Brian Tee
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 15 March 1977 · Okinawa, Japan
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
Directing 1
- 2026Enough · director
Acting 30
- 2026Enough as Brian Takakura
- 2025A House of Dynamite as SAIC Ken Cho
- 2022Reacher as Xavier Quinn · 8 episodes
- 2017The Beautiful Ones as Casper
- 2017Roswell FM as Dwayne Archimedes
- 2016Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows as Shredder
- 2015Jurassic World as Hamada
- 2014One Christmas Eve as Dr. Chen
- 2014No Tears for the Dead as Charles
- 2014The Gabby Douglas Story as Liang Chow
- 2014Chicago P.D. as Ethan Choi · 7 episodes
- 2013Wedding Palace as Jason
- 2013The Wolverine as Noburo Mori
- 2012Shake It Up: Made in Japan as Mr. Itou
- 2012Chicago Fire as Ethan Choi · 7 episodes
- 2011The Historian Paradox as Avith Kang
- 2010Chain Letter as Brian Yee
- 2009Deadland as Jax
- 2007Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee as Mac Chang
- 2006The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as D.K.
- 2006All In as Rosenbloom Player 2
- 2005Fun with Dick and Jane as Sushi Chef
- 2005Grey's Anatomy as Andy Meltzer · 2 episodes
- 2004Tiger Cruise as MA2 Chan
- 2004Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation as Cpl. Thom Kobe
- 2002Austin Powers in Goldmember as Japanese Pedestrian
- 2002We Were Soldiers as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
- 2002Monk as James Lu · 1 episode
- 2000What Planet Are You From? as Alien (uncredited)
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Denny Ocampo · 1 episode