Acting credits
121
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 81Series: 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: 6.42
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.
as Henry
Looking in the Mirror
2021 • Movie
as Shang Tsung
Insert Coin
2020 • Movie
as Michael Morel
Sky Sharks
2020 • Movie
as Mr. Wong
A Lover Scorned
2019 • Movie
as Alrich Wren
Star Wars Rebels: Heroes of Mandalore
2017 • Movie
as Hashi (voice)
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016 • Movie
as Aldric Cole
Showdown in Manila
2016 • Movie
as Nikolay
The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai
2015 • Movie
as Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon
2015 • Movie
as Shing
Duel of Legends
2015 • Movie
as Hashimoto
Little Boy
2015 • Movie
as Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang
The Man with the Iron Fists 2
2015 • Movie
as Khazar
Diamond Cartel
2015 • Movie
as Detective Yoshida
Beyond the Game
2014 • Movie
as Senator Khat
Skin Trade
2014 • Movie
as Heihachi
Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge
2014 • Movie
as Fumitaka
Ninja Apocalypse
2014 • Movie
Hype Nation 3D
2014 • Movie
as Shogun Tsunayoshi
47 Ronin
2013 • Movie
as Goro Tanaka
When the Cobra Strikes
2012 • Movie
as Heihachi Mishima
Tekken
2010 • Movie
as Len Burris
The Tomb
2009 • Movie
as Ken
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009 • Movie
as bodyguard
By the Will of Chingis Khan
2009 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
as The Swordmaker (voice) • 8 eps
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023 • Series
as Hiroki Watanabe • 5 eps
Lost in Space
2018 • Series
as Akita (voice) • 1 eps
DuckTales
2017 • Series
as Nobusuke Tagomi • 30 eps
The Man in the High Castle
2015 • Series
as Mr. Drake • 1 eps
The Librarians
2014 • Series
as Alrich Wren (voice) • 2 eps
Star Wars Rebels
2014 • Series
as Sumo Kuma (voice) • 1 eps
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012 • Series
as Takeshi Imura • 1 eps
Grimm
2011 • Series
as Satoshi Takeda • 6 eps
Revenge
2011 • Series
as Katashi • 1 eps
Teen Wolf
2011 • Series
as Shang Tsung • 2 eps
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
2011 • Series
as Hiro Noshimuri • 2 eps
Hawaii Five-0
2010 • Series
as Craig Tanaka • 1 eps
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 • Series
1 eps
Projectorparishilton
2008 • Series
as The Swordsmith • 2 eps
Heroes
2006 • Series
as Terry Harada • 8 eps
Hawaii
2004 • Series
as Leong Cheng • 2 eps
Netforce
1999 • Series
1 eps
Seven Days
1998 • Series
as Turghan • 1 eps
Stargate SG-1
1997 • Series
as Tai Wai Tse • 1 eps
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 • Series
as A.J. Shimamura • 8 eps
Nash Bridges
1996 • Series
as King Young-Jin (voice) • 1 eps
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 • Series
as Kenji • 1 eps
Cybill
1995 • Series
as Morishi • 1 eps
Babylon 5
1994 • Series