Steve Akahoshi
Biography
To be a "series regular" on a primetime network television show is a plateau of success to which many actors aspire. For Steven, who starred as "Doc" Randy Matsuda on the critically acclaimed Emmy Award winning CBS Vietnam drama series Tour of Duty (1987) (1987-88; and currently in syndication on TNT), that success came early in his career. That followed five days after his first break in show business: a co-starring role as Detective Shigeta in the Whoopi Goldberg/Sam Elliott feature film Fatal Beauty (1987) for MGM/UA in which he earned his Screen Actors Guild card. An impressive body of work in over 100 feature films, television, theater and commercial productions ensued including such fare as the successful Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III for New Line Cinema; the family drama A Year in the Life (opposite Richard Kiley and Sarah Jessica Parker) for NBC; The O.J. Simpson Story (1995) bio-pic for Fox TV; and the actioner Back to Back (1996) for HBO.
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • as SP4 Randy 'Doc' Matsuda
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • as Pvt. Randy 'Doc' Matsuda
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • as Randy 'Doc' Matsuda
The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • as Honor Guard #2
The four turtles travel back in time to the days of the legendary and deadly samurai in ancient Japan, where they train to perfect the art of becoming one. The turtles also assist a small village in an uprising.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as Shigeta
Detective Rita Rizzoli is accustomed to donning costumes and going undercover to nail crooks. But she'll be required to use all of her get-ups and more when a major cocaine ring is suspected of turning out a potent new strain of the drug, called "Fatal Beauty." With the help of her partner and a former bodyguard for a local cartel, Rita will do whatever it takes to find out who's dealing Fatal Beauty and stop them.
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as Officer Yamaoka
An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by a corrupt cop.
Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • as TV Detective No. 2
Dramatizes some of the more tawdry events in the relationship between O.J. Simpson and his wife, Nicole Brown, up to and including his arrest for Brown's murder.