Portrait of Brian Tee

Brian Tee

Acting

Biography

Brian Tee (born Jae-Beom Takata) is a Japanese-born American actor. At the age of two, he and his family moved from Japan to Hacienda Heights, CA. He is most known for his starring role as Dr. Ethan Choi on NBC's Chicago Med and for his role as D.K. Takashi in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. In James Mangold's The Wolverine (2013), starring Hugh Jackman, Tee played Noburo Mori, a sadistic minister of justice arranged to marry the daughter of the Yakuza Boss. He played Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the 2016 sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Born: March 15, 1977

Place of Birth: Okinawa, Japan

Filmography

2025
A House of Dynamite

as SAIC Ken Cho

2024
Expats

as Clarke

2022
Baymax!

as Yukio (voice)

2022
Reacher

as Xavier Quinn

2017
2017
Roswell FM

as Dwayne Archimedes

2016
Lucifer

as Ben Rogers

2015
Chicago Med

as Dr. Ethan Choi

2015
Zoo

as Philip Weber

2015
2014
2014
Legends

as Paul Chang

2014
2014
2014
Chicago P.D.

as Jesse Kong

2014
Chicago P.D.

as Ethan Choi

2013
2013
The Wolverine

as Noburo Mori

2012
Chicago Fire

as Ethan Choi

2012
Baby Daddy

as Tommy Kwan

2011
Grimm

as Akira Kimura

2011
2010
Shake It Up

as Mr. Itou

2010
Chain Letter

as Brian Yee

2010
Hawaii Five-0

as Hideaki Kuroda

2010
Sym-Bionic Titan

as Mike Chan (voice)

2009
Deadland

as Jax

2009
Lie to Me

as Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)

2008
Crash

as Eddie Choi

2007
Burn Notice

as Takeda

2006
Jericho

as Cheung

2006
All In

as Rosenbloom Player 2

2006
The Unit

as Rebel Leader

2005
2005
Bones

as Ken Nakamura

2005
Wanted

as Jin-Lee Park

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Andy Meltzer

2005
Zoey 101

as Kazu

2004
Tiger Cruise

as MA2 Chan

2004
Entourage

as Fukijama Crew Member

2002
2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember

as Japanese Pedestrian

2002
Monk

as James Lu

2002
We Were Soldiers

as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama

2001
2000
2000
What Planet Are You From?

as Alien (uncredited)

1999
Family Law

as DEA Agent

1996
The Pretender

as Male Agent