
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.
Awards & recognition
- Behind the Voice Actors Awards · 2016
Filmography50+ titles

Blue Eye Samurai

Teen Wolf

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Grimm

Stargate SG-1

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

Babylon 5

Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo

DuckTales

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Star Wars Rebels

Hawaii Five-0

MacGyver

Kubo and the Two Strings

Revenge

Memoirs of a Geisha

The Last Emperor

Lost in Space

The Man in the High Castle

NCIS: Los Angeles

Moonlighting

Miami Vice

Heroes

American Me

Little Boy

The Librarians

Big Trouble in Little China

Walker, Texas Ranger

Insert Coin

Mortal Kombat: Legacy

Pearl Harbor

Knots Landing

Renegade

Nash Bridges

Picture Bride

Showdown in Little Tokyo

Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis

Licence to Kill

Superboy

Vampires

The Perfect Weapon

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

47 Ronin

Skin Trade

Snow Falling on Cedars

Rising Sun

Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board

Johnny Tsunami

Baywatch