Brian Tee
b. 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.
Born 15 Mar 1977
Acted in 13
Get Jiro
2026
Jiro (voice)
A House of Dynamite
2025
SAIC Ken Cho
Reacher
2022
Xavier Quinn
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
2016
Shredder
Jurassic World
2015
Hamada
Chicago Med
2015
Dr. Ethan Choi
No Tears for the Dead
2014
Charles
The Wolverine
2013
Noburo Mori
Chain Letter
2010
Brian Yee
Crash
2008
Eddie Choi
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006
D.K.
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
2004
Cpl. Thom Kobe
