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Brian Tee

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.

Acting History

2025
A House of Dynamite
as SAIC Ken Cho
Reacher
TVas Xavier Quinn8 eps
2024
Expats
TVas Clarke6 eps
2018
Lucifer
TVas Ben Rogers1 eps
2017
Roswell FM
as Dwayne Archimedes
2016
Chicago Fire
TVas Ethan Choi7 eps
Chicago P.D.
TVas Ethan Choi / Jesse Kong6 eps
2015
Zoo
TVas Philip Weber1 eps
Baby Daddy
TVas Tommy Kwan1 eps
Chicago Med
TVas Dr. Ethan Choi131 eps
Chicago Med
TVDirector
2014
Legends
TVas Paul Chang1 eps
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TVas Toshiro Mori1 eps
2013
The Wolverine
as Noburo Mori
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
TVas Liu Kang3 eps
Hawaii Five-0
TVas Hideaki Kuroda2 eps
2012
Grimm
TVas Akira Kimura2 eps
Shake It Up
TVas Mr. Itou1 eps
2011
Burn Notice
TVas Takeda1 eps
2010
Chain Letter
as Brian Yee
Sym-Bionic Titan
TVas Mike Chan (voice)
2009
Deadland
as Jax
Bones
TVas Ken Nakamura1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Denny Ocampo1 eps
Dark Blue
TVas Kang1 eps
Lie to Me
TVas Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)1 eps
2008
Crash
TVas Eddie Choi
Jericho
TVas Cheung1 eps
2006
All In
as Rosenbloom Player 2
The Unit
TVas Rebel Leader1 eps
Entourage
TVas Fukijama Crew Member1 eps
2005
Zoey 101
TVas Kazu4 eps
Without a Trace
TVas Kirk1 eps
Wanted
TVas Jin-Lee Park
2004
Tiger Cruise
as MA2 Chan
Cracking Up
TVas Frat Guy
Monk
TVas James Lu1 eps
2002
We Were Soldiers
as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Japanese Pedestrian
2001
Family Law
TVas DEA Agent1 eps
2000
What Planet Are You From?
as Alien (uncredited)
The Pretender
TVas Male Agent1 eps
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
TVas Intern1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/15/1977(48 years old)
Place of Birth
Okinawa, Japan