
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Born September 27, 1950 · Tokyo, Japan
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Kubo and the Two Strings

Pearl Harbor

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Memoirs of a Geisha

Planet of the Apes

Twins

Licence to Kill

The Last Emperor

Big Trouble in Little China

47 Ronin

Mortal Kombat

Elektra

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Vampires

Showdown in Little Tokyo

Tekken

The Phantom

Nemesis

The Art of War

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo

Rising Sun

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

American Me

Skin Trade

The Man with the Iron Fists 2

Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge

Little Boy

The Perfect Weapon

Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding

The Tomb

Sky Sharks

Balls of Fury

Natural Causes

Snow Falling on Cedars

Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'

Spellbinder
TV Shows

Stargate SG-1

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Grimm

Heroes

MacGyver

Knots Landing

Teen Wolf

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Babylon 5

Miami Vice

Nash Bridges

DuckTales

Revenge

Renegade

Walker, Texas Ranger

Hotel

Star Wars Rebels

The Man in the High Castle

Jake and the Fatman

Moonlighting

Lost in Space

Cybill

Seven Days

BLUE EYE SAMURAI

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Projectorparishilton

Mortal Kombat: Legacy

Superboy

Raven

The Wizard

Hardball

Nasty Boys

Space Rangers

Hawaii

Netforce
More Movies

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board

Bridge of Dragons

Top of the World

The Slanted Screen

Showdown in Manila

NetForce

American Dragons

Johnny Tsunami

L.A. Takedown

White Tiger

Looking in the Mirror

Picture Bride

Thunder in Paradise 3

Beyond the Game

Insert Coin

Danger Zone

Ninja Apocalypse

Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler

Bodyguard: A New Beginning

Armed Response

Soldier Boyz

The Ghost

A Lover Scorned

Faith of My Fathers

Not of This World

Bulletproof

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

When the Cobra Strikes

Ghost Voyage

Provocateur

By the Will of Chingis Khan

Murder in Paradise

The Last Warrior

The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai

Diamond Cartel

Fallacy

Hype Nation 3D

The Dangerous

The Ultimate Fighter

Duel of Legends

Day of Reckoning

Vestige of Honor




