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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.

Filmography

2016
Kubo and the Two Strings

as Hashi (voice)

Movie
2013
47 Ronin

as Shogun Tsunayoshi

Movie
2009
Hachi: A Dog's Tale

as Ken

Movie
2005
Memoirs of a Geisha

as The Baron

Movie
2005
Elektra

as Roshi

Movie
2001
Planet of the Apes

as Krull

Movie
2001
Pearl Harbor

as Cmdr. Minoru Genda

Movie
1997
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

as Shang Tsung (archive footage)

Movie
1995
Mortal Kombat

as Shang Tsung

Movie
1989
Licence to Kill

as Kwang

Movie
1987
The Last Emperor

as Chang

Movie