Brian Tee

Actor· Okinawa, Japan

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

The roles that explain the career.

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

D.K. · 2006

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Shredder · 2016

Austin Powers in Goldmember

2002

Fun with Dick and Jane

2005

We Were Soldiers

Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama · 2002

A House of Dynamite

SAIC Ken Cho · 2025

Filmography

15 credits across 1 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
2025	A House of Dynamite	SAIC Ken Cho	Film
2022	Baymax!	Yukio (voice)	TV
2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Shredder	Film
2015	Jurassic World	Hamada	Film
2014	One Christmas Eve	Dr. Chen	Film
2013	The Wolverine	Noburo Mori	Film
2010	Chain Letter	Brian Yee	Film
2009	Deadland	Jax	Film
2007	Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee	Mac Chang	Film
2006	All In	Rosenbloom Player 2	Film
2006	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	D.K.	Film
2004	Tiger Cruise	MA2 Chan	Film
2004	Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation	Cpl. Thom Kobe	Film
2002	We Were Soldiers	Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama	Film
2000	What Planet Are You From?	Alien (uncredited)	Film

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