Brian Tee
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.
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Acting History
2025
A House of Dynamite as SAIC Ken Cho
2024Expats as Clarke
2022Baymax! as Yukio (voice)
2022Reacher as Xavier Quinn
2017The Beautiful Ones as Casper
2017Roswell FM as Dwayne Archimedes
2016Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows as Shredder
2016Lucifer as Ben Rogers
2015Chicago Med as Dr. Ethan Choi
2015Zoo as Philip Weber
2015Jurassic World as Hamada
2014One Christmas Eve as Dr. Chen
2014Legends as Paul Chang
2014No Tears for the Dead as Charles
2014The Gabby Douglas Story as Liang Chow
2014Chicago P.D. as Jesse Kong
2014Chicago P.D. as Ethan Choi
2013Wedding Palace as Jason
2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Toshiro Mori
2013The Wolverine as Noburo Mori
2012Chicago Fire as Ethan Choi
2012Baby Daddy as Tommy Kwan
2011Grimm as Akira Kimura
2011Mortal Kombat: Legacy as Liu Kang
2011The Historian Paradox as Avith Kang
2010Shake It Up as Mr. Itou
2010Chain Letter as Brian Yee
2010Hawaii Five-0 as Hideaki Kuroda
2010Sym-Bionic Titan as Mike Chan (voice)
2009Dark Blue as Kang
2009Deadland as Jax
2009Lie to Me as Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)
2008Crash as Eddie Choi
2007Burn Notice as Takeda
2007Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee as Mac Chang
2006Jericho as Cheung
2006The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as D.K.
2006All In as Rosenbloom Player 2
2006The Unit as Rebel Leader
2005Fun with Dick and Jane as Sushi Chef
2005Bones as Ken Nakamura
2005Wanted as Jin-Lee Park
2005Grey's Anatomy as Andy Meltzer
2005Zoey 101 as Kazu
2004Tiger Cruise as MA2 Chan
2004Entourage as Fukijama Crew Member
2004Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation as Cpl. Thom Kobe
2002Without a Trace as Kirk
2002Austin Powers in Goldmember as Japanese Pedestrian
2002Monk as James Lu
2002We Were Soldiers as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
2001The Chronicle as Neo
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Denny Ocampo
2000The Invisible Man as Mallon
2000What Planet Are You From? as Alien (uncredited)
1999Family Law as DEA Agent
1997Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Intern
1996The Pretender as Male Agent
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