Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

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Known For

Acting

Born

1950-09-27

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Biography

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (September 27, 1950 – December 4, 2025) was 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 the evil mastermind Heihachi Mishima in the Tekken movie.

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Known For

Teen Wolf

Teen Wolf

Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1

Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Los Angeles

Grimm

Grimm

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

MacGyver

MacGyver

Baywatch

Baywatch

Acting History

BLUE EYE SAMURAI as The Swordmaker (voice)

Looking in the Mirror as Henry

Insert Coin as Shang Tsung

Sky Sharks as Michael Morel

A Lover Scorned as Mr. Wong

Lost in Space as Hiroki Watanabe

DuckTales as Akita (voice)

Kubo and the Two Strings as Hashi (voice)

Overwatch Animated Short "Dragons" as Narrator (voice)

Showdown in Manila as Aldric Cole

The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai as Nikolay

Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon as Genghis Khan

Duel of Legends as Shing

Little Boy as Hashimoto

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

Diamond Cartel as Khazar

The Man in the High Castle as Nobusuke Tagomi

Beyond the Game as Detective Yoshida

The Librarians as Mr. Drake

Skin Trade as Senator Khat

Star Wars Rebels as Alrich Wren (voice)

Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge as Heihachi

Ninja Apocalypse as Fumitaka

47 Ronin as Shogun Tsunayoshi

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sumo Kuma (voice)

When the Cobra Strikes as Goro Tanaka

Grimm as Takeshi Imura

Revenge as Satoshi Takeda

Teen Wolf as Katashi

Mortal Kombat: Legacy as Shang Tsung

Hawaii Five-0 as Hiro Noshimuri

Tekken as Heihachi Mishima

The Tomb as Len Burris

NCIS: Los Angeles as Craig Tanaka

Hachi: A Dog's Tale as Ken

By the Will of Chingis Khan as bodyguard

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Bodyguard: A New Beginning as Kai

Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board as Grandpa Johnny Tsunami

Balls of Fury as Mysterious Asian Man

The Ultimate Fighter as Alibek

Heroes as The Swordsmith

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo as Brushogun (voice)

The Slanted Screen as Himself

Memoirs of a Geisha as The Baron

The Sand Island Drive-In Anthem as Uncle C

Faith of My Fathers as Cat

Elektra as Roshi

Hawaii as Terry Harada

Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding as Mason Sato

Planet of the Apes as Krull

Pearl Harbor as Cmdr. Minoru Genda

The Ghost as Chang

The Art of War as David Chan

Snow Falling on Cedars as Zenhichi Miyamoto

Johnny Tsunami as Johnny Tsunami

Bridge of Dragons as General Ruechang

NetForce as Leong Cheng

Vampires as David Deyo

American Dragons as Matsuyama

Provocateur as Captain Jong

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation as Shang Tsung (archive footage)

Stargate SG-1 as Turghan

Top of the World as Captain Hefter

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Tai Wai Tse

Danger Zone as Monsieur Chang

The Phantom as The Great Kabai Sengh

White Tiger as Victor Chow

Nash Bridges as A.J. Shimamura

Soldier Boyz as Vinh Moc

Mortal Kombat as Shang Tsung

Thunder in Paradise 3 as Mason Lee

Picture Bride as Kanzaki

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as King Young-Jin (voice)

The Dangerous as Kon

Cybill as Kenji

Natural Causes as Major Somchai

Day of Reckoning as Prakit

Babylon 5 as Morishi

Rising Sun as Eddie Sakamura

Walker, Texas Ranger as Master Ko

Space Rangers as Zylyn

Nemesis as Angie-Liv

Renegade as Hirotaka

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons as Osato

American Me as El Japo

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis as Hashimoto

Showdown in Little Tokyo as Yoshida

The Perfect Weapon as Kai

Not of This World as Shikido

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back as Sanga

Vestige of Honor as Thai Major

Murder in Paradise as Detective

Nasty Boys as Max

The Last Warrior as Imperial Marine

L.A. Takedown as Hugh Benny

Licence to Kill as Kwang

Baywatch as Sato

Twins as Oriental Man

Spellbinder as Lt. Lee

Bulletproof as Thug in Flashback (uncredited)

The Last Emperor as Chang

Star Trek: The Next Generation as Mandarin Bailiff

Jake and the Fatman

Armed Response as Toshi

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

MacGyver as Asian Buyer

Moonlighting as Artist

Miami Vice as Kenji Fujitsu

Miami Vice as Tegoro

Knots Landing as Mr. Toyo