Acting credits
118
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 78Series: 40
TMDB ID: 11398
IMDb ID: nm0846480
Known for: Acting
Born: September 27, 1950
Died: December 4, 2025
Age: 75
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2023
Years active: 45
Average TMDB rating: 6.4
Wikidata: Q381799
Also known as
Tagawa Hiroyuki • ケイリー＝ヒロユキ・タガワ • 田川洋行 • 캐리 히로유키 타가와 • کری هیرویوکی تاگاوا • Panteleymon Tagawa • Cary 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
Looking in the Mirror
as Henry
2021 Movie
6.9
Insert Coin
as Shang Tsung
2020 Movie
4.9
Sky Sharks
as Michael Morel
2020 Movie
4.9
A Lover Scorned
as Mr. Wong
2019 Movie
7.6
Kubo and the Two Strings
as Hashi (voice)
2016 Movie
8.5
Overwatch Animated Short "Dragons"
as Narrator (voice)
2016 Movie
3.3
Showdown in Manila
as Aldric Cole
2016 Movie
7.1
The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai
as Nikolay
2015 Movie
2.7
Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon
as Genghis Khan
2015 Movie
Duel of Legends
as Shing
2015 Movie
7.2
Little Boy
as Hashimoto
2015 Movie
5.4
The Man with the Iron Fists 2
as Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang
2015 Movie
5.3
Diamond Cartel
as Khazar
2015 Movie
6.2
Beyond the Game
as Detective Yoshida
2014 Movie
6.0
Skin Trade
as Senator Khat
2014 Movie
3.9
Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge
as Heihachi
2014 Movie
3.4
Ninja Apocalypse
as Fumitaka
2014 Movie
5.7
Hype Nation 3D
2014 Movie
6.2
47 Ronin
as Shogun Tsunayoshi
2013 Movie
4.6
When the Cobra Strikes
as Goro Tanaka
2012 Movie
5.3
Tekken
as Heihachi Mishima
2010 Movie
4.3
The Tomb
as Len Burris
2009 Movie
8.0
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
as Ken
2009 Movie
4.7
By the Will of Chingis Khan
as bodyguard
2009 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
8.5
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
as The Swordmaker (voice) • 8 eps
2023 Series
7.5
Lost in Space
as Hiroki Watanabe • 5 eps
2018 Series
7.8
DuckTales
as Akita (voice) • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.5
The Man in the High Castle
as Nobusuke Tagomi • 30 eps
2015 Series
7.2
The Librarians
as Mr. Drake • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.7
Star Wars Rebels
as Alrich Wren (voice) • 2 eps
2014 Series
8.3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Sumo Kuma (voice) • 1 eps
2012 Series
8.3
Grimm
as Takeshi Imura • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.6
Revenge
as Satoshi Takeda • 6 eps
2011 Series
8.5
Teen Wolf
as Katashi • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.0
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
as Shang Tsung • 2 eps
2011 Series
7.8
Hawaii Five-0
as Hiro Noshimuri • 2 eps
2010 Series
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Craig Tanaka • 1 eps
2009 Series
5.7
Projectorparishilton
1 eps
2008 Series
7.5
Heroes
as The Swordsmith • 2 eps
2006 Series
6.8
Hawaii
as Terry Harada • 8 eps
2004 Series
3.5
Netforce
as Leong Cheng • 2 eps
1999 Series
6.9
Seven Days
1 eps
1998 Series
8.3
Stargate SG-1
as Turghan • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.8
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Tai Wai Tse • 1 eps
1996 Series
6.7
Nash Bridges
as A.J. Shimamura • 8 eps
1996 Series
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as King Young-Jin (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
5.8
Cybill
as Kenji • 1 eps
1995 Series
8.0
Babylon 5
as Morishi • 1 eps
1994 Series