Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 15, 1977
Place of Birth:
Okinawa, Japan
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Brian Tee
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | A House of Dynamite | |
| 2017 | The Beautiful Ones | Casper |
| 2017 | Roswell FM | Dwayne Archimedes |
| 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Shredder |
| 2015 | Jurassic World | Hamada |
| 2014 | No Tears for the Dead | Charles |
| 2014 | One Christmas Eve | Dr. Chen |
| 2014 | The Gabby Douglas Story | Liang Chow |
| 2013 | The Wolverine | Noburo Mori |
| 2013 | Wedding Palace | Jason |
| 2011 | The Historian Paradox | Avith Kang |
| 2010 | Chain Letter | Brian Yee |
| 2009 | Deadland | Jax |
| 2007 | Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee | Mac Chang |
| 2006 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | D.K. |
| 2006 | All In | Rosenbloom Player 2 |
| 2005 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Sushi Chef |
| 2004 | Tiger Cruise | MA2 Chan |
| 2004 | Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation | Cpl. Thom Kobe |
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama |
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Japanese Pedestrian |
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? | Alien (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Expats | Clarke |
| 2022 | Baymax! | Yukio (voice) |
| 2022 | Reacher | Xavier Quinn |
| 2016 | Lucifer | Ben Rogers |
| 2015 | Chicago Med | Dr. Ethan Choi |
| 2015 | Zoo | Philip Weber |
| 2014 | Legends | Paul Chang |
| 2014 | Chicago P.D. | Jesse Kong |
| 2014 | Chicago P.D. | Ethan Choi |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Toshiro Mori |
| 2012 | Baby Daddy | Tommy Kwan |
| 2012 | Chicago Fire | Ethan Choi |
| 2011 | Mortal Kombat: Legacy | Liu Kang |
| 2011 | Grimm | Akira Kimura |
| 2010 | Sym-Bionic Titan | Mike Chan (voice) |
| 2010 | Shake It Up | Mr. Itou |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Hideaki Kuroda |
| 2009 | Dark Blue | |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae) |
| 2008 | Crash | Eddie Choi |
| 2007 | Burn Notice | Takeda |
| 2006 | Jericho | Cheung |
| 2006 | The Unit | Rebel Leader |
| 2005 | Zoey 101 | Kazu |
| 2005 | Bones | Ken Nakamura |
| 2005 | Wanted | Jin-Lee Park |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Andy Meltzer |
| 2004 | Entourage | Fukijama Crew Member |
| 2002 | Monk | James Lu |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Kirk |
| 2001 | The Chronicle | Neo |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Denny Ocampo |
| 2000 | The Invisible Man | Mallon |
| 1999 | Family Law | DEA Agent |
| 1997 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Intern |
| 1996 | The Pretender | Male Agent |
| Get Jiro! |