- 1991: First TV miniseries, "And the Sea Will Tell"
- 1983: First TV work as a series regular: played Ali on the CBS adventure show, "Bring 'Em Back Alive"
- 1977: Played the role of the Reverend Chong on several episodes of the long-running CBS sitcom, "All in the Family" (date approximate)
- 1976: Feature film debut, "Battle of Midway"
- 1976: First TV-movie, "Farewell to Manzanar"
- 1974: Made TV debut on an episode of the ABC action drama, "Kung Fu"; made a good impression on the show's producers, and was subsequently signed up to act in four more episodes of the series (date approximate)
- 1966: Made professional stage debut at age 17 playing the Crown Prince in a summer-stock production of "The King and I" in Honolulu (date approximate)
- Played a recurring role on the popular CBS detective series, "Magnum P.I.", Starring Tom Selleck, in the mid-1980s
- Played Dad on the ABC sitcom, "All-American Girl"
- Played Dr. Kenji Fushida on the CBS medical drama set in Hawaii, "Island Son", starring Richard Chamberlain
- Returned home to Hawaii for a time after graduating college; worked for a time in a brewery




