is a Japanese actor, singer and media personality. He was born to English-Japanese parents.
A pivotal figure in Japanese popular music, Curtis is considered one of the three big Japanese names in rock music, helping to popularize the genre in the 1950s where he began as a rockabilly singer. In 1967, he became internationally known for his psychedelic rock band "Mickey Curtis & The Samurai". After five years, Curtis disbanded the group and returned to Japan in 1972, where he began producing other musicians.
As an actor his first role was as a rock singer in the 1958 film All About Marriage by Kihachi Okamoto and he has since gone on to star in more than 70 feature films. Apart from his entertainment career he has also been a race car driver and owns a motorcycle shop in Meguro, Tokyo. He speaks Japanese, English, French, German, Italian and Thai.
Selected filmography
Film Year Film Role Notes Ref. 1959 Fires on the Plain Nagamatsu 1962 The Big Wave Yukio 1963 Brave Records of the Sanada Clan Yuri Kamanosuke 1986Jikuu Senshi Spielban Emperor Guillotine 1989 Gunhed Bansho 1992 8 Man Sniper 1995 Kamikaze Taxi Animaru 1996 Swallowtail Butterfly Doctor Fudoh: The New Generation Yasha Gang Assassin 1998 Blues Harp Hana no O-Edo no Tsuribaka Nisshi 2001 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie Rasheed (voice) Lily Festival Warm Water Under a Red Bridge Nobuyuki Ohnishi 2002 Agitator Yokomizo The Laughing Frog Kiichiro Aisawa Aiki Miyaji 2003 Kikoku 2004 Izo Blooming Again Jun'ichi Kuroi 2005 Custom Made 10.30 A god 2008 SS Nishiyama President Kurosagi Cafe Isobe Hongo 2011 Deadball 2012 Robo-G Shigemitsu Suzuki Lead role 2016 Drowning Love Tetsuo 2019 Until I Meet September's Love Gondō 2021 Every Trick in the Book
Television Year Title Role 1964–1965 Stingray Lieutenant Phones (Japanese Dub) 1986–1987 Jikuu Senshi Spielban Emperor Guillotine 2014 Gunshi Kanbei Matsunaga Hisahide 2017Quartet NemotoYasuragi no Sato Rokurō
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