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 movie.
Filmography
Looking in the Mirror
2021
as Henry
Insert Coin
2020
as Shang Tsung
Sky Sharks
2020
as Michael Morel
A Lover Scorned
2019
as Mr. Wong
Star Wars Rebels: Heroes of Mandalore
2017
as Alrich Wren
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
as Hashi (voice)
Showdown in Manila
2016
as Aldric Cole
The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai
2015
as Nikolay
- No poster
Genghis Khan Conquers the Moon
2015
as Genghis Khan
Duel of Legends
2015
as Shing
Little Boy
2015
as Hashimoto
The Man with the Iron Fists 2
2015
as Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang
Diamond Cartel
2015
as Khazar
Beyond the Game
2014
as Detective Yoshida
Skin Trade
2014
as Senator Khat
Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge
2014
as Heihachi
Ninja Apocalypse
2014
as Fumitaka
Hype Nation 3D
2014
47 Ronin
2013
as Shogun Tsunayoshi
When the Cobra Strikes
2012
as Goro Tanaka
Tekken
2010
as Heihachi Mishima
The Tomb
2009
as Len Burris
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
as Ken
By the Will of Chingis Khan
2009
as bodyguard