Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Acting · Born 1950-09-27 in Tokyo, Japan

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.

Filmography

• The Last Emperor as Chang
• Hachi: A Dog's Tale as Ken
• Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo as Brushogun (voice)
• Little Boy as Hashimoto
• Kubo and the Two Strings as Hashi (voice)
• Pearl Harbor as Cmdr. Minoru Genda
• American Me as El Japo
• Memoirs of a Geisha as The Baron
• Big Trouble in Little China as Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)
• Planet of the Apes as Krull

TV

• Star Trek: The Next Generation as Mandarin Bailiff
• MacGyver as Asian Buyer
• Babylon 5 as Morishi
• Stargate SG-1 as Turghan
• BLUE EYE SAMURAI as The Swordmaker (voice)
• Teen Wolf as Katashi
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Tai Wai Tse
• Grimm as Takeshi Imura
• Star Wars Rebels as Alrich Wren (voice)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Sumo Kuma (voice)