Brian Tee

Brian Tee

Known for
Acting
Born
March 15, 1977 (age 49)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2026
Enough poster

Enough

Movie · as Brian Takakura

2026
GET JIRO poster

GET JIRO

TV · as Jiro (voice) · 10 eps

2025
A House of Dynamite poster

A House of Dynamite

Movie · as SAIC Ken Cho

2024
Expats poster

Expats

TV · as Clarke · 6 eps

2022
Reacher poster

Reacher

TV · as Xavier Quinn · 8 eps

2017
The Beautiful Ones poster

The Beautiful Ones

Movie · as Casper

2017
Roswell FM poster

Roswell FM

Movie · as Dwayne Archimedes

2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows poster

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

Movie · as Shredder

2016
Lucifer poster

Lucifer

TV · as Ben Rogers · 1 ep

2015
Jurassic World poster

Jurassic World

Movie · as Hamada

2015
Chicago Med poster

Chicago Med

TV · as Dr. Ethan Choi · 131 eps

2015
Zoo poster

Zoo

TV · as Philip Weber · 1 ep

2014
No Tears for the Dead poster

No Tears for the Dead

Movie · as Charles

2014
One Christmas Eve poster

One Christmas Eve

Movie · as Dr. Chen

2014
The Gabby Douglas Story poster

The Gabby Douglas Story

Movie · as Liang Chow

2014
Legends poster

Legends

TV · as Paul Chang · 1 ep

2014
Chicago P.D. poster

Chicago P.D.

TV · as Jesse Kong, Ethan Choi · 1 ep

2013
The Wolverine poster

The Wolverine

Movie · as Noburo

2013
Wedding Palace poster

Wedding Palace

Movie · as Jason

2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. poster

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

TV · as Toshiro Mori · 1 ep

2012
Shake It Up: Made in Japan poster

Shake It Up: Made in Japan

Movie · as Mr. Itou

2012
Baby Daddy poster

Baby Daddy

TV · as Tommy Kwan · 1 ep

2012
Chicago Fire poster

Chicago Fire

TV · as Ethan Choi · 7 eps

2011
The Historian Paradox

The Historian Paradox

Movie · as Avith Kang

2011
Mortal Kombat: Legacy poster

Mortal Kombat: Legacy

TV · as Liu Kang · 4 eps

2011
Grimm poster

Grimm

TV · as Akira Kimura · 2 eps

2010
Chain Letter poster

Chain Letter

Movie · as Brian Yee

2010
Sym-Bionic Titan poster

Sym-Bionic Titan

TV · as Mike Chan (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Shake It Up poster

Shake It Up

TV · as Mr. Itou · 1 ep

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Hideaki Kuroda · 2 eps

2009
Deadland poster

Deadland

Movie · as Jax

2009
Dark Blue poster

Dark Blue

TV · as Kang · 1 ep

2009
Lie to Me poster

Lie to Me

TV · as Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae) · 1 ep

2008
Crash poster

Crash

TV · as Eddie Choi · 13 eps

2007
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee poster

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

Movie · as Mac Chang

2007
Burn Notice poster

Burn Notice

TV · as Takeda · 1 ep

2006
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift poster

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Movie · as D.K.

2006
All In poster

All In

Movie · as Rosenbloom Player 2

2006
Jericho poster

Jericho

TV · as Cheung · 1 ep

2006
The Unit poster

The Unit

TV · as Rebel Leader · 1 ep

2005
Fun with Dick and Jane poster

Fun with Dick and Jane

Movie · as Sushi Chef

2005
Zoey 101 poster

Zoey 101

TV · as Kazu · 4 eps

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Ken Nakamura · 1 ep

2005
Wanted poster

Wanted

TV · as Jin-Lee Park · 1 ep

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Andy Meltzer · 2 eps

2004
Tiger Cruise poster

Tiger Cruise

Movie · as MA2 Chan

2004
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation poster

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

Movie · as Cpl. Thom Kobe

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as Fukijama Crew Member · 1 ep

2004
Cracking Up poster

Cracking Up

TV · as Frat Guy · 1 ep

2002
We Were Soldiers poster

We Were Soldiers

Movie · as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama

2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember poster

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Movie · as Japanese Pedestrian

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as James Lu · 1 ep

2002
Without a Trace poster

Without a Trace

TV · as Kirk · 1 ep

2001
The Chronicle poster

The Chronicle

TV · as Neo · 1 ep

2000
What Planet Are You From? poster

What Planet Are You From?

Movie · as Alien (uncredited)

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Denny Ocampo · 1 ep

2000
The Invisible Man poster

The Invisible Man

TV · as Mallon · 1 ep

1999
Family Law poster

Family Law

TV · as DEA Agent · 1 ep

1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

TV · as Intern · 1 ep

1996
The Pretender poster

The Pretender

TV · as Male Agent · 1 ep