Actor
· Acting
Brian Tee
Born 1977-03-15
📍 Okinawa, Japan
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.
Filmography 59
A House of Dynamite
as SAIC Ken Cho
2025
Expats
as Clarke
2024
Reacher
as Xavier Quinn
2022
The Beautiful Ones
as Casper
2017
Roswell FM
as Dwayne Archimedes
2017
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
as Shredder
2016
Lucifer
as Ben Rogers
2016
Chicago Med
as Dr. Ethan Choi
2015
Zoo
as Philip Weber
2015
Jurassic World
as Hamada
2015
One Christmas Eve
as Dr. Chen
2014
Legends
as Paul Chang
2014
No Tears for the Dead
as Charles
2014
The Gabby Douglas Story
as Liang Chow
2014
Chicago P.D.
as Jesse Kong
2014
Chicago P.D.
as Ethan Choi
2014
Wedding Palace
as Jason
2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Toshiro Mori
2013
The Wolverine
as Noburo Mori
2013
Chicago Fire
as Ethan Choi
2012
Shake It Up: Made in Japan
as Mr. Itou
2012
Baby Daddy
as Tommy Kwan
2012
Grimm
as Akira Kimura
2011
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
as Liu Kang
2011
Shake It Up
as Mr. Itou
2010
Chain Letter
as Brian Yee
2010
Hawaii Five-0
as Hideaki Kuroda
2010
Sym-Bionic Titan
as Mike Chan (voice)
2010
Dark Blue
as Kang
2009
Deadland
as Jax
2009
Lie to Me
as Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)
2009
Crash
as Eddie Choi
2008
Burn Notice
as Takeda
2007
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
as Mac Chang
2007
Jericho
as Cheung
2006
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
as D.K.
2006
All In
as Rosenbloom Player 2
2006
The Unit
as Rebel Leader
2006
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Sushi Chef
2005
Bones
as Ken Nakamura
2005
Wanted 2005
as Jin-Lee Park
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Andy Meltzer
2005
Zoey 101
as Kazu
2005
Tiger Cruise
as MA2 Chan
2004
Entourage
as Fukijama Crew Member
2004
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
as Cpl. Thom Kobe
2004
Cracking Up
as Frat Guy
2004
Without a Trace
as Kirk
2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Japanese Pedestrian
2002
Monk
as James Lu
2002
We Were Soldiers
as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
2002
The Chronicle
as Neo
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Denny Ocampo
2000
The Invisible Man
as Mallon
2000
What Planet Are You From?
as Alien (uncredited)
2000
Family Law
as DEA Agent
1999
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Intern
1997
The Pretender
as Male Agent
1996
Get Jiro!
as Jiro (voice)