Brian Tee
Biography
Brian Tee (born Jae-Beom Takata) is a Japanese-born American actor. At the age of two, he and his family moved from Japan to Hacienda Heights, CA. He is most known for his starring role as Dr. Ethan Choi on NBC's Chicago Med and for his role as D.K. Takashi in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
In James Mangold's The Wolverine (2013), starring Hugh Jackman, Tee played Noburo Mori, a sadistic minister of justice arranged to marry the daughter of the Yakuza Boss. He played Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the 2016 sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Filmography
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Enough
2026
as Brian Takakura
A House of Dynamite
2025
as SAIC Ken Cho
The Beautiful Ones
2017
as Casper
Roswell FM
2017
as Dwayne Archimedes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
as Shredder
Jurassic World
2015
as Hamada
One Christmas Eve
2014
as Dr. Chen
No Tears for the Dead
2014
as Charles
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014
as Liang Chow
Wedding Palace
2013
as Jason
The Wolverine
2013
as Noburo Mori
Shake It Up: Made in Japan
2012
as Mr. Itou
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The Historian Paradox
2011
as Avith Kang
Chain Letter
2010
as Brian Yee
Deadland
2009
as Jax
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007
as Mac Chang
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006
as D.K.
All In
2006
as Rosenbloom Player 2
Fun with Dick and Jane
2005
as Sushi Chef
Tiger Cruise
2004
as MA2 Chan
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
2004
as Cpl. Thom Kobe
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
as Japanese Pedestrian
We Were Soldiers
2002
as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
What Planet Are You From?
2000
as Alien (uncredited)