What is Sab Shimono?
'''Saburo Shimono''' (born July 31, 1937) is a Japanese–American actor. He began his career on stage on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. His best known roles were in [[Mame (musical)|''Mame'']], ''[[Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen]]'', and ''[[Pacific Overtures]]''. He has appeared in many movies and television shows in [[character roles]], including ''[[Midway (1976 movie)|Midway]], [[Gung Ho (movie)|Gung Ho]], [[Presumed Innocent (movie)|Presumed Innocent]], [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III]], [[The Shadow (1994 movie)|The Shadow]], [[Samurai Jack]],'' and ''[[Southland Tales]].'' He also voiced Monk Gyatso / Master Yu in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''. Shimono was born in [[Sacramento, California]].<ref name=SShimonoBornRaised-LAStageTimes>{{cite web|url=http://www.lastagetimes.com/2011/02/sab-shimono-adds-wrinkles-to-a-prolific-resume/|title=Sab Shimono Adds Wrinkles to a Prolific Resume|date=February 14, 2011|first=Gary|last=Ballard|publisher=LA Stage Times|access-date=July 20, 2013|quote=Born and reared in Sacramento, Shimono first tasted public acclaim through a political forum, when he won the election for student body president of Sacramento High School.|archive-date=September 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925070023/http://lastagetimes.com/2011/02/sab-shimono-adds-wrinkles-to-a-prolific-resume/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is openly [[gay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://apiequalityla.org/blog/2011/03/31/sab-steve/|title=Sab & Steve|date=March 31, 2011|access-date=July 15, 2012|publisher=API Equality-LA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105131325/http://apiequalityla.org/blog/2011/03/31/sab-steve|archive-date=November 5, 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0793634}} * [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=65329 Sab Shimono] at ''[[New York Times]]'' Movies * {{IBDB name|81205}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimono, Sab}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American movie actors]]