



Brian Tee
Acting1977Okinawa, Japan

Biography
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 History
2025
A House of Dynamite
as SAIC Ken Cho
Reacher
TVas Xavier Quinn• 8 eps
2024
Expats
TVas Clarke• 6 eps
2018
Lucifer
TVas Ben Rogers• 1 eps
2017
The Beautiful Ones
as Casper
Roswell FM
as Dwayne Archimedes
2016
Chicago Fire
TVas Ethan Choi• 7 eps
Chicago P.D.
TVas Ethan Choi / Jesse Kong• 6 eps
2015
Jurassic World
as Hamada
Zoo
TVas Philip Weber• 1 eps
Baby Daddy
TVas Tommy Kwan• 1 eps
Chicago Med
TVas Dr. Ethan Choi• 131 eps
Chicago Med
TVDirector
2014
One Christmas Eve
as Dr. Chen
The Gabby Douglas Story
as Liang Chow
No Tears for the Dead
as Charles
Legends
TVas Paul Chang• 1 eps
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TVas Toshiro Mori• 1 eps
2013
Wedding Palace
as Jason
The Wolverine
as Noburo Mori
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
TVas Liu Kang• 3 eps
Hawaii Five-0
TVas Hideaki Kuroda• 2 eps
2012
Grimm
TVas Akira Kimura• 2 eps
Shake It Up
TVas Mr. Itou• 1 eps
2011
The Historian Paradox
as Avith Kang
Burn Notice
TVas Takeda• 1 eps
2010
Chain Letter
as Brian Yee
Sym-Bionic Titan
TVas Mike Chan (voice)
2009
Deadland
as Jax
Bones
TVas Ken Nakamura• 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Denny Ocampo• 1 eps
Dark Blue
TVas Kang• 1 eps
Lie to Me
TVas Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)• 1 eps
2007
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Andy Meltzer• 2 eps
2005
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Sushi Chef
Zoey 101
TVas Kazu• 4 eps
Without a Trace
TVas Kirk• 1 eps
Wanted
TVas Jin-Lee Park
2004
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
as Cpl. Thom Kobe
Tiger Cruise
as MA2 Chan
Cracking Up
TVas Frat Guy
Monk
TVas James Lu• 1 eps
2002
We Were Soldiers
as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Japanese Pedestrian
2001
Family Law
TVas DEA Agent• 1 eps
The Chronicle
TVas Neo
2000
What Planet Are You From?
as Alien (uncredited)
The Pretender
TVas Male Agent• 1 eps
The Invisible Man
TVas Mallon
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TVas Intern• 1 eps







