Quick Facts
Born:
1977-03-15
Birthplace:
Okinawa, Japan
Credits:
61 Total Roles
Brian Tee
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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.
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
Jurassic World
Hamada
Lucifer
Ben Rogers
Grey's Anatomy
Andy Meltzer
The Wolverine
Noburo
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
D.K.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Toshiro Mori
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Shredder
Grimm
Akira Kimura
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | GET JIRO TV | Jiro (voice) |
| 2026 | Enough MOVIE | Brian Takakura |
| 2025 | A House of Dynamite MOVIE | SAIC Ken Cho |
| 2024 | Expats TV | Clarke |
| 2022 | Reacher TV | Xavier Quinn |
| 2017 | The Beautiful Ones MOVIE | Casper |
| 2017 | Roswell FM MOVIE | Dwayne Archimedes |
| 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows MOVIE | Shredder |
| 2016 | Lucifer TV | Ben Rogers |
| 2015 | Chicago Med TV | Dr. Ethan Choi |