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.

Filmography

• BLUE EYE SAMURAI — The Swordmaker (voice)
• 2021Looking in the Mirror — Henry
• 2020Insert Coin — Shang Tsung
• 2020Sky Sharks — Michael Morel
• 2019A Lover Scorned — Mr. Wong
• Lost in Space — Hiroki Watanabe
• DuckTales — Akita (voice)
• 2016Kubo and the Two Strings — Hashi (voice)
• 2016Showdown in Manila — Aldric Cole
• 2015Diamond Cartel — Khazar
• 2015Duel of Legends — Shing
• 2015Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon — Genghis Khan
• 2015Little Boy — Hashimoto
• 2015The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai — Nikolay
• The Man in the High Castle — Nobusuke Tagomi
• 2015The Man with the Iron Fists 2 — Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang
• 2014Beyond the Game — Detective Yoshida
• 2014Hype Nation 3D
• 2014Ninja Apocalypse — Fumitaka
• 2014Skin Trade — Senator Khat
• Star Wars Rebels — Alrich Wren (voice)
• 2014Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge — Heihachi
• The Librarians — Mr. Drake
• 201347 Ronin — Shogun Tsunayoshi
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Sumo Kuma (voice)
• 2012When the Cobra Strikes — Goro Tanaka
• Grimm — Takeshi Imura
• Mortal Kombat: Legacy — Shang Tsung
• Revenge — Satoshi Takeda
• Teen Wolf — Katashi
• Hawaii Five-0 — Hiro Noshimuri
• 2010Tekken — Heihachi Mishima
• 2009By the Will of Chingis Khan — bodyguard
• 2009Hachi: A Dog's Tale — Ken
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Craig Tanaka
• 2009The Tomb — Len Burris
• 2008Bodyguard: A New Beginning — Kai
• 2008Ghost Voyage — The Steward
• Projectorparishilton
• 2007Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'
• 2007Balls of Fury — Mysterious Asian Man
• 2007Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board — Grandpa Johnny Tsunami
• 2007The Ultimate Fighter — Alibek
• 2007Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler
• Heroes — The Swordsmith
• 2006Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo — Brushogun (voice)
• 2005Elektra — Roshi
• 2005Faith of My Fathers — Cat
• 2005Memoirs of a Geisha — The Baron
• 2005The Sand Island Drive-In Anthem — Uncle C
• 2004Fallacy
• Hawaii — Terry Harada
• 2003Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding — Mason Sato
• 2001Pearl Harbor — Genda
• 2001Planet of the Apes — Krull
• 2001The Ghost — Chang
• 2000The Art of War — David Chan
• 1999Bridge of Dragons — General Ruechang
• 1999Johnny Tsunami — Johnny Tsunami
• 1999NetForce — Leong Cheng
• Netforce — Leong Cheng
• 1999Snow Falling on Cedars — Zenhichi Miyamoto
• 1998American Dragons — Matsuyama
• 1998Provocateur — Captain Jong
• Seven Days
• 1998Vampires — David Deyo
• 1997Mortal Kombat: Annihilation — Shang Tsung (archive footage)
• Stargate SG-1 — Turghan
• 1997Top of the World — Captain Hefter
• 1996Danger Zone — Monsieur Chang
• Nash Bridges — A.J. Shimamura
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Tai Wai Tse
• 1996The Phantom — The Great Kabai Sengh
• 1996White Tiger — Victor Chow
• Cybill — Kenji
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child — King Young-Jin (voice)
• 1995Mortal Kombat — Shang Tsung
• 1995Picture Bride — Kanzaki
• 1995Soldier Boyz — Vinh Moc
• 1995The Dangerous — Kon
• 1995Thunder in Paradise 3 — Mason Lee
• Babylon 5 — Morishi
• 1994Day of Reckoning — Prakit
• 1994Natural Causes — Major Somchai
• 1993Rising Sun — Eddie Sakamura
• Space Rangers — Zylyn
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Master Ko
• 1992American Me — El Japo
• 1992Nemesis — Angie-Liv
• Raven
• 1992Raven: Return of the Black Dragons — Osato
• Renegade — Hirotaka
• 1991Kickboxer 2: The Road Back — Sanga
• 1991Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis — Hashimoto
• 1991Not of This World — Shikido
• 1991Showdown in Little Tokyo — Yoshida
• 1991The Perfect Weapon — Kai
• 1990Murder in Paradise — Detective
• Nasty Boys — Max
• 1990Vestige of Honor — Thai Major
• Baywatch — Sato
• Hardball
• 1989L.A. Takedown — Hugh Benny
• 1989Licence to Kill — Kwang
• 1989The Last Warrior — Imperial Marine
• 1988Bulletproof — Thug in Flashback (uncredited)
• 1988Spellbinder — Lt. Lee
• Superboy
• 1988Twins — Oriental Man
• Jake and the Fatman — Raymond Char
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Mandarin Bailiff
• 1987The Last Emperor — Chang
• 1986Armed Response — Toshi
• 1986Big Trouble in Little China — Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)
• The Wizard
• MacGyver — Asian Buyer
• Moonlighting — Artist
• Miami Vice — Kenji Fujitsu, Tegoro
• Hotel — Inspector Chin
• Knots Landing — Mr. Toyo

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2006The Slanted Screen — Himself