Actor
Brian Tee
49 years · Okinawa, Japan · 23 films
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 for
Jurassic World
2015 · Hamada
On TNT
The Wolverine
2013 · Noburo Mori
On Disney Plus
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006 · D.K.
On Netflix
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016 · Shredder
On Paramount Plus Premium
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002 · Japanese Pedestrian
Fun with Dick and Jane
2005 · Sushi Chef
Filmography 23
Enough
2026 · Brian Takakura, Director
A House of Dynamite
2025 · SAIC Ken Cho
The Beautiful Ones
2017 · Casper
Roswell FM
2017 · Dwayne Archimedes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016 · Shredder
On Paramount Plus Premium
Jurassic World
2015 · Hamada
On TNT
One Christmas Eve
2014 · Dr. Chen
On Plex
No Tears for the Dead
2014 · Charles
On Amazon Prime Video
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014 · Liang Chow
Wedding Palace
2013 · Jason
On Hoopla
The Wolverine
2013 · Noburo Mori
On Disney Plus
Shake It Up: Made in Japan
2012 · Mr. Itou
Chain Letter
2010 · Brian Yee
On Plex
Deadland
2009 · Jax
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007 · Mac Chang
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006 · D.K.
On Netflix
All In
2006 · Rosenbloom Player 2
On Runtime
Fun with Dick and Jane
2005 · Sushi Chef
Tiger Cruise
2004 · MA2 Chan
On Disney Plus
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
2004 · Cpl. Thom Kobe
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002 · Japanese Pedestrian
We Were Soldiers
2002 · Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
On Philo
What Planet Are You From?
2000 · Alien (uncredited)
On fuboTV