he tried to kill himself with turned out to be formica. As Keith and Allison climb to the surface daylight, AJ remains in the sewers calling out to him his ideas to go to night school, or work a job on a graveyard shift.  Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar looking for strippers to entertain their college friends. They have problems with transportation, Biker gangs, and worst of all, the staff of the bar, all of whom seem to be vampires, with Grace Jones playing the head vampire.

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Filmography

87 credits
2020s 12 credits
2026
TV ★ 6.5
2024
Ultraman: Rising as Professor Sato / Ultradad (voice)
Movie ★ 8.0
2024
Kung Fu Panda 4 as Badger Crime Boss (voice)
Movie ★ 7.0
2023
The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms as Trader Joe (voice)
Movie ★ 5.7
2023
BLUE EYE SAMURAI as Kenzou / Sentry (voice)
TV ★ 8.5
2023
BLUE EYE SAMURAI as Kenzou / Chiba (voice)
TV ★ 8.5
2023
BLUE EYE SAMURAI as Nightjar Manager / Running Man / Kenzou (voice)
TV ★ 8.5
2023
BLUE EYE SAMURAI as Lord with Silk (voice)
TV ★ 8.5
2023
BLUE EYE SAMURAI as Chiba (voice)
TV ★ 8.5
2021
TV ★ 7.2
2020
Movie ★ 7.7
2010s 6 credits
2019
TV ★ 6.1
2018
TV ★ 7.6
2017
The Last Word as Louie the gardener
Movie ★ 6.6
2012
Parental Guidance as Mr. Cheng
Movie ★ 6.0
2012
The Seven Year Hitch as Mr. Fujimura
Movie ★ 6.0
2010
Movie ★ 5.3
2000s 22 credits
2009
Movie ★ 7.7
2009
Not Forgotten as Agent Nakamura
Movie ★ 5.0
2008
Movie ★ 6.5
2008
Movie
2008
The Onion Movie as James Nakatami
Movie ★ 6.1
2007
Movie
2005
Movie ★ 6.1
2005
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama as Professor Bob Chen (voice)
Movie ★ 6.9
2005
American Dad! as Chicken Hatchery Manager (voice)
TV ★ 7.0
2004
Mulan II as Ling (voice)
Movie ★ 6.5
2004
Alfie as Mrs. Wing
Movie ★ 5.9
2004
On The Couch as Charlie
Movie ★ 10.0
2002
Slackers as Japanese Proctor
Movie ★ 5.2
2002
Movie ★ 7.2
2002
TV ★ 7.5
2002
What's New, Scooby-Doo? as Vincent Wong (voice)
TV ★ 7.8
2002
Everwood as Art
TV ★ 7.6
2002
Kim Possible as Professor Bob Chen (voice)
TV ★ 7.5
2001
TV ★ 7.4
2001
The Proud Family as Mr. Min (voice)
TV ★ 7.8
2000
Jackie Chan Adventures as Gangster 1 (voice)
TV ★ 8.2
1990s 29 credits
1999
EDtv as Greg
Movie ★ 5.9
1999
Movie ★ 6.3
1999
Movie ★ 5.8
1999
Batman Beyond as Principal (voice)
TV ★ 8.2
1999
Family Guy as Long Duk Dong (voice)
TV ★ 7.4
1999
Batman Beyond as Dr. Suzuki (voice)
TV ★ 8.2
1998
Mulan as Ling (voice)
Movie ★ 7.9
1997
Movie ★ 6.5
1997
Booty Call as Chan (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.3
1997
Movie ★ 4.8
1997
TV ★ 7.0
1996
That Thing You Do! as Play-Tone Photographer
Movie ★ 6.9
1996
TV ★ 7.8
1995
Movie ★ 4.0
1995
Movie ★ 6.4
1995
TV ★ 6.3
1994
ER as Yosh Takata
TV ★ 7.8
1994
Duckman as Ninja (voice)
TV ★ 7.2
1992
Movie ★ 10.0
1992
Mad About You as Speech Writer
TV ★ 6.7
1991
Home Improvement as Nobu Nakamura
TV ★ 7.4
1991
Rugrats as Zack (voice)
TV ★ 7.6
1991
TV ★ 5.7
1990
Movie ★ 6.5
1990
Down Home as Tran
TV ★ 7.0
1990
Grand as Taki Mifune
TV ★ 6.7
1980s 15 credits
1989
The Spring as Matty
Movie ★ 8.0
1989
UHF as Kuni
Movie ★ 6.7
1989
Seinfeld as Mr. Oh
TV ★ 8.3
1989
Booker as Max
TV ★ 5.3
1989
The Simpsons as Factory Foreman (voice)
TV ★ 8.0
1989
The Simpsons as Cartoon Squid / Japanese Father (voice)
TV ★ 8.0
1988
Murphy Brown as Guru Prem
TV ★ 6.4
1987
TV ★ 7.0
1986
Vamp as Duncan
Movie ★ 5.8
1986
Gung Ho as Oishi Kazihiro
Movie ★ 6.1
1986
Gung Ho as Kaz Kazuhiro
TV ★ 7.0
1985
Volunteers as At Toon
Movie ★ 5.5
1984
Sixteen Candles as Long Duk Dong
Movie ★ 6.8
1982
Newhart as Mr. Tagadachi
TV ★ 7.1
1980
Movie ★ 5.0
1970s 3 credits
1978
Life at Stake as David Kootook
TV
1976
Pacific Overtures as Priest/Girl/Boy/Ensemble
Movie ★ 9.0