Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
117
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-09-27 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Acting

2023

BLUE EYE SAMURAI as The Swordmaker (voice)

2021

Looking in the Mirror as Henry

2020

Sky Sharks as Michael Morel

2020

Insert Coin as Shang Tsung

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

The Man in the High Castle as Nobusuke Tagomi

2015

The Man with the Iron Fists 2 as Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang

2015

Little Boy as Hashimoto

2015

Diamond Cartel as Khazar

2015

Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon as Genghis Khan

2015

Duel of Legends as Shing

2014

Star Wars Rebels as Alrich Wren (voice)

2014

The Librarians as Mr. Drake

2014

Skin Trade as Senator Khat

2014

Beyond the Game as Detective Yoshida

2014

Ninja Apocalypse as Fumitaka

2014

Hype Nation 3D as Not available

2013

47 Ronin as Shogun Tsunayoshi

2012

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sumo Kuma (voice)

2012

When the Cobra Strikes as Goro Tanaka

2011

Grimm as Takeshi Imura

2011

Teen Wolf as Katashi

2011

Revenge as Satoshi Takeda

2011

Mortal Kombat: Legacy as Shang Tsung

2010

Hawaii Five-0 as Hiro Noshimuri

2010

Tekken as Heihachi Mishima

2009

NCIS: Los Angeles as Craig Tanaka

2009

The Tomb as Len Burris

2009

By the Will of Chingis Khan as bodyguard

2008

Projectorparishilton as Not available

2007

Balls of Fury as Mysterious Asian Man

2007

Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board as Grandpa Johnny Tsunami

2007

The Ultimate Fighter as Alibek

2006

Heroes as The Swordsmith

2006

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo as Brushogun (voice)

2006

The Slanted Screen as Himself

2005

Memoirs of a Geisha as The Baron

2005

Elektra as Roshi

2004

Hawaii as Captain Terry Harada

2004

Fallacy as Not available

2003

Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding as Mason Sato

2001

Pearl Harbor as Cmdr. Minoru Genda

2001

Planet of the Apes as Krull

2001

The Ghost as Chang

2000

The Art of War as David Chan

1999

Snow Falling on Cedars as Zenhichi Miyamoto

1999

Bridge of Dragons as General Ruechang

1999

Johnny Tsunami as Johnny Tsunami

1999

NetForce as Leong Cheng

1998

Seven Days as Not available

1998

Vampires as David Deyo

1998

American Dragons as Matsuyama

1998

Provocateur as Captain Jong

1997

Stargate SG-1 as Turghan

1997

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation as Shang Tsung (archive footage)

1997

Top of the World as Captain Hefter

1996

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Tai Wai Tse

1996

Nash Bridges as A.J. Shimamura

1996

The Phantom as The Great Kabai Sengh

1996

White Tiger as Victor Chow

1996

Danger Zone as Monsieur Chang

1995

Mortal Kombat as Shang Tsung

1995

Soldier Boyz as Vinh Moc

1995

The Dangerous as Kon

1995

Picture Bride as Kanzaki

1995

Thunder in Paradise 3 as Mason Lee

1994

Babylon 5 as Morishi

1994

Day of Reckoning as Prakit

1994

Natural Causes as Major Somchai

1993

Walker, Texas Ranger as Master Ko

1993

Rising Sun as Eddie Sakamura

1993

Space Rangers as Zylyn

1992

Renegade as Hirotaka

1992

Raven as Not available

1992

American Me as El Japo

1992

Nemesis as Angie-Liv

1991

Showdown in Little Tokyo as Yoshida

1991

The Perfect Weapon as Kai

1991

Not of This World as Shikido

1990

Murder in Paradise as Detective

1990

Vestige of Honor as Thai Major

1989

Baywatch as Sato

1989

Licence to Kill as Kwang

1989

Alien Nation as Not available

1989

Hardball as Not available

1989

Nasty Boys as Max

1989

L.A. Takedown as Hugh Benny

1989

The Last Warrior as Imperial Marine

1988

Superboy as Not available

1988

Twins as Oriental Man

1988

Spellbinder as Lt. Lee

1988

Bulletproof as Thug in Flashback (uncredited)

1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation as Mandarin Bailiff

1987

Jake and the Fatman as Not available

1987

The Last Emperor as Chang

1986

Big Trouble in Little China as Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)

1986

The Wizard as Not available

1986

Armed Response as Toshi

1985

MacGyver as Asian Buyer

1985

Moonlighting as Artist

1984

Miami Vice as Not available

1982

Hotel as Not available

1979

Knots Landing as Mr. Toyo