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Brian Tee

Acting Born Mar 15, 1977 Okinawa, Japan 24 credits

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.

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Full filmography

  • Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Andy Meltzer
  • Bones (2005) as Ken Nakamura
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Denny Ocampo
  • Chicago Fire (2012) as Ethan Choi
  • Hawaii Five-0 (2010) as Hideaki Kuroda
  • Lucifer (2016) as Ben Rogers
  • Reacher (2022) as Xavier Quinn
  • Grimm (2011) as Akira Kimura
  • Chicago P.D. (2014) as Jesse Kong
  • Chicago P.D. (2014) as Ethan Choi
  • Without a Trace (2002) as Kirk
  • Monk (2002) as James Lu
  • Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) as Toshiro Mori
  • Chicago Med (2015) as Dr. Ethan Choi
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) as Intern
  • Entourage (2004) as Fukijama Crew Member
  • Burn Notice (2007) as Takeda
  • Lie to Me (2009) as Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)
  • The Unit (2006) as Rebel Leader
  • The Pretender (1996) as Male Agent
  • Baby Daddy (2012) as Tommy Kwan
  • Zoo (2015) as Philip Weber
  • Zoey 101 (2005) as Kazu
  • Shake It Up (2010) as Mr. Itou