Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Actor
- Born
- September 27, 1950 · Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- December 4, 2025 (age 75)
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
June 8, 2009
Pearl Harbor
May 21, 2001
Planet of the Apes
July 26, 2001
47 Ronin
December 6, 2013
Kubo and the Two Strings
August 18, 2016
Big Trouble in Little China
May 30, 1986
Memoirs of a Geisha
December 6, 2005
Elektra
January 13, 2005
Mortal Kombat
August 18, 1995
Twins
December 9, 1988
Licence to Kill
June 13, 1989
The Last Emperor
October 4, 1987
Acting81
- 2021Looking in the Mirror as Henry
- 2020Insert Coin as Shang Tsung
- 2020Sky Sharks as Michael Morel
- 2019A Lover Scorned as Mr. Wong
- 2016Kubo and the Two Strings as Hashi (voice)
- 2016Showdown in Manila as Aldric Cole
- 2015The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai as Nikolay
- 2015Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon as Genghis Khan
- 2015Duel of Legends as Shing
- 2015Little Boy