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Brian Tee

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Date of birth

Mar 15, 1977(age: 49)

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Brian Tee

Biography of Brian Tee:

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.

Brian Tee has directed:

Enough(2026)

Brian Tee has acted in:

Enough(2026) ... as Brian Takakura

A House of Dynamite(2025) ... as SAIC Ken Cho

The Beautiful Ones(2017) ... as Casper

Roswell FM(2017) ... as Dwayne Archimedes

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows(2016) ... as Shredder

Jurassic World(2015) ... as Hamada

One Christmas Eve(2014) ... as Dr. Chen

No Tears for the Dead(2014) ... as Charles

The Gabby Douglas Story(2014) ... as Liang Chow

Wedding Palace(2013) ... as Jason

The Wolverine(2013) ... as Noburo Mori

Shake It Up: Made in Japan(2012) ... as Mr. Itou

The Historian Paradox(2011) ... as Avith Kang

Chain Letter(2010) ... as Brian Yee

Deadland(2009) ... as Jax

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee(2007) ... as Mac Chang

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift(2006) ... as D.K.

All In(2006) ... as Rosenbloom Player 2

Fun with Dick and Jane(2005) ... as Sushi Chef

Tiger Cruise(2004) ... as MA2 Chan

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation(2004) ... as Cpl. Thom Kobe

Austin Powers in Goldmember(2002) ... as Japanese Pedestrian

We Were Soldiers(2002) ... as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama

What Planet Are You From?(2000) ... as Alien (uncredited)

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