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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Sep 27, 1950 – Dec 4, 2025122 titles 82 movies · 40 TV
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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.

Also known as

Tagawa Hiroyuki · ケイリー＝ヒロユキ・タガワ · 田川洋行 · 캐리 히로유키 타가와 · کری هیرویوکی تاگاوا · Panteleymon Tagawa · Cary Tagawa

Born

Sep 27, 1950 – Dec 4, 2025

Tokyo, Japan

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Roles across career

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