Acting
Brian Tee
Born 15 March 1977 in Okinawa, Japan
62 credits
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.
Known for
Acting 60
- 2026Get JiroSeriesJiro (voice)
- 2026EnoughFilmBrian Takakura
- 2025A House of DynamiteFilmSAIC Ken Cho
- 2024ExpatsSeriesClarke
- 2022ReacherSeriesXavier Quinn
- 2017The Beautiful OnesFilmCasper
- 2017Roswell FMFilmDwayne Archimedes
- 2016LuciferSeriesBen Rogers
- 2016Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the ShadowsFilmShredder
- 2015Chicago MedSeriesDr. Ethan Choi
- 2015ZooSeriesPhilip Weber
- 2015Jurassic WorldFilmHamada
- 2014Chicago P.D.SeriesEthan Choi, Jesse Kong
- 2014LegendsSeriesPaul Chang
- 2014No Tears for the DeadFilmCharles
- 2014The Gabby Douglas StoryFilmLiang Chow
- 2014One Christmas EveFilmDr. Chen
- 2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.SeriesToshiro Mori
- 2013The WolverineFilmNoburo Mori
- 2013Wedding PalaceFilmJason
- 2012Chicago FireSeriesEthan Choi
- 2012Baby DaddySeriesTommy Kwan
- 2012Shake It Up: Made in JapanFilmMr. Itou
- 2011GrimmSeriesAkira Kimura
- 2011Mortal Kombat: LegacySeriesLiu Kang
- 2011The Historian ParadoxFilmAvith Kang
- 2010Hawaii Five-0SeriesHideaki Kuroda
- 2010Shake It UpSeriesMr. Itou
- 2010Sym-Bionic TitanSeriesMike Chan (voice)
- 2010Chain LetterFilmBrian Yee
- 2009Lie to MeSeriesBodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)
- 2009Dark BlueSeriesKang
- 2009DeadlandFilmJax
- 2008CrashSeriesEddie Choi
- 2007Burn NoticeSeriesTakeda
- 2007Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce LeeFilmMac Chang
- 2006The UnitSeriesRebel Leader
- 2006JerichoSeriesCheung
- 2006The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo DriftFilmD.K.
- 2006All InFilmRosenbloom Player 2
- 2005Grey's AnatomySeriesAndy Meltzer
- 2005BonesSeriesKen Nakamura
- 2005Zoey 101SeriesKazu
- 2005Fun with Dick and JaneFilmSushi Chef
- 2005WantedSeriesJin-Lee Park
- 2004EntourageSeriesFukijama Crew Member
- 2004Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the FederationFilmCpl. Thom Kobe
- 2004Tiger CruiseFilmMA2 Chan
- 2004Cracking UpSeriesFrat Guy
- 2002MonkSeriesJames Lu
- 2002Without a TraceSeriesKirk
- 2002We Were SoldiersFilmPfc. Jimmy Nakayama
- 2002Austin Powers in GoldmemberFilmJapanese Pedestrian
- 2001The ChronicleSeriesNeo
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeriesDenny Ocampo
- 2000The Invisible ManSeriesMallon
- 2000What Planet Are You From?FilmAlien (uncredited)
- 1999Family LawSeriesDEA Agent
- 1997Buffy the Vampire SlayerSeriesIntern
- 1996The PretenderSeriesMale Agent
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Filmography from TMDB.