Brian Tee
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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
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Jurassic World (2015)
as Hamada
A House of Dynamite (2025)
as SAIC Ken Cho
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
as Shredder
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
as Japanese Pedestrian
We Were Soldiers (2002)
as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
as Sushi Chef
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
as Cpl. Thom Kobe
No Tears for the Dead (2014)
as Charles
The Wolverine (2013)
as Noburo Mori
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
as D.K.
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
as Alien (uncredited)
Enough (2026)
as Brian Takakura
Deadland (2009)
as Jax
Shake It Up: Made in Japan (2012)
as Mr. Itou
Chain Letter (2010)
as Brian Yee
Tiger Cruise (2004)
as MA2 Chan
The Gabby Douglas Story (2014)
as Liang Chow
All In (2006)
as Rosenbloom Player 2
One Christmas Eve (2014)
as Dr. Chen
The Beautiful Ones (2017)
as Casper
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007)
as Mac Chang
Wedding Palace (2013)
as Jason
Roswell FM (2017)
as Dwayne Archimedes
The Historian Paradox (2011)
as Avith Kang