Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is known for Hachi: A Dog's Tale, Pearl Harbor, Kubo and the Two Strings, Planet of the Apes, and Elektra.

Died at 75

born September 27, 1950

Ethnicity: East Asian

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa was born September 27, 1950. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa's ethnicity is East Asian. Movies and TV shows include Hachi: A Dog's Tale, Pearl Harbor, Kubo and the Two Strings, Planet of the Apes, and Elektra.

Ethnicity: East Asian
Movies and TV shows: Hachi: A Dog's Tale, Pearl Harbor, Kubo and the Two Strings, Planet of the Apes, and Elektra

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About Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Photos

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (September 27, 1950 – December 4, 2025) was a Japanese-American actor, film producer, and martial artist, who was best known for his role as the evil shapeshifter sorcerer Shang Tsung in various works of the Mortal Kombat franchise: he first played the character in the 1995 film adaptation, and reprised it in 2013 for the television series Mortal Kombat: Legacy and in 2019 for the video game Mortal Kombat 11. Often cast as villains, he became known for his film roles in: The Last Emperor (1987), the James Bond film Licence to Kill (1989), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), American Me (1992), Rising Sun (1993), Mortal Kombat (1995), The Phantom (1996), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), Pearl Harbor (2001), Planet of the Apes (also 2001), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), 47 Ronin (2013), and Kubo and the Two Strings (2016). He starred as Trade Minister Nobusuke Tagomi on the Amazon Prime television series The Man in the High Castle (2015–2018), and Hiroki Watanabe on the Netflix series Lost in Space (2018–2021). 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 the evil mastermind Heihachi Mishima in Tekken (2009) and Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge (2014).

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