Portrait of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Acting

Biography

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (born September 27, 1950) is a Japanese-American actor, film producer, and martial artist. In addition to his extensive film work, he has appeared on television in Star Trek: The Next Generation - "Encounter at Farpoint" (1987), Thunder in Paradise (1995), Nash Bridges (1996), Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003), and Heroes (2007). He also provided the voice of Sin Tzu for the video game Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu. He played the part of Earth Alliance security officer Morishi in Babylon 5 - "Convictions". He played a soul-stealing sorcerer Shang Tsung in a film adaptation of the video game Mortal Kombat, and more recently the evil mastermind Heihachi Mishima in the Tekken movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: September 27, 1950

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Filmography

2023
BLUE EYE SAMURAI

as The Swordmaker (voice)

2020
Insert Coin

as Shang Tsung

2020
Sky Sharks

as Michael Morel

2019
A Lover Scorned

as Mr. Wong

2018
Lost in Space

as Hiroki Watanabe

2017
DuckTales

as Akita (voice)

2016
Kubo and the Two Strings

as Hashi (voice)

2016
Showdown in Manila

as Aldric Cole

2015
2015
Little Boy

as Hashimoto

2015
The Man with the Iron Fists 2

as Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang

2015
2015
The Man in the High Castle

as Nobusuke Tagomi

2014
Beyond the Game

as Detective Yoshida

2014
The Librarians

as Mr. Drake

2014
Skin Trade

as Senator Khat

2014
Star Wars Rebels

as Alrich Wren (voice)

2014
Ninja Apocalypse

as Fumitaka

2013
47 Ronin

as Shogun Tsunayoshi

2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as Sumo Kuma (voice)

2012
2011
Grimm

as Takeshi Imura

2011
Revenge

as Satoshi Takeda

2011
Teen Wolf

as Katashi

2011
Mortal Kombat: Legacy

as Shang Tsung

2010
Hawaii Five-0

as Hiro Noshimuri

2010
Tekken

as Heihachi Mishima

2009
The Tomb

as Len Burris

2009
NCIS: Los Angeles

as Craig Tanaka

2007
Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board

as Grandpa Johnny Tsunami

2007
Balls of Fury

as Mysterious Asian Man

2006
Heroes

as The Swordsmith

2006
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo

as Brushogun (voice)

2006
2005
2005
Elektra

as Roshi

2004
Hawaii

as Terry Harada

2001
2001
Pearl Harbor

as Cmdr. Minoru Genda

2001
The Ghost

as Chang

2000
The Art of War

as David Chan

1999
Snow Falling on Cedars

as Zenhichi Miyamoto

1999
Johnny Tsunami

as Johnny Tsunami

1999
Bridge of Dragons

as General Ruechang

1999
NetForce

as Leong Cheng

1998
Vampires

as David Deyo

1998
American Dragons

as Matsuyama

1998
Provocateur

as Captain Jong

1997
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

as Shang Tsung (archive footage)

1997
Stargate SG-1

as Turghan

1997
Top of the World

as Captain Hefter

1996
1996
Danger Zone

as Monsieur Chang

1996
The Phantom

as The Great Kabai Sengh

1996
White Tiger

as Victor Chow

1996
Nash Bridges

as A.J. Shimamura

1995
Soldier Boyz

as Vinh Moc

1995
Mortal Kombat

as Shang Tsung

1995
1995
Picture Bride

as Kanzaki

1995
1994
Natural Causes

as Major Somchai

1994
1994
Babylon 5

as Morishi

1993
Rising Sun

as Eddie Sakamura

1993
1993
1992
Nemesis

as Angie-Liv

1992
Renegade

as Hirotaka

1992
1992
American Me

as El Japo

1991
1990
Vestige of Honor

as Thai Major

1990
Murder in Paradise

as Detective

1989
The Last Warrior

as Imperial Marine

1989
1989
L.A. Takedown

as Hugh Benny

1989
1989
Baywatch

as Sato

1988
Twins

as Oriental Man

1988
Spellbinder

as Lt. Lee

1988
Bulletproof

as Thug in Flashback (uncredited)

1987
1987
1986
1986
Big Trouble in Little China

as Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)

1985
MacGyver

as Asian Buyer

1985
Moonlighting

as Artist

1984
Miami Vice

as Kenji Fujitsu

1984
Miami Vice

as Tegoro

1982
1979
Knots Landing

as Mr. Toyo