Brian Tee
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
60
Gender
Male
Birthday
1977-03-15 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Okinawa, Japan
Acting
2025
A House of Dynamite as SAIC Ken Cho2024
Expats as Clarke2022
Reacher as Xavier Quinn2022
Baymax! as Yukio (voice)2017
Roswell FM as Dwayne Archimedes2017
The Beautiful Ones as Casper2016
Lucifer as Ben Rogers2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows as Shredder2015
Chicago Med as Dr. Ethan Choi2015
Zoo as Philip Weber2015
Jurassic World as Hamada2014
Chicago P.D. as Jesse Kong2014
Chicago P.D. as Ethan Choi2014
Legends as Paul Chang2014
No Tears for the Dead as Charles2014
The Gabby Douglas Story as Liang Chow2014
One Christmas Eve as Dr. Chen2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Toshiro Mori2013
Wedding Palace as Jason2013
The Wolverine as Noburo Mori2012
Chicago Fire as Ethan Choi2012
Baby Daddy as Tommy Kwan2011
Grimm as Akira Kimura2011
Mortal Kombat: Legacy as Liu Kang2011
The Historian Paradox as Avith Kang2010
Hawaii Five-0 as Hideaki Kuroda2010
Chain Letter as Brian Yee2010
Shake It Up as Mr. Itou2010
Sym-Bionic Titan as Mike Chan (voice)2009
Lie to Me as Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)2009
Dark Blue as Not available2009
Deadland as Jax2008
Crash as Eddie Choi2007
Burn Notice as Takeda2007
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee as Mac Chang2006
The Unit as Rebel Leader2006
Jericho as Cheung2006
All In as Rosenbloom Player 22006
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as D.K.2005
Grey's Anatomy as Andy Meltzer2005
Bones as Ken Nakamura2005
Zoey 101 as Kazu2005
Wanted as Jin-Lee Park2005
Fun with Dick and Jane as Sushi Chef2004
Entourage as Fukijama Crew Member2004
Tiger Cruise as MA2 Chan2004
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation as Cpl. Thom Kobe2002
Monk as James Lu2002
Without a Trace as Kirk2002
We Were Soldiers as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember as Japanese Pedestrian2001
The Chronicle as Neo2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Denny Ocampo2000
The Invisible Man as Mallon2000
What Planet Are You From? as Alien (uncredited)1999
Family Law as DEA Agent1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Intern1996
The Pretender as Male AgentNaN
Get Jiro! as Not availableCrew
2015
Chicago Med Director