Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-09-27 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

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...

Acting

2001

1987

1995

Picture Bride

as Kanzaki

1999

Johnny Tsunami

as Johnny Tsunami

1992

Nemesis

as Angie-Liv

1993

Rising Sun

as Eddie Sakamura

1988

Twins

as Oriental Man

2007

Balls of Fury

as Mysterious Asian Man

1995

Mortal Kombat

as Shang Tsung

2005

Elektra

as Roshi

1996

The Phantom

as The Great Kabai Sengh

2010

Tekken

as Heihachi Mishima

2009

The Tomb

as Len Burris

1997

Top of the World

as Captain Hefter

2007

Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board

as Grandpa Johnny Tsunami

2006

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo

as Brushogun (voice)

1998

American Dragons

as Matsuyama

2012

2001

The Ghost

as Chang

1995

Soldier Boyz

as Vinh Moc

2019

A Lover Scorned

as Mr. Wong

2015

1995

2015

2015

Little Boy

as Hashimoto

1996

Danger Zone

as Monsieur Chang

1998

Provocateur

as Captain Jong

1998

Vampires

as David Deyo

2014

Ninja Apocalypse

as Fumitaka

1990

Vestige of Honor

as Thai Major

1989

1996

White Tiger

as Victor Chow

2014

Beyond the Game

as Detective Yoshida

2006

1994

2013

47 Ronin

as Shogun Tsunayoshi

1999

Bridge of Dragons

as General Ruechang

2020

Sky Sharks

as Michael Morel

1995

1999

NetForce

as Leong Cheng

1999

Snow Falling on Cedars

as Zenhichi Miyamoto

2014

Skin Trade

as Senator Khat

2016

Showdown in Manila

as Aldric Cole

2015

The Man with the Iron Fists 2

as Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang

1989

The Last Warrior

as Imperial Marine

2016

Kubo and the Two Strings

as Hashi (voice)

2000

The Art of War

as David Chan

1986

2001

Pearl Harbor

as Cmdr. Minoru Genda

1991

1994

Natural Causes

as Major Somchai

1988

Spellbinder

as Lt. Lee

1992

American Me

as El Japo

1997

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

as Shang Tsung (archive footage)

1989

L.A. Takedown

as Hugh Benny

2005

1990

Murder in Paradise

as Detective

1986

Big Trouble in Little China

as Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)

1988

Bulletproof

as Thug in Flashback (uncredited)

2020

Insert Coin

as Shang Tsung

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