Don Stroud

I have a real soft spot for performers who arrive at acting sideways, and Don Stroud's leap from Honolulu surfer to working actor is exactly that kind of story. Over a hundred films and two hundred television shows is not the resume of a star chasing the spotlight; it is the ledger of a craftsman who kept showing up. The fact that he wrote as well as acted tells me he understood the machinery from the inside. I picture the steady supporting presence who anchors a scene without demanding it, and that breed of reliable, weathered professional is exactly the sort I most enjoy rediscovering.

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Name (English)

Don Stroud

Name (Japanese)

ドン・ストラウド

Reading

どん・すとらうど

Born

September 1, 1943 (age 83)

Origin

Honolulu, United States

Occupation

actor / surfer / screenwriter / film actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Goat

High school

Kaimuki High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Stroud
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555890

Tags

• actor
• surfer
• screenwriter

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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