Brian Tee

Acting

Brian Tee

Born March 15, 1977Okinawa, Japan60 credits

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

Enough

Movie

2026

A House of Dynamite
6.4

A House of Dynamite

Movie

2025

Expats
6.7

Expats

TV

2024

Reacher
8.1

Reacher

TV

2022

The Beautiful Ones
6.5

The Beautiful Ones

Movie

2017

Roswell FM

Roswell FM

Movie

2017

Filmography

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2026Enoughas Brian TakakuraMovie
A House of Dynamite
2025A House of Dynamiteas SAIC Ken ChoMovie
Expats
2024Expatsas ClarkeTV
Reacher
2022Reacheras Xavier QuinnTV
The Beautiful Ones
2017The Beautiful Onesas CasperMovie
Roswell FM
2017Roswell FMas Dwayne ArchimedesMovie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadowsas ShredderMovie
Lucifer
2016Luciferas Ben RogersTV
Chicago Med
2015Chicago Medas Dr. Ethan ChoiTV
Zoo
2015Zooas Philip WeberTV
Jurassic World
2015Jurassic Worldas HamadaMovie
One Christmas Eve
2014One Christmas Eveas Dr. ChenMovie
Legends
2014Legendsas Paul ChangTV
No Tears for the Dead
2014No Tears for the Deadas CharlesMovie
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014The Gabby Douglas Storyas Liang ChowMovie
Chicago P.D.
2014Chicago P.D.as Jesse KongTV
Wedding Palace
2013Wedding Palaceas JasonMovie
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.as Toshiro MoriTV
The Wolverine
2013The Wolverineas Noburo MoriMovie
Chicago Fire
2012Chicago Fireas Ethan ChoiTV
Shake It Up: Made In Japan
2012Shake It Up: Made In Japanas Mr. ItouMovie
Baby Daddy
2012Baby Daddyas Tommy KwanTV
Grimm
2011Grimmas Akira KimuraTV
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
2011Mortal Kombat: Legacyas Liu KangTV
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2011The Historian Paradoxas Avith KangMovie
Shake It Up
2010Shake It Upas Mr. ItouTV
Chain Letter
2010Chain Letteras Brian YeeMovie
Hawaii Five-0
2010Hawaii Five-0as Hideaki KurodaTV
Sym-Bionic Titan
2010Sym-Bionic Titanas Mike Chan (voice)TV
Dark Blue
2009Dark Blueas KangTV
Deadland
2009Deadlandas JaxMovie
Lie to Me
2009Lie to Meas Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)TV
Crash
2008Crashas Eddie ChoiTV
Burn Notice
2007Burn Noticeas TakedaTV
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Leeas Mac ChangMovie
Jericho
2006Jerichoas CheungTV
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Driftas D.K.Movie
All In
2006All Inas Rosenbloom Player 2Movie
The Unit
2006The Unitas Rebel LeaderTV
Fun with Dick and Jane
2005Fun with Dick and Janeas Sushi ChefMovie
Bones
2005Bonesas Ken NakamuraTV
Wanted
2005Wantedas Jin-Lee ParkTV
Grey's Anatomy
2005Grey's Anatomyas Andy MeltzerTV
Zoey 101
2005Zoey 101as KazuTV
Tiger Cruise
2004Tiger Cruiseas MA2 ChanMovie
Entourage
2004Entourageas Fukijama Crew MemberTV
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
2004Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federationas Cpl. Thom KobeMovie
Cracking Up
2004Cracking Upas Frat GuyTV
Without a Trace
2002Without a Traceas KirkTV
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002Austin Powers in Goldmemberas Japanese PedestrianMovie
Monk
2002Monkas James LuTV
We Were Soldiers
2002We Were Soldiersas Pfc. Jimmy NakayamaMovie
The Chronicle
2001The Chronicleas NeoTV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigationas Denny OcampoTV
The Invisible Man
2000The Invisible Manas MallonTV
What Planet Are You From?
2000What Planet Are You From?as Alien (uncredited)Movie
Family Law
1999Family Lawas DEA AgentTV
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997Buffy the Vampire Slayeras InternTV
The Pretender
1996The Pretenderas Male AgentTV
Get Jiro!
—Get Jiro!TV