Actor
· Acting
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Born 1950-09-27
Died 2025-12-04
📍 Tokyo, Japan
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 119
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
as The Swordmaker (voice)
2023
Looking in the Mirror
as Henry
2021
Insert Coin
as Shang Tsung
2020
Sky Sharks
as Michael Morel
2020
A Lover Scorned
as Mr. Wong
2019
Lost in Space
as Hiroki Watanabe
2018
DuckTales
as Akita (voice)
2017
Kubo and the Two Strings
as Hashi (voice)
2016
Showdown in Manila
as Aldric Cole
2016
The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai
as Nikolay
2015
Duel of Legends
as Shing
2015
Little Boy
as Hashimoto
2015
The Man with the Iron Fists 2
as Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang
2015
Diamond Cartel
as Khazar
2015
The Man in the High Castle
as Nobusuke Tagomi
2015
Beyond the Game
as Detective Yoshida
2014
The Librarians
as Mr. Drake
2014
Skin Trade
as Senator Khat
2014
Star Wars Rebels
as Alrich Wren (voice)
2014
Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge
as Heihachi
2014
Ninja Apocalypse
as Fumitaka
2014
Hype Nation 3D
2014
47 Ronin
as Shogun Tsunayoshi
2013
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Sumo Kuma (voice)
2012
When the Cobra Strikes
as Goro Tanaka
2012
Grimm
as Takeshi Imura
2011
Revenge
as Satoshi Takeda
2011
Teen Wolf
as Katashi
2011
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
as Shang Tsung
2011
Hawaii Five-0
as Hiro Noshimuri
2010
Tekken
as Heihachi Mishima
2010
The Tomb
as Len Burris
2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Craig Tanaka
2009
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
as Ken
2009
By the Will of Chingis Khan
as bodyguard
2009
Projectorparishilton
2008
Ghost Voyage
as The Steward
2008
Bodyguard: A New Beginning
as Kai
2008
Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler
2007
Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
as Grandpa Johnny Tsunami
2007
Balls of Fury
as Mysterious Asian Man
2007
The Ultimate Fighter
as Alibek
2007
Heroes
as The Swordsmith
2006
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
as Brushogun (voice)
2006
The Slanted Screen
as Himself
2006
Memoirs of a Geisha
as The Baron
2005
Faith of My Fathers
as Cat
2005
Elektra
as Roshi
2005
Hawaii
as Terry Harada
2004
Fallacy
2004
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
as Mason Sato
2003
Planet of the Apes
as Krull
2001
Pearl Harbor
as Cmdr. Minoru Genda
2001
The Ghost
as Chang
2001
The Art of War
as David Chan
2000
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Zenhichi Miyamoto
1999
Johnny Tsunami
as Johnny Tsunami
1999
Bridge of Dragons
as General Ruechang
1999
NetForce
as Leong Cheng
1999
Netforce
as Leong Cheng
1999
Vampires
as David Deyo
1998
American Dragons
as Matsuyama
1998
Seven Days
1998
Provocateur
as Captain Jong
1998
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
as Shang Tsung (archive footage)
1997
Stargate SG-1
as Turghan
1997
Top of the World
as Captain Hefter
1997
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Tai Wai Tse
1996
Danger Zone
as Monsieur Chang
1996
The Phantom
as The Great Kabai Sengh
1996
White Tiger
as Victor Chow
1996
Nash Bridges
as A.J. Shimamura
1996
Soldier Boyz
as Vinh Moc
1995
Mortal Kombat
as Shang Tsung
1995
Thunder in Paradise 3
as Mason Lee
1995
Picture Bride
as Kanzaki
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as King Young-Jin (voice)
1995
The Dangerous
as Kon
1995
Cybill
as Kenji
1995
Natural Causes
as Major Somchai
1994
Day of Reckoning
as Prakit
1994
Babylon 5
as Morishi
1994
Rising Sun
as Eddie Sakamura
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Master Ko
1993
Space Rangers
as Zylyn
1993
Nemesis
as Angie-Liv
1992
Renegade
as Hirotaka
1992
Raven
1992
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
as Osato
1992
American Me
as El Japo
1992
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
as Hashimoto
1991
Showdown in Little Tokyo
as Yoshida
1991
The Perfect Weapon
as Kai
1991
Not of This World
as Shikido
1991
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
as Sanga
1991
Vestige of Honor
as Thai Major
1990
Nasty Boys
as Max
1990
Murder in Paradise
as Detective
1990
Hardball
1989
The Last Warrior
as Imperial Marine
1989
L.A. Takedown
as Hugh Benny
1989
Licence to Kill
as Kwang
1989
Baywatch
as Sato
1989
Twins
as Oriental Man
1988
Superboy
1988
Spellbinder
as Lt. Lee
1988
Bulletproof
as Thug in Flashback (uncredited)
1988
The Last Emperor
as Chang
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Mandarin Bailiff
1987
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Armed Response
as Toshi
1986
The Wizard
1986
Big Trouble in Little China
as Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)
1986
MacGyver
as Asian Buyer
1985
Moonlighting
as Artist
1985
Miami Vice
as Kenji Fujitsu
1984
Miami Vice
as Tegoro
1984
Hotel
as Inspector Chin
1982
Knots Landing
as Mr. Toyo
1979