Acting
Brian Tee
Born March 15, 1977 · Okinawa, Japan
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 Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the 2016 sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Known for
6.7 TMDB
Jurassic World
Hamada
8.4 TMDB
Lucifer
Ben Rogers
7.6
Grey's Anatomy
Andy Meltzer
6.4 TMDB
The Wolverine
Noburo Mori
6.6 TMDB
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
D.K.
7.5 TMDB
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Toshiro Mori
6.1 TMDB
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Shredder
8.3 TMDB
Grimm
Akira Kimura
8.2 TMDB
Bones
Ken Nakamura
6.0 TMDB
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Japanese Pedestrian
8.1 TMDB
Reacher
Xavier Quinn
6.2 TMDB
Fun with Dick and Jane
Sushi Chef
8.4 TMDB
Chicago P.D.
Jesse Kong, Ethan Choi
8.4 TMDB
Chicago Fire
Ethan Choi
7.1 TMDB
We Were Soldiers
Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
8.1 TMDB
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Intern
7.7 TMDB
Hawaii Five-0
Hideaki Kuroda
7.9 TMDB
Lie to Me
Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)
7.6 TMDB
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Denny Ocampo
6.4 TMDB
A House of Dynamite
SAIC Ken Cho
Filmography
- 2026GET JIROJiro (voice)Series
- 2026EnoughBrian Takakura, DirectorMovie
- 2025A House of DynamiteSAIC Ken ChoMovie
- 2024ExpatsClarkeSeries
- 2022ReacherXavier QuinnSeries
- 2017The Beautiful OnesCasperMovie
- 2017Roswell FMDwayne ArchimedesMovie
- 2016Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the ShadowsShredderMovie
- 2016LuciferBen RogersSeries
- 2015Chicago MedDr. Ethan Choi, DirectorSeries
- 2015ZooPhilip WeberSeries
- 2015Jurassic WorldHamadaMovie
- 2014One Christmas EveDr. ChenMovie
- 2014LegendsPaul ChangSeries
- 2014No Tears for the DeadCharlesMovie
- 2014The Gabby Douglas StoryLiang ChowMovie
- 2014Chicago P.D.Jesse Kong, Ethan ChoiSeries
- 2013Wedding PalaceJasonMovie
- 2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Toshiro MoriSeries
- 2013The WolverineNoburo MoriMovie
- 2012Chicago FireEthan ChoiSeries
- 2012Shake It Up: Made in JapanMr. ItouMovie
- 2012Baby DaddyTommy KwanSeries
- 2011GrimmAkira KimuraSeries
- 2011Mortal Kombat: LegacyLiu KangSeries
- 2011The Historian ParadoxAvith KangMovie
- 2010Shake It UpMr. ItouSeries
- 2010Chain LetterBrian YeeMovie
- 2010Hawaii Five-0Hideaki KurodaSeries
- 2010Sym-Bionic TitanMike Chan (voice)Series
- 2009Dark BlueKangSeries
- 2009DeadlandJaxMovie
- 2009Lie to MeBodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)Series
- 2008CrashEddie ChoiSeries
- 2007Burn NoticeTakedaSeries
- 2007Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce LeeMac ChangMovie
- 2006JerichoCheungSeries
- 2006The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo DriftD.K.Movie
- 2006All InRosenbloom Player 2Movie
- 2006The UnitRebel LeaderSeries
- 2005Fun with Dick and JaneSushi ChefMovie
- 2005BonesKen NakamuraSeries
- 2005WantedJin-Lee ParkSeries
- 2005Grey's AnatomyAndy MeltzerSeries
- 2005Zoey 101KazuSeries
- 2004Tiger CruiseMA2 ChanMovie
- 2004EntourageFukijama Crew MemberSeries
- 2004Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the FederationCpl. Thom KobeMovie
- 2004Cracking UpFrat GuySeries
- 2002Without a TraceKirkSeries
- 2002Austin Powers in GoldmemberJapanese PedestrianMovie
- 2002MonkJames LuSeries
- 2002We Were SoldiersPfc. Jimmy NakayamaMovie
- 2001The ChronicleNeoSeries
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationDenny OcampoSeries
- 2000The Invisible ManMallonSeries
- 2000What Planet Are You From?Alien (uncredited)Movie
- 1999Family LawDEA AgentSeries
- 1997Buffy the Vampire SlayerInternSeries
- 1996The PretenderMale AgentSeries