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 (21)
Sky Sharks
as Michael Morel
Kubo and the Two Strings
as Hashi (voice)
Little Boy
as Hashimoto
The Man with the Iron Fists 2
as Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang
Skin Trade
as Senator Khat
Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge
as Heihachi
Tekken
as Heihachi Mishima
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
as Ken
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
as Brushogun (voice)
Elektra
as Roshi
Planet of the Apes
as Krull
The Art of War
as David Chan
Vampires
as David Deyo
The Phantom
as The Great Kabai Sengh
Mortal Kombat
as Shang Tsung
Rising Sun
as Eddie Sakamura
Nemesis
as Angie-Liv
American Me
as El Japo
Showdown in Little Tokyo
as Yoshida
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back
as Sanga
The Last Emperor
as Chang