People
Cary-Hiroyuki 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... Read More
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Looking in the Mirror as Henry | 2021-10-12 |
| Insert Coin as Shang Tsung | 2020-11-25 |
| Sky Sharks as Michael Morel | 2020-10-07 |
| A Lover Scorned as Mr. Wong | 2019-08-02 |
| Kubo and the Two Strings as Hashi (voice) | 2016-08-18 |
| Showdown in Manila as Aldric Cole | 2016-02-18 |
| The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai as Nikolay | 2015-11-26 |
| Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon as Genghis Khan | 2015-09-09 |
| Duel of Legends as Shing | 2015-05-22 |
| Little Boy as Hashimoto | 2015-04-23 |
| The Man with the Iron Fists 2 as Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang | 2015-03-10 |
| Diamond Cartel as Khazar | 2015-03-06 |
| Beyond the Game as Detective Yoshida | 2014-12-31 |
| Skin Trade as Senator Khat | 2014-11-07 |
| Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge as Heihachi | 2014-08-21 |
| Ninja Apocalypse as Fumitaka | 2014-08-05 |
| Hype Nation 3D | 2014-01-16 |
| 47 Ronin as Shogun Tsunayoshi | 2013-12-06 |
| When the Cobra Strikes as Goro Tanaka | 2012-05-22 |
| Tekken as Heihachi Mishima | 2010-03-20 |
| The Tomb as Len Burris | 2009-11-05 |
| Hachi: A Dog's Tale as Ken | 2009-06-08 |
| By the Will of Chingis Khan as bodyguard | 2009-03-12 |
| Bodyguard: A New Beginning as Kai | 2008-01-01 |
| Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board as Grandpa Johnny Tsunami | 2007-11-17 |
| Balls of Fury as Mysterious Asian Man | 2007-08-29 |
| The Ultimate Fighter as Alibek | 2007-06-06 |
| Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo as Brushogun (voice) | 2006-09-15 |
| The Slanted Screen as Himself | 2006-01-03 |
| Memoirs of a Geisha as The Baron | 2005-12-06 |
| The Sand Island Drive-In Anthem as Uncle C | 2005-10-26 |
| Faith of My Fathers as Cat | 2005-05-30 |
| Elektra as Roshi | 2005-01-13 |
| Fallacy | 2004-03-10 |
| Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding as Mason Sato | 2003-02-28 |
| Planet of the Apes as Krull | 2001-07-26 |
| Pearl Harbor as Cmdr. Minoru Genda | 2001-05-21 |
| The Ghost as Chang | 2001-01-01 |
| The Art of War as David Chan | 2000-08-25 |
| Snow Falling on Cedars as Zenhichi Miyamoto | 1999-12-22 |
| Johnny Tsunami as Johnny Tsunami | 1999-07-24 |
| Bridge of Dragons as General Ruechang | 1999-06-30 |
| NetForce as Leong Cheng | 1999-02-01 |
| Vampires as David Deyo | 1998-10-30 |
| American Dragons as Matsuyama | 1998-10-15 |
| Provocateur as Captain Jong | 1998-05-19 |
| Mortal Kombat: Annihilation as Shang Tsung (archive footage) | 1997-11-11 |
| Top of the World as Captain Hefter | 1997-05-01 |
| Danger Zone as Monsieur Chang | 1996-08-02 |
| The Phantom as The Great Kabai Sengh | 1996-06-06 |
| White Tiger as Victor Chow | 1996-04-03 |
| Soldier Boyz as Vinh Moc | 1995-11-23 |
| Mortal Kombat as Shang Tsung | 1995-08-18 |
| Thunder in Paradise 3 as Mason Lee | 1995-07-11 |
| Picture Bride as Kanzaki | 1995-05-05 |
| The Dangerous as Kon | 1995-01-18 |
| Natural Causes as Major Somchai | 1994-04-01 |
| Day of Reckoning as Prakit | 1994-03-07 |
| Rising Sun as Eddie Sakamura | 1993-07-30 |
| Nemesis as Angie-Liv | 1992-12-26 |
| Raven: Return of the Black Dragons as Osato | 1992-06-19 |
| American Me as El Japo | 1992-03-13 |
| Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis as Hashimoto | 1991-09-29 |
| Showdown in Little Tokyo as Yoshida | 1991-08-23 |
| The Perfect Weapon as Kai | 1991-03-15 |
| Not of This World as Shikido | 1991-02-12 |
| Kickboxer 2: The Road Back as Sanga | 1991-01-30 |
| Vestige of Honor as Thai Major | 1990-12-30 |
| Murder in Paradise as Detective | 1990-01-19 |
| The Last Warrior as Imperial Marine | 1989-09-08 |
| L.A. Takedown as Hugh Benny | 1989-08-27 |
| Licence to Kill as Kwang | 1989-06-13 |
| Twins as Oriental Man | 1988-12-09 |
| Spellbinder as Lt. Lee | 1988-09-23 |
| Bulletproof as Thug in Flashback (uncredited) | 1988-04-20 |
| The Last Emperor as Chang | 1987-10-04 |
| Armed Response as Toshi | 1986-10-03 |
| Big Trouble in Little China as Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited) | 1986-05-30 |

