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.
Known For
Hawaii Five-0
Hiro Noshimuri
Grimm
Takeshi Imura
Stargate SG-1
Turghan
NCIS: Los Angeles
Craig Tanaka
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Mandarin Bailiff
Babylon 5
Morishi
Teen Wolf
Katashi
Heroes
The Swordsmith
Miami Vice
Kenji Fujitsu
Miami Vice
Tegoro
MacGyver
Asian Buyer
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Tai Wai Tse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Sumo Kuma (voice)
Baywatch
Sato
The Librarians
Mr. Drake
Revenge
Satoshi Takeda
Knots Landing
Mr. Toyo
The Man in the High Castle
Nobusuke Tagomi
Nash Bridges
A.J. Shimamura
DuckTales
Akita (voice)
Jake and the Fatman
Raymond Char
Hotel
Inspector Chin
Moonlighting
Artist
Walker, Texas Ranger
Master Ko
Star Wars Rebels
Alrich Wren (voice)
Renegade
Hirotaka
Lost in Space
Hiroki Watanabe
Cybill
Kenji
Superboy
Pearl Harbor
Genda
The Last Emperor
Chang
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
The Swordmaker (voice)
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Shang Tsung (archive footage)
Seven Days
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Ken
Planet of the Apes
Krull
Licence to Kill
Kwang
47 Ronin
Shogun Tsunayoshi
Mortal Kombat
Shang Tsung
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Shang Tsung