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Brian Tee

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Brian Tee

Born March 15, 1977 in Okinawa, Japan24 films

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.

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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.

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The Wolverine poster6.4The Wolverine2013The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift poster6.6The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift2006We Were Soldiers poster7.1We Were Soldiers2002Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows poster6.1Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows2016Austin Powers in Goldmember poster6.0Austin Powers in Goldmember2002Fun with Dick and Jane poster6.2Fun with Dick and Jane2005A House of Dynamite poster6.4A House of Dynamite2025No Tears for the Dead poster7.3No Tears for the Dead2014

Filmography

24 films as actor
  1. 2026EnoughBrian Takakura
  2. 2025A House of DynamiteSAIC Ken Cho
  3. 2017The Beautiful OnesCasper
  4. 2017Roswell FMDwayne Archimedes
  5. 2016Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the ShadowsShredder
  6. 2015Jurassic WorldHamada
  7. 2014One Christmas EveDr. Chen
  8. 2014No Tears for the DeadCharles
  9. 2014The Gabby Douglas StoryLiang Chow
  10. 2013Wedding PalaceJason
  11. 2013The WolverineNoburo Mori
  12. 2012Shake It Up: Made in JapanMr. Itou
  13. 2011The Historian ParadoxAvith Kang
  14. 2010Chain LetterBrian Yee
  15. 2009DeadlandJax
  16. 2007Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce LeeMac Chang
  17. 2006The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo DriftD.K.
  18. 2006All InRosenbloom Player 2
  19. 2005Fun with Dick and JaneSushi Chef
  20. 2004Tiger CruiseMA2 Chan
  21. 2004Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the FederationCpl. Thom Kobe
  22. 2002Austin Powers in GoldmemberJapanese Pedestrian
  23. 2002We Were SoldiersPfc. Jimmy Nakayama
  24. 2000What Planet Are You From?Alien (uncredited)