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

Johnny Tsunami
Angie-Liv
Eddie Sakamura
Oriental Man
Mysterious Asian Man
Shang Tsung
Roshi
The Great Kabai Sengh
Heihachi Mishima
Len Burris
Captain Hefter
Grandpa Johnny Tsunami
Vinh Moc
Hashimoto
Monsieur Chang
Captain Jong
David Deyo
Victor Chow
Detective Yoshida
Shogun Tsunayoshi
General Ruechang
Michael Morel
Leong Cheng
Zenhichi Miyamoto
Senator Khat
Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang
Imperial Marine
David Chan
Cmdr. Minoru Genda
Major Somchai
Shang Tsung (archive footage)
Hugh Benny
Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)
Thug in Flashback (uncredited)
Shang Tsung