Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Acting
- September 27, 1950 · Tokyo, Japan
- December 4, 2025
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
Filmography
- BLUE EYE SAMURAI · The Swordmaker (Voice)
- Looking in the Mirror · Henry
- Insert Coin · Shang Tsung
- Sky Sharks · Michael Morel
- A Lover Scorned · Mr. Wong
- Lost in Space · Hiroki Watanabe
- DuckTales · Akita (Voice)
- Kubo and the Two Strings · Hashi (Voice)
- Showdown in Manila · Aldric Cole
- The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai · Nikolay
- Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon · Genghis Khan
- Duel of Legends · Shing
- Little Boy · Hashimoto
- The Man with the Iron Fists 2 · Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang
- Diamond Cartel · Khazar
- The Man in the High Castle · Nobusuke Tagomi
- Beyond the Game · Detective Yoshida
- The Librarians · Mr. Drake
- Skin Trade · Senator Khat
- Star Wars Rebels · Alrich Wren (Voice)
- Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge · Heihachi
- Ninja Apocalypse · Fumitaka
- Hype Nation 3D
- 47 Ronin · Shogun Tsunayoshi
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles · Sumo Kuma (Voice)
- When the Cobra Strikes · Goro Tanaka
- Grimm · Takeshi Imura
- Revenge · Satoshi Takeda
- Teen Wolf · Katashi
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy · Shang Tsung
- Hawaii Five-0 · Hiro Noshimuri
- Tekken · Heihachi Mishima
- The Tomb · Len Burris
- NCIS: Los Angeles · Craig Tanaka
- Hachi: A Dog's Tale · Ken
- By the Will of Chingis Khan · bodyguard
- Projectorparishilton
- Ghost Voyage · The Steward
- Bodyguard: A New Beginning · Kai
- Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler
- Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'
- Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board · Grandpa Johnny Tsunami
- Balls of Fury · Mysterious Asian Man
- The Ultimate Fighter · Alibek
- Heroes · The Swordsmith
- Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo · Brushogun (Voice)
- The Slanted Screen · Self
- Memoirs of a Geisha · The Baron
- The Sand Island Drive-In Anthem · Uncle C
- Faith of My Fathers · Cat
- Elektra · Roshi
- Hawaii · Terry Harada
- Fallacy
- Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding · Mason Sato
- Planet of the Apes · Krull
- Pearl Harbor · Genda
- The Ghost · Chang
- The Art of War · David Chan
- Snow Falling on Cedars · Zenhichi Miyamoto
- Johnny Tsunami · Johnny Tsunami
- Bridge of Dragons · General Ruechang
- NetForce · Leong Cheng
- Netforce · Leong Cheng
- Vampires · David Deyo
- American Dragons · Matsuyama
- Seven Days
- Provocateur · Captain Jong
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation · Shang Tsung (archive footage)
- Stargate SG-1 · Turghan
- Top of the World · Captain Hefter
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch · Tai Wai Tse
- Danger Zone · Monsieur Chang
- The Phantom · The Great Kabai Sengh
- White Tiger · Victor Chow
- Nash Bridges · A.J. Shimamura
- Soldier Boyz · Vinh Moc
- Mortal Kombat · Shang Tsung
- Thunder in Paradise 3 · Mason Lee
- Picture Bride · Kanzaki
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child · King Young-Jin (Voice)