Brian Tee
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 15, 1977, Okinawa, Japan
- Movies
- 25
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.
Best-Known Movies
Jurassic World
2015
The Wolverine
2013
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
Fun with Dick and Jane
2005
We Were Soldiers
2002
A House of Dynamite
2025
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
2004
No Tears for the Dead
2014
Filmography
| 2026 | Enough | Brian Takakura |
| 2025 | A House of Dynamite | SAIC Ken Cho |
| 2017 | The Beautiful Ones | Casper |
| 2017 | Roswell FM | Dwayne Archimedes |
| 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Shredder |
| 2015 | Jurassic World | Hamada |
| 2014 | One Christmas Eve | Dr. Chen |
| 2014 | No Tears for the Dead | Charles |
| 2014 | The Gabby Douglas Story | Liang Chow |
| 2013 | Wedding Palace | Jason |
| 2013 | The Wolverine | Noburo Mori |
| 2012 | Shake It Up: Made in Japan | Mr. Itou |
| 2011 | The Historian Paradox | Avith Kang |
| 2010 | Chain Letter | Brian Yee |
| 2009 | Deadland | Jax |
| 2007 | Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee | Mac Chang |
| 2006 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift | D.K. |
| 2006 | All In | Rosenbloom Player 2 |
| 2005 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Sushi Chef |
| 2004 | Tiger Cruise | MA2 Chan |
| 2004 | Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation | Cpl. Thom Kobe |
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Japanese Pedestrian |
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama |
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? | Alien (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2026 | Enough | Director |
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