Acting credits
58
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Brian Tee
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.0
Moderate attention
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Movies: 22Series: 36Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 116278
IMDb ID: nm0974575
Known for: Acting
Born: March 15, 1977
Age: 48
Place of birth: Okinawa, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1996 - 2025
Years active: 30
Average TMDB rating: 7.09
Wikidata: Q913132
Also known as
Jae-Bum Takata • Jae-Beom Takata • برایان تی
Other jobs
Director (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Brian Tee.
6.4
A House of Dynamite
as SAIC Ken Cho
2025 Movie
6.5
The Beautiful Ones
as Casper
2017 Movie
Roswell FM
as Dwayne Archimedes
2017 Movie
6.0
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
as Shredder
2016 Movie
6.7
Jurassic World
as Hamada
2015 Movie
5.8
One Christmas Eve
as Dr. Chen
2014 Movie
7.2
No Tears for the Dead
as Charles
2014 Movie
7.3
The Gabby Douglas Story
as Liang Chow
2014 Movie
6.0
Wedding Palace
as Jason
2013 Movie
6.4
The Wolverine
as Noburo Mori
2013 Movie
Shake It Up: Made In Japan
as Mr. Itou
2012 Movie
4.4
Chain Letter
as Brian Yee
2010 Movie
3.9
Deadland
as Jax
2009 Movie
4.9
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
as Mac Chang
2007 Movie
6.5
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
as D.K.
2006 Movie
4.3
All In
as Rosenbloom Player 2
2006 Movie
6.2
Fun with Dick and Jane
as Sushi Chef
2005 Movie
6.0
Tiger Cruise
as MA2 Chan
2004 Movie
4.5
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
as Cpl. Thom Kobe
2004 Movie
6.0
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Japanese Pedestrian
2002 Movie
7.1
We Were Soldiers
as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
2002 Movie
5.4
What Planet Are You From?
as Alien (uncredited)
2000 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Brian Tee.
6.7
Expats
as Clarke • 6 eps
2024 Series
8.1
Reacher
as Xavier Quinn • 8 eps
2022 Series
8.4
Lucifer
as Ben Rogers • 1 eps
2016 Series
8.3
Chicago Med
as Dr. Ethan Choi • 131 eps
2015 Series
6.7
Zoo
as Philip Weber • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.4
Legends
as Paul Chang • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.4
Chicago P.D.
as Jesse Kong • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as Toshiro Mori • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.4
Chicago Fire
as Ethan Choi • 7 eps
2012 Series
7.1
Baby Daddy
as Tommy Kwan • 1 eps
2012 Series
8.3
Grimm
as Akira Kimura • 2 eps
2011 Series
7.0
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
as Liu Kang • 3 eps
2011 Series
7.6
Shake It Up
as Mr. Itou • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.8
Hawaii Five-0
as Hideaki Kuroda • 2 eps
2010 Series
8.5
Sym-Bionic Titan
as Mike Chan (voice) • 1 eps
2010 Series
6.9
Dark Blue
as Kang • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.9
Lie to Me
as Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae) • 1 eps
2009 Series
5.0
Crash
as Eddie Choi • 13 eps
2008 Series
7.5
Burn Notice
as Takeda • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.4
Jericho
as Cheung • 1 eps
2006 Series
7.3
The Unit
as Rebel Leader • 1 eps
2006 Series
8.2
Bones
as Ken Nakamura • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.2
Wanted
as Jin-Lee Park • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Andy Meltzer • 2 eps
2005 Series