Actor
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
September 27, 1950 · 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.
Notable work
8Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
as Ken
6.9Pearl Harbor (2001)
as Genda
8.4Teen Wolf (2011)
as Katashi
5.8Planet of the Apes (2001)
as Krull
6.247 Ronin (2013)
as Shogun Tsunayoshi
7.6Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
as Hashi (voice)
8.3Grimm (2011)
as Takeshi Imura
7.2Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
as Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)
7.6Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
as The Baron
5.1Elektra (2005)
as Roshi
7.5Heroes (2006)
as The Swordsmith
5.9Mortal Kombat (1995)
as Shang Tsung
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