Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

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

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

as Ken

Pearl Harbor

as Cmdr. Minoru Genda

Teen Wolf

as Katashi

Planet of the Apes

as Krull

47 Ronin

as Shogun Tsunayoshi

Kubo and the Two Strings

as Hashi (voice)

Grimm

as Takeshi Imura

Memoirs of a Geisha

as The Baron

Big Trouble in Little China

as Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)

Elektra

as Roshi