Brian Tee

Actor

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

Jurassic World

Jurassic World

2015
Lucifer Not in library

Lucifer

2016

Grey's Anatomy Not in library

Grey's Anatomy

2005

The Wolverine Not in library

The Wolverine

2013

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Not in library

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

2006

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Not in library

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

2016

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Not in library

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

2013

Grimm Not in library

Grimm

2011

Bones Not in library

Bones

2005

Austin Powers in Goldmember Not in library

Austin Powers in Goldmember

2002

Acting

2026 Enough as Brian Takakura
2025 A House of Dynamite as SAIC Ken Cho
2024 Expats as Clarke (6 episodes)
2022 Reacher as Xavier Quinn (8 episodes)
2017 The Beautiful Ones as Casper
2017 Roswell FM as Dwayne Archimedes
2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows as Shredder
2016 Lucifer as Ben Rogers (1 episode)
2015 Jurassic World as Hamada In Library
2015 Chicago Med as Dr. Ethan Choi (131 episodes)
2015 Zoo as Philip Weber (1 episode)
2014 No Tears for the Dead as Charles
2014 One Christmas Eve as Dr. Chen
2014 The Gabby Douglas Story as Liang Chow
2014 Legends as Paul Chang (1 episode)
2014 Chicago P.D. as Jesse Kong (1 episode)
2014 Chicago P.D. as Ethan Choi (6 episodes)
2013 The Wolverine as Noburo Mori
2013 Wedding Palace as Jason
2013 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Toshiro Mori (1 episode)
2012 Shake It Up: Made In Japan as Mr. Itou
2012 Baby Daddy as Tommy Kwan (1 episode)
2012 Chicago Fire as Ethan Choi (7 episodes)
2011 The Historian Paradox as Avith Kang
2011 Mortal Kombat: Legacy as Liu Kang (3 episodes)
2011 Grimm as Akira Kimura (2 episodes)
2010 Chain Letter as Brian Yee
2010 Sym-Bionic Titan as Mike Chan (voice) (1 episode)
2010 Shake It Up as Mr. Itou (1 episode)
2010 Hawaii Five-0 as Hideaki Kuroda (2 episodes)
2009 Deadland as Jax
2009 Dark Blue as Kang (1 episode)
2009 Lie to Me as Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae) (1 episode)
2008 Crash as Eddie Choi (13 episodes)
2007 Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee as Mac Chang
2007 Burn Notice as Takeda (1 episode)
2006 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as D.K.
2006 All In as Rosenbloom Player 2
2006 Jericho as Cheung (1 episode)
2006 The Unit as Rebel Leader (1 episode)
2005 Fun with Dick and Jane as Sushi Chef
2005 Zoey 101 as Kazu (4 episodes)
2005 Bones as Ken Nakamura (1 episode)
2005 Wanted as Jin-Lee Park (1 episode)
2005 Grey's Anatomy as Andy Meltzer (2 episodes)
2004 Tiger Cruise as MA2 Chan
2004 Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation as Cpl. Thom Kobe
2004 Entourage as Fukijama Crew Member (1 episode)
2004 Cracking Up as Frat Guy (1 episode)
2002 We Were Soldiers as Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember as Japanese Pedestrian
2002 Monk as James Lu (1 episode)
2002 Without a Trace as Kirk (1 episode)
2001 The Chronicle as Neo (1 episode)
2000 What Planet Are You From? as Alien (uncredited)
2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Denny Ocampo (1 episode)
2000 The Invisible Man as Mallon (1 episode)
1999 Family Law as DEA Agent (1 episode)
1997 Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Intern (1 episode)
1996 The Pretender as Male Agent (1 episode)
— Get Jiro!

Directing

2015 Chicago Med Director