
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
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.
Movies

Showdown in Little Tokyo
1991
as Yoshida

Tekken
2010
as Heihachi Mishima

Elektra
2005
as Roshi

Rising Sun
1993
as Eddie Sakamura

Mortal Kombat
1995
as Shang Tsung

The Phantom
1996
as The Great Kabai Sengh

Planet of the Apes
2001
as Krull

Walk on Water
2004
as Terry Harada

Vampires
1998
as David Deyo

The Last Emperor
1987
as Chang

American Me
1992
as El Japo

Balls of Fury
2007
as Mysterious Asian Man

47 Ronin
2013
as Shogun Tsunayoshi
Web Series

Space Rangers
1993
as Zylyn

