
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

Pearl Harbor

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Kubo and the Two Strings

Memoirs of a Geisha

Planet of the Apes

Licence to Kill

Big Trouble in Little China

The Last Emperor

Twins

47 Ronin

Elektra

Mortal Kombat

Vampires

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Showdown in Little Tokyo

Tekken

Nemesis

The Phantom

The Art of War

Rising Sun

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo

American Me

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

The Man with the Iron Fists 2

Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge

The Tomb

The Perfect Weapon

Skin Trade

Natural Causes

Sky Sharks

Little Boy

Balls of Fury

Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding

Snow Falling on Cedars

Spellbinder

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

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Stargate SG-1

Grimm

Heroes

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

MacGyver

Teen Wolf

Knots Landing

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Babylon 5

Miami Vice

Nash Bridges

DuckTales

Renegade

Revenge

Star Wars Rebels

Hotel

Walker, Texas Ranger

The Man in the High Castle

Moonlighting

Jake and the Fatman

Cybill

Lost in Space

BLUE EYE SAMURAI

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Seven Days

Projectorparishilton

Mortal Kombat: Legacy

Superboy

Hardball

Raven

The Wizard

Nasty Boys

Space Rangers

Hawaii

Netforce
More Movies

Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board

Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'

Showdown in Manila

American Dragons

L.A. Takedown

The Slanted Screen

Top of the World

Bridge of Dragons

NetForce

Looking in the Mirror

Thunder in Paradise 3

Johnny Tsunami

White Tiger

Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler

Picture Bride

Bodyguard: A New Beginning

Faith of My Fathers

Danger Zone

Armed Response

Not of This World

Beyond the Game

The Ghost

Raven: Return of the Black Dragons

Provocateur

Soldier Boyz

When the Cobra Strikes

A Lover Scorned

Ninja Apocalypse

Bulletproof

Insert Coin

The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai

Ghost Voyage

The Dangerous

Diamond Cartel

Hype Nation 3D

By the Will of Chingis Khan

The Last Warrior

Fallacy

Murder in Paradise

The Ultimate Fighter

Day of Reckoning

Vestige of Honor

Duel of Legends




