Brian Tee

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Brian Tee

Acting 49 March 15, 1977

Okinawa, Japan

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 starrin…

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Jurassic World

Jurassic World

6.7 2015 Movie
Lucifer

Lucifer

8.4 2016 TV Show
Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

8.2 2005 TV Show
Reacher

Reacher

8.1 2022 TV Show
The Wolverine

The Wolverine

6.4 2013 Movie
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

6.6 2006 Movie
Bones

Bones

8.2 2005 TV Show
Grimm

Grimm

8.3 2011 TV Show
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

7.5 2013 TV Show
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

6.1 2016 Movie
Chicago P.D.

Chicago P.D.

8.4 2014 TV Show
Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire

8.4 2012 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Get Jiro

    TV show Jiro (voice)

  2. 2026
    Enough

    Movie Brian Takakura

  3. 2025
    A House of Dynamite

    Movie SAIC Ken Cho

  4. 2024
    Expats

    TV show Clarke

  5. 2022
    Reacher

    TV show Xavier Quinn

  6. 2017
    The Beautiful Ones

    Movie Casper

  7. 2017
    Roswell FM

    Movie Dwayne Archimedes

  8. 2016
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

    Movie Shredder

  9. 2016
    Lucifer

    TV show Ben Rogers

  10. 2015
    Chicago Med

    TV show Dr. Ethan Choi

  11. 2015
    Zoo

    TV show Philip Weber

  12. 2015
    Jurassic World

    Movie Hamada

  13. 2014
    One Christmas Eve

    Movie Dr. Chen

  14. 2014
    Legends

    TV show Paul Chang

  15. 2014
    No Tears for the Dead

    Movie Charles

  16. 2014
    The Gabby Douglas Story

    Movie Liang Chow

More credits
  1. 2014
    Chicago P.D.

    TV show Jesse Kong

  2. 2013
    Wedding Palace

    Movie Jason

  3. 2013
    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    TV show Toshiro Mori

  4. 2013
    The Wolverine

    Movie Noburo Mori

  5. 2012
    Chicago Fire

    TV show Ethan Choi

  6. 2012
    Shake It Up: Made in Japan

    Movie Mr. Itou

  7. 2012
    Baby Daddy

    TV show Tommy Kwan

  8. 2011
    Grimm

    TV show Akira Kimura

  9. 2011
    Mortal Kombat: Legacy

    TV show Liu Kang

  10. 2011
    The Historian Paradox

    Movie Avith Kang

  11. 2010
    Shake It Up

    TV show Mr. Itou

  12. 2010
    Chain Letter

    Movie Brian Yee

  13. 2010
    Hawaii Five-0

    TV show Hideaki Kuroda

  14. 2010
    Sym-Bionic Titan

    TV show Mike Chan (voice)

  15. 2009
    Dark Blue

    TV show Kang

  16. 2009
    Deadland

    Movie Jax

  17. 2009
    Lie to Me

    TV show Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)

  18. 2008
    Crash

    TV show Eddie Choi

  19. 2007
    Burn Notice

    TV show Takeda

  20. 2007
    Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

    Movie Mac Chang

  21. 2006
    Jericho

    TV show Cheung

  22. 2006
    The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

    Movie D.K.

  23. 2006
    All In

    Movie Rosenbloom Player 2

  24. 2006
    The Unit

    TV show Rebel Leader