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Brian Tee
Actor, Director, ProducerBorn March 15, 1977 (48 years)
Brian Tee (born Jae-Beom Takata) is a Japanese-born American actor. At the age of two, he and his family moved from Japan to Hacienda Heights, CA. He is most known for his starring role as Dr. Ethan Choi on NBC's Chicago Med and for his role as D.K. Takashi in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
In James Mangold's The Wolverine (2013), starring Hugh Jackman, Tee played Noburo Mori, a sadistic minister of justice arranged to marry the daughter of the Yakuza Boss. He played Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the 2016 sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
In James Mangold's The Wolverine (2013), starring Hugh Jackman, Tee played Noburo Mori, a sadistic minister of justice arranged to marry the daughter of the Yakuza Boss. He played Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the 2016 sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Filmography
| 2025 | |
| 2023 | Expats (TV Series) · as Clarke |
| 2022 | Baymax! (TV Series) · as Yukio (voice) |
| 2022 | Reacher (TV Series) · as Xavier Quinn |
| 2021 | Star Wars: Visions (TV Series) · as Ronin |
| 2019 | |
| 2017 | The Beautiful Ones · as Casper |
| 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows · as Shredder |
| 2016 | Lucifer (TV Series) · as Ben Rogers |
| 2015 | Chicago Med (TV Series) · as Dr. Ethan Choi |
| 2015 | Zoo (TV Series) · as Philip Weber |
| 2015 | Jurassic World · as Hamada |
| 2015 | Rush Hour 4: Face/Off 2 · as Choi |
| 2014 | One Christmas Eve · as Dr. Chen |
| 2014 | Legends (2014) (TV Series) · as Paul Chang |
| 2014 | The Lottery (TV Series) · as Ziyou Chen |
| 2014 | No Tears for the Dead · as Charles |
| 2014 | Roswell FM · as Dwayne Archimedes |
| 2014 | The Gabby Douglas Story · as Liang Chow |
| 2014 | Chicago P.D. (TV Series) · as Ethan Choi |
| 2013 | Wedding Palace · as Jason |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series) · as Toshiro Mori |
| 2013 | The Wolverine · as Noburo Mori |
| 2012 | Beauty and the Beast (2012) (TV Series) · as Li Zhao |
| 2012 | Chicago Fire (TV Series) · as Ethan Choi |
| 2012 | Baby Daddy (TV Series) · as Tommy Kwan |
| 2011 | Grimm (TV Series) · as Akira Kimura |
| 2011 | Mortal Kombat: Legacy (TV Series) · as Liu Kang |
| 2010 | The Problem Solverz (TV Series) · as Granite |
| 2010 | Chain Letter · as Brian Yee |
| 2010 | Shake It Up (TV Series) · as Mr. Itou |
| 2010 | The Whole Truth (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series) · as Hideaki Kuroda |
| 2010 | Sym-Bionic Titan (TV Series) · as Mike Chan (voice) |
| 2010 | The Good Guys (2010) (TV Series) · as Parker |
| 2009 | Dark Blue (TV Series) |
| 2009 | Deadland · as Jax |
| 2009 | Lie to Me (TV Series) · as Bodyguard (han Yong-Dae) |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | Burn Notice (TV Series) · as Takeda |
| 2007 | Finishing the Game · as Mac Chang |
| 2006 | Jericho (2006) (TV Series) · as Cheung |
| 2006 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift · as D.k. |
| 2006 | All In · as Rosenbloom Player 2 |
| 2006 | The Unit (TV Series) · as Rebel Leader |
| 2005 | Fun with Dick and Jane · as Sushi Chef |
| 2005 | Bones (TV Series) · as Ken Nakamura |
| 2005 | Wanted (TV Series) · as Jin-Lee Park |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Andy Meltzer |
| 2005 | Zoey 101 (TV Series) · as Kazu |
| 2004 | Tiger Cruise · as Ma2 Chan |
| 2004 | Entourage (TV Series) · as Fukijama Crew Member |
| 2004 | Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation · as Cpl. Thom Kobe |
| 2004 | Cracking Up (TV Series) · as Frat Guy #1 |
| 2002 | Without a Trace (TV Series) · as Kirk |
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember · as Japanese Pedestrian |
| 2002 | Monk (TV Series) · as James Lu |
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers · as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama |
| 2001 | The Chronicle (TV Series) · as Neo |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Denny Ocampo |
| 2000 | The Invisible Man (TV Series) · as Mallon |
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? · as Alien (uncredited) |
| 2000 | 18 Wheels of Justice (TV Series) · as Host |
| 1999 | Family Law (TV Series) · as Dea Agent |
| 1999 | Passions (TV Series) · as Young Asian Man |
| 1997 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series) · as Intern |
| 1996 | The Pretender (US) (TV Series) · as Male Agent |
| 1995 | JAG (TV Series) · as North Korean Crew #2 |