Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Pearl Harbor
2001
as Cmdr. Minoru Genda
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
as Ken
Licence to Kill
1989
as Kwang
Big Trouble in Little China
1986
as Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)
Mortal Kombat
1995
as Shang Tsung
Planet of the Apes
2001
as Krull
The Last Emperor
1987
as Chang
47 Ronin
2013
as Shogun Tsunayoshi
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
as Hashi (voice)
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
as The Baron
Elektra
2005
as Roshi
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
1997
as Shang Tsung (archive footage)
Vampires
1998
as David Deyo
Twins
1988
as Oriental Man
Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991
as Yoshida
American Me
1992
as El Japo
The Phantom
1996
as The Great Kabai Sengh
The Perfect Weapon
1991
as Kai
Rising Sun
1993
as Eddie Sakamura
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
2006
as Brushogun (voice)