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