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