Sab Shimono
| Sab Shimono | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Saburo Shimono July 31, 1943 Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | Actor, Voice Actor |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Spouse(s) | Steve Alden Nelson (m. 2008) |
Sab Shimono (born Saburo Shimono; July 31, 1943) is an American actor of Japanese descent who has appeared in dozens of movies and television shows in character roles.
Shimono was born and raised in Sacramento, California, to restaurant owners Masauchi Shimono and Edith Mary (née Otani). He has one sibling: Dr. Jiro Shimono, director of the Delaware Psychiatric Center.
During World War II, Shimono and his family were interned at the Tule Lake War Relocation Center and the Granada War Relocation Center.
He attended Sacramento High School and graduated from University of California, Berkeley.
An accomplished stage actor, he has appeared on Broadway and in regional theaters including San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre and Berkeley Repertory Theatre. He was cast as Ito opposite Angela Lansbury's Auntie Mame in Jerry Herman's Broadway musical hit Mame in 1966. This was followed by Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen (1970), The Chickencoop Chinaman (1972), Ride the Winds (1974), and the role of Manjiro in Stephen Sondheim & Harold Prince's Pacific Overtures (1976). In 2010, he appeared in the world premiere of No-No Boy by Ken Narasaki based on the novel by John Okada.
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