Tetta Sugimoto

Tetta Sugimoto is the kind of actor whose name may not land but whose face absolutely does, and I think that is the stronger position. Born in Chigasaki in 1965, a technical high school graduate, 181 cm — the record we hold on him is thin, and I would rather admit that than pad it. His value was never in a trophy count. He can turn up as a detective, a villain or a father and make none of it feel like a stretch, and when a lead performance drifts, he is the one quietly setting the floor underneath it. Casting directors know precisely what that is worth.

Name (English)

Tetta Sugimoto

Name (Japanese)

杉本哲太

Born

July 21, 1965 (age 61)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Origin

Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

181 cm

Occupation

actor

High school

Fujisawa Institute of Technology High School

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://tettasugimoto.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tettasugimoto_official/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%89%E6%9C%AC%E5%93%B2%E5%A4%AA

Tags

• Kanagawa Prefecture
• actor

Last updated

2026-07-26

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.