
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Known For
Acting
Born
1950-09-27 in Tokyo, Japan
Died
2025-12-04
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.
Most Known For

Stargate SG-1
as Turghan

Grimm
as Takeshi Imura

Hawaii Five-0
as Hiro Noshimuri

Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Mandarin Bailiff

NCIS: Los Angeles
as Craig Tanaka

Teen Wolf
as Katashi

MacGyver
as Asian Buyer

Star Wars Rebels
as Alrich Wren (voice)

Babylon 5
as Morishi

Miami Vice
as Kenji Fujitsu

Miami Vice
as Tegoro

Heroes
as The Swordsmith

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Tai Wai Tse

Baywatch
as Sato

DuckTales
as Akita (voice)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Sumo Kuma (voice)

Knots Landing
as Mr. Toyo

The Man in the High Castle
as Nobusuke Tagomi

Revenge
as Satoshi Takeda

Walker, Texas Ranger
as Master Ko