Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (September 27, 1950 – December 4, 2025) was a Japanese-American actor, film producer, and martial artist. In addition to his extensive film work, he has appeared on television in Star Trek: The Next Generation - "Encounter at Farpoint" (1987), Thunder in Paradise (1995), Nash Bridges (1996), Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003), and Heroes (2007). He also provided the voice of Sin Tzu for the video game Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu. He played the part of Earth Alliance security officer Morishi in Babylon 5 - "Convictions". He played a soul-stealing sorcerer Shang Tsung in a film adaptation of the video game Mortal Kombat and the evil mastermind Heihachi Mishima in the Tekken movie.
as The Swordmaker (voice)(8 eps)
as Henry
as Shang Tsung
as Michael Morel
as Mr. Wong
as Hiroki Watanabe(5 eps)
as Akita (voice)(1 ep)
as Self
as Hashi (voice)
as Aldric Cole
as Genghis Khan
as Shing
as Hashimoto
as Lord Pi / Mayor Zhang
as Khazar
as Nobusuke Tagomi(30 eps)
as Detective Yoshida
as Mr. Drake(1 ep)
as Senator Khat
as Alrich Wren (voice)(2 eps)
as Heihachi
as Fumitaka
as Shogun Tsunayoshi
as Sumo Kuma (voice)(1 ep)
as Goro Tanaka
as Takeshi Imura(1 ep)
as Satoshi Takeda(6 eps)
as Katashi(1 ep)
as Shang Tsung(2 eps)
as Hiro Noshimuri(2 eps)
as Heihachi Mishima
as Len Burris
as Craig Tanaka(1 ep)
as Ken
as bodyguard
as The Steward
as Grandpa Johnny Tsunami
as Mysterious Asian Man
as Alibek
as The Swordsmith(2 eps)
as Brushogun (voice)
as Himself
as The Baron
as Uncle C
as Cat
as Roshi
as Terry Harada(8 eps)
as Mason Sato
as Krull
as Genda
as Chang
as David Chan
as Zenhichi Miyamoto
as Johnny Tsunami
as General Ruechang
as Leong Cheng
as Leong Cheng(2 eps)
as David Deyo
as Matsuyama
as Captain Jong
as Shang Tsung (archive footage)
as Turghan(1 ep)
as Captain Hefter
as Tai Wai Tse(1 ep)
as Monsieur Chang
as The Great Kabai Sengh
as Victor Chow
as A.J. Shimamura(8 eps)
as Vinh Moc
as Shang Tsung
as Mason Lee
as Kanzaki
as King Young-Jin (voice)(1 ep)
as Kon
as Kenji(1 ep)
as Major Somchai
as Prakit
as Morishi(1 ep)
as Eddie Sakamura
as Master Ko(1 ep)
as Zylyn(6 eps)
as Angie-Liv
as Hirotaka(1 ep)
as El Japo
as Yoshida
as Kai
as Shikido
as Sanga
as Thai Major
as Max(1 ep)
as Detective
as Imperial Marine
as Hugh Benny
as Kwang
as Sato(1 ep)
as Oriental Man
as Lt. Lee
as Thug in Flashback (uncredited)
as Chang
as Mandarin Bailiff(1 ep)
as Raymond Char(1 ep)
as Toshi
as Wing Kong Man - Extra (uncredited)
as Asian Buyer(1 ep)
as Artist(1 ep)
as Kenji Fujitsu(1 ep)
as Tegoro(1 ep)
as Inspector Chin(1 ep)
as Mr. Toyo(1 ep)