Person
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Born 27 September 1950 Died 4 December 2025, aged 75 Tokyo, Japan TMDB ↗
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.
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The numbers
29age in their first credit on record (1979)
44years on screen and counting
7credits in 2015, their busiest year
121dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 71 Looking in the Mirror
2021as Henry
Age: 70 Insert Coin
2020as Shang Tsung
Age: 70 Sky Sharks
2020as Michael Morel
Age: 68 A Lover Scorned
2019as Mr. Wong
Age: 65 Kubo and the Two Strings
2016as Hashi (voice)
Age: 65 Showdown in Manila
2016as Aldric Cole
Age: 65 The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai
2015as Nikolay
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Age: 64 Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon
2015as Genghis Khan
Age: 64 Duel of Legends
2015as Shing
Age: 64 Little Boy
2015as Hashimoto
Age: 64 The Man with the Iron Fists 2
2015as Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang
Age: 64 Diamond Cartel
2015as Khazar
Age: 64 Beyond the Game
2014as Detective Yoshida
Age: 64 Skin Trade
2014as Senator Khat
Age: 63 Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge
2014as Heihachi
Age: 63 Ninja Apocalypse
2014as Fumitaka
Age: 63 Hype Nation 3D
2014
Age: 63 47 Ronin
2013as Shogun Tsunayoshi
Age: 61 When the Cobra Strikes
2012as Goro Tanaka
Age: 59 Tekken
2010as Heihachi Mishima
Age: 59 The Tomb
2009as Len Burris
Age: 58 Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009as Ken
Age: 58 By the Will of Chingis Khan
2009as bodyguard
Age: 57 Ghost Voyage
2008as The Steward
Age: 57 Bodyguard: A New Beginning
2008as Kai
Age: 57 Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler
2007
Age: 57 Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'
2007
Age: 57 Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
2007as Grandpa Johnny Tsunami
Age: 56 Balls of Fury
2007as Mysterious Asian Man
Age: 56 The Ultimate Fighter
2007as Alibek
Age: 55 Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
2006as Brushogun (voice)
Age: 55 Memoirs of a Geisha
2005as The Baron
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Age: 55 The Sand Island Drive-In Anthem
2005as Uncle C
Age: 54 Faith of My Fathers
2005as Cat
Age: 54 Elektra
2005as Roshi
Age: 53 Fallacy
2004
Age: 52 Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
2003as Mason Sato
Age: 50 Planet of the Apes
2001as Krull
Age: 50 Pearl Harbor
2001as Genda
Age: 50 The Ghost
2001as Chang
Age: 49 The Art of War
2000as David Chan
Age: 49 Snow Falling on Cedars
1999as Zenhichi Miyamoto
Age: 48 Johnny Tsunami
1999as Johnny Tsunami
Age: 48 Bridge of Dragons
1999as General Ruechang
Age: 48 NetForce
1999as Leong Cheng
Age: 48 Vampires
1998as David Deyo
Age: 48 American Dragons
1998as Matsuyama
Age: 47 Provocateur
1998as Captain Jong
Age: 47 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997as Shang Tsung (archive footage)
Age: 46 Top of the World
1997as Captain Hefter
Age: 45 Danger Zone
1996as Monsieur Chang
Age: 45 The Phantom
1996as The Great Kabai Sengh
Age: 45 White Tiger
1996as Victor Chow
Age: 45 Soldier Boyz
1995as Vinh Moc
Age: 44 Mortal Kombat
1995as Shang Tsung
Age: 44 Thunder in Paradise 3
1995as Mason Lee
Age: 44 Picture Bride
1995as Kanzaki
Age: 44 The Dangerous
1995as Kon
Age: 43 Natural Causes
1994as Major Somchai
Age: 43 Day of Reckoning
1994as Prakit
Age: 42 Rising Sun
1993as Eddie Sakamura
Age: 42 Nemesis
1992as Angie-Liv
Age: 41 Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992as Osato
Age: 41 American Me
1992as El Japo
Age: 41 Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
1991as Hashimoto
Age: 40 Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991as Yoshida
Age: 40 The Perfect Weapon
1991as Kai
Age: 40 Not of This World
1991as Shikido
Age: 40 Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
1991as Sanga
Age: 40 Vestige of Honor
1990as Thai Major
Age: 39 Murder in Paradise
1990as Detective
Age: 38 The Last Warrior
1989as Imperial Marine
Age: 38 L.A. Takedown
1989as Hugh Benny
Age: 38 Licence to Kill
1989as Kwang
Age: 38 Twins
1988as Oriental Man
Age: 37 Spellbinder
1988as Lt. Lee
Age: 37 Bulletproof
1988as Thug in Flashback (uncredited)
Age: 37 The Last Emperor
1987as Chang
Age: 36 Armed Response
1986as Toshi
Age: 35 Big Trouble in Little China
1986as Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)
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TV credits
Age: 73 BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023as The Swordmaker (voice)
Age: 67 Lost in Space
2018as Hiroki Watanabe
Age: 66 DuckTales
2017as Akita (voice)
Age: 64 The Man in the High Castle
2015as Nobusuke Tagomi
Age: 64 The Librarians
2014as Mr. Drake
Age: 64 Star Wars Rebels
2014as Alrich Wren (voice)
Age: 62 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012as Sumo Kuma (voice)
Age: 61 Grimm
2011as Takeshi Imura
Age: 60 Revenge
2011as Satoshi Takeda
Age: 60 Teen Wolf
2011as Katashi
Age: 60 Mortal Kombat: Legacy
2011as Shang Tsung
Age: 59 Hawaii Five-0
2010as Hiro Noshimuri
Age: 58 NCIS: Los Angeles
2009as Craig Tanaka
Age: 57 Projectorparishilton
2008
Age: 55 Heroes
2006as The Swordsmith
Age: 53 Hawaii
2004as Terry Harada
Age: 48 Netforce
1999as Leong Cheng
Age: 48 Seven Days
1998
Age: 46 Stargate SG-1
1997as Turghan
Age: 46 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996as Tai Wai Tse
Age: 45 Nash Bridges
1996as A.J. Shimamura
Age: 44 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995as King Young-Jin (voice)
Age: 44 Cybill
1995as Kenji
Age: 43 Babylon 5
1994as Morishi
Age: 42 Walker, Texas Ranger
1993as Master Ko
Age: 42 Space Rangers
1993as Zylyn
Age: 41 Renegade
1992as Hirotaka
Age: 41 Raven
1992
Age: 39 Nasty Boys
1990as Max
Age: 38 Hardball
1989
Age: 38 Baywatch
1989as Sato
Age: 38 Superboy
1988
Age: 37 Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987as Mandarin Bailiff
Age: 36 Jake and the Fatman
1987
Age: 35 The Wizard
1986
Age: 35 MacGyver
1985as Asian Buyer
Age: 34 Moonlighting
1985as Artist
Age: 33 Miami Vice
1984as Kenji Fujitsu
Age: 33 Miami Vice
1984as Tegoro
Age: 31 Hotel
1982as Inspector Chin
Age: 29 Knots Landing
1979as Mr. Toyo