List of American Pie characters
Noah Levenstein, also known as "Jim's dad", is the only character to appear in all eight films to date. At the 2000 American Comedy Award, Levy was nominated for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture although he didn't win. At the 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Award he was nominated for Favorite Supporting Actor - Comedy which he won. At the 2002 Canadian Comedy Awards he was nominated for Pretty Funny Male Performance for his role in "American Pie 2" and won the award.
Clyde Kusatsu
Feature roles, beginning with "Midway" (1976), have generally been small, but in the 1990s Kusatsu had roles in "" (1993, as a history teacher) and "In the Line of Fire" (1993, as a Secret Service agent). He appeared as a high school English teacher in "American Pie" (1999). Other recent films have been "Shopgirl" as Mr. Agasa, and in Sydney Pollack's "The Interpreter" (2005) as Lee Wu, head of security for the United Nations Headquarters. He played the recurring role of Dr. Dennis Okamura on the CBS soap opera "The Young and the Restless". Kusatsu starred in "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" (2008) as Mr. Lee. He is also one of the most recognizable actors in the TV and movie industry whenever an ethnic character is needed. He also appeared as three different characters on "Magnum, P.I.", including the Vietnamese Colonel Ki character who severely wounds Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck), and in another episode irritated Magnum with his John Wayne impression. His other role was HPD Detective Gordon Katsumoto, Magnum's ally; in the reboot of the same tv series this role is played by Tim Kang.