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Brian Tochi

Biography

Brian Tochi is an American actor who was born in Los Angeles and began as a child actor in the late 1960s, appearing in television series and many commercials. He guest-starred on Star Trek, The Brady Bunch, and Adam-12, and played Yul Brynner's eldest son on Anna and the King. He later became known as Toshiro Takashi in the Revenge of the Nerds films and as Tomoko Nogata in Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) and Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987). He voiced Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993). His other credits include Space Academy, St. Elsewhere, and Santa Barbara. In 2004 he was a co-writer, producer, and director of the comedy Tales of a Fly on the Wall, and in 2005 he was among the winners of the Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Screenplay Awards.

63years old

Turns 64 on May 2in 201 days

  • Born Los Angeles
  • Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
  • Brian Keith Tochihara (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
10
Career span
52 years1971 to 2023

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  1. Beyond film

    Tochi acted again as Crown Prince Chulalongkorn in the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera's revival of The King and I during the mid-1970s. At the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, he played opposite Ricardo Montalban, who was the King of Siam.

  2. Behind the camera

    Tochi co-wrote, produced and directed the 2004 live-action comedy Tales of a Fly on the Wall, casting friends including Roscoe Lee Browne, Curtis Armstrong and Leslie Easterbrook.

  3. Behind the award

    In 2005, Tochi won top honors at the Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Screenplay Awards. He shared the win for co-writing the screenplay "In the Heat of the Light."

  4. A change of course

    Tochi joined the core team behind the educational news program Channel One News, helping create and develop it. Over his two-and-a-half-year association, he was later named the show's Chief Foreign correspondent.

Brian Tochi movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles1990 Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fias Leonardovoice

    IMDb rating 6.8114K votes

  2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze1991 Action, Adventure, Comedyas Leonardovoice

    IMDb rating 6.165K votes

  3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III1993as Leonardovoice

    IMDb rating 4.839K votes

  4. Revenge of the Nerds1984as Takashi

    IMDb rating 6.663K votes

  5. The Omega Man1971as Tommy

    IMDb rating 6.436K votes

  6. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol1987as Nogata

    IMDb rating 5.049K votes

  7. Police Academy 3: Back in Training1986as Cadet Nogata

    IMDb rating 5.453K votes

  8. Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds In Love1994as Takashi

    IMDb rating 3.84.1K votes

Most often with

Robbie Rist appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Brian Tochi's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$569 million

8 of the 10 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 10 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas.

  • 8Worldwide figure
  • 2Never in cinemas

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles1990as Leonardo (voice)
    $202M35.5% of the total
  2. 2
    $108M18.9% of the total
  3. 3
    $79M13.8% of the total
  4. 4
    $77M13.5% of the total
  5. 5
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III1993as Leonardo (voice)
    $42M7.4% of the total
  6. 6
    Revenge of the Nerds1984as Takashi
    $41M7.2% of the total
  7. 7
    The King and I1999as Soldier (voice)
    $12M2.1% of the total
  8. 8
    The Omega Man1971as Tommy
    $8.7M1.5% of the total