Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Japanese actor (1950-2025)
ケイリー＝ヒロユキ・タガワ · 田川洋行 · パンテレイモン田川洋行 · 캐리 히로유키 다가와
- Born
- 27 September 1950, Higashi-Azabu
- Died
- 4 December 2025, Santa Barbara
- Citizenship
- United States, Russia
- Sport
- karate
- Occupation
- actor, film producer, film actor, television actor, karateka
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Japanese: 田川 洋行, romanized: Tagawa Hiroyuki; 27 September 1950 – 4 December 2025) was a Japanese actor and film producer who was best known for his role as the evil shapeshifter sorcerer Shang Tsung in various works of the Mortal Kombat franchise: he first played the character in the 1995 film adaptation, and reprised it in 2013 for the television series Mortal Kombat: Legacy and in 2019 for the video game Mortal Kombat 11. He appeared as Lt. A.J. Shimamura on 15 episodes of the American television series Nash Bridges.
Awards and honours
- Behind the Voice Actors Awards 2016
Films
| Film | Year | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| Big Trouble in Little China | 1986 | cast |
| Showdown in Little Tokyo | 1991 | cast |
| Kickboxer 2 | 1991 | cast |
| The Perfect Weapon | 1991 | cast |
| Mortal Kombat | 1995 | cast |
| The Art of War | 2000 | cast |
| Elektra | 2005 | cast |
| Balls of Fury | 2007 | cast |
| 47 Ronin | 2013 | cast |
| Ninja Apocalypse | 2014 | cast |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q381799 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.