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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
A House of Dynamite
2025
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
The Beautiful Ones
2017
as Casper
A retelling of Romeo and Juliet set within the Los Angeles underworld.
Roswell FM
2017
as Dwayne Archimedes
The only "normal" guy at a paranormal talk radio station quits his dream profession and takes a higher paying, but soul crushing job, to pay for his o...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
as Shredder
After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to u...
Jurassic World
2015
as Hamada
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally en...
One Christmas Eve
2014
as Dr. Chen
A series of mishaps threaten a recently divorced mom's attempts to make her two kids' first Christmas "without dad" perfect.
No Tears for the Dead
2014
as Charles
A hitman accidentally kills a little girl. Filled with regret, he wants to quit. But then to tie up loose ends, he is forced to go on another job, to ...
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014
as Liang Chow
The true story of Gabby Douglas who becomes the first African American to be named Individual All-Around Champion in artistic gymnastics at the Olympi...
Wedding Palace
2013
as Jason
After being abandoned at the altar, Jason courts the girl of his dreams on the Internet. When she arrives in Los Angeles for their wedding, there's an...
The Wolverine
2013
as Noburo Mori
Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.
The Historian Paradox
2011
as Avith Kang
A time-traveling Historian falls for a woman he learns is destined to become a victim of a series of terrorist bombings.
Chain Letter
2010
as Brian Yee
Six friends receive a mysterious chain letter via text messaging and in their email accounts from a maniac who's hunting down teenagers who fail to fo...
Deadland
2009
as Jax
In the radiation-infected aftermath of World War III, one man's desperate attempt to find his wife in the wastelands that were once the United States ...
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007
as Mac Chang
In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to...
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006
as D.K.
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught ...
All In
2006
as Rosenbloom Player 2
Six medical students with unique talents pool their resources to win the World Series of Poker.
Fun with Dick and Jane
2005
as Sushi Chef
After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they...
Tiger Cruise
2004
as MA2 Chan
On its last leg homeward, from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to San Diego, the USS Constellation hosts a jolly "tiger cruise" for US Navy, Marines and USNAF re...
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
2004
as Cpl. Thom Kobe
A group of troopers take refuge in an abandoned outpost after fighting alien bugs, failing to realize that more danger lays in wait.
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
as Japanese Pedestrian
The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—...
We Were Soldiers
2002
as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
What Planet Are You From?
2000
as Alien (uncredited)
A human-looking alien from a highly advanced but emotionless all-male society is sent to Earth to impregnate a woman and bring the child back to their...