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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.
Jurassic World
Hamada · 2015
The Wolverine
Noburo Mori · 2013
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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