Occupation Actor Height 1.80 m Years active 2000–present Spouse Mirelly Taylor | Name Brian Tee Children Madelyn Skyler Role Actor | |
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Born March 15, 1977 (age 47) ( 1977-03-15 ) Okinawa, Japan Movies The Wolverine, Jurassic World, The Fast and the Furious: T, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turt, No Tears for the Dead Similar People Mirelly Taylor, Will Yun Lee, Lauren Lapkus, James Mangold, Rila Fukushima Profiles | ||
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Jae-bum Takata (born March 15, 1977), known professionally as Brian Tee, is a Japanese American actor, best known for his role as D.K. (also known as The Drift King) in the action film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and as Dr. Ethan Choi in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med (2015–present).
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- Early life
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- Filmography
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Early life
Tee was born Jae-bum Takata in Okinawa, to a Japanese-American father and Korean mother. At the age of two, he moved to Hacienda Heights, California, and was raised in Southern California. He attended Glen A. Wilson High School where he was Associated Student Body president and captain of the football team. While in high school, he worked at Blackjack Pizza.
Tee graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a degree in theater and performing arts. Not long after graduating he adopted his "culturally ambiguous" stage name Brian Tee after being rejected by a Korean director at an audition for having a Japanese last name.
Career
Tee played Kazu, the owner of Sushi Rox, on Nickelodeon's Zoey 101. He played Eddie Choi in Crash. He also starred as Akira Kimura on Grimm and Takeda on Burn Notice. He also appeared in the season 4 episode "The Girl in the Mask" as Ken Nakamura on the series Bones. He has also played Dwayne Archimedes in the indie Feature film Roswell FM. Tee has also appeared in an episode in the first season of the television series Dark Blue as a Korean criminal. He also had a short part in Austin Powers in Goldmember as a pedestrian ("Run! It's Goldzilla!"; "Still we should run like it is Godzilla!"). Brian can also be seen as a contestant on an episode of Hollywood Squares hosted by Tom Bergeron. He played in 1999 against a woman named Heidi.
Tee was also in the music video "Dance Like Michael Jackson" by Far East Movement.
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 Yakuza Boss Shingen Yashida (Hiroyuki Sanada).
Tee took on the role of Liu Kang in the YouTube series Mortal Kombat Legacy.
Tee appeared in the made-for-television film The Gabby Douglas Story on October 18, 2013, where he played her coach Liang Chow, which aired in 2014 on Lifetime.
Tee co-starred in the 2015 film Jurassic World where he played Hamada, a high-ranking commander who works for the Asset Containment Unit (ACU).
Tee played Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the 2016 sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
On July 20, 2015, Tee signed on to co-star in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med as Dr. Ethan Choi. He had previously appeared on its sister show Chicago P.D. as a Chinese gangster in season 2.
Personal life
Besides English, Tee speaks fluent Japanese and Korean. He is married to Mirelly Taylor and has a daughter named Madelyn Skyler Tee, born in 2015.
Filmography
Actor
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Expats (TV Series) (post-production) as
Clarke
- Episode #1.1 - Clarke
- Episode #1.6 - Clarke
- Episode #1.5 - Clarke
- Episode #1.4 - Clarke
- Episode #1.3 - Clarke
- Episode #1.2 - Clarke
2015
Chicago Med (TV Series) as
Ethan Choi
- This Could Be the Start of Something New (2022) - Ethan Choi
- Everyone's Fighting a Battle You Know Nothing About (2022) - Ethan Choi
- The Clothes Make the Man- Or Do They? (2022) - Ethan Choi
- Mama Said There Would Be Days Like This (2022) - Ethan Choi
- Yep, This Is the World We Live In (2022) - Ethan Choi
- The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Teacher (2022) - Ethan Choi
- Winning the Battle, but Still Losing the War (2022) - Ethan Choi
- (Caught Between) The Wrecking Ball and the Butterfly (2022) - Ethan Choi
- How Do You Begin to Count the Losses (2022) - Ethan Choi
- And Now We Come to the End (2022) - Ethan Choi
- Lying Doesn't Protect You from the Truth (2022) - Ethan Choi
- End of the Day, Anything Can Happen (2022) - Ethan Choi
- Like a Phoenix Rising from the Ashes (2022) - Ethan Choi
- Judge Not, for You Will Be Judged (2022) - Ethan Choi
- What You Don't Know Can't Hurt You (2022) - Ethan Choi
- Just as a Snake Sheds Its Skin (2021) - Ethan Choi
- A Square Peg in a Round Hole (2021) - Ethan Choi
- I Will Come to Save You (2021) - Ethan Choi
- Stories, Secrets, Half-Truths and Lies (2021) - Ethan Choi
- A Red Pill, a Blue Pill (2021) - Ethan Choi
- What a Tangled Web We Weave (2021) - Ethan Choi
- Some Things Are Worth the Risk (2021) - Ethan Choi
- Letting Go Only to Come Together (2021) - Ethan Choi
- So Many Things We've Kept Buried (2021) - Ethan Choi
- For the Want of a Nail (2021) - Ethan Choi
- Fathers and Mothers, Daughters and Sons (2021) - Ethan Choi
- Better Is the Enemy of Good (2021) - Ethan Choi
- Don't Want to Face This Now (2021) - Ethan Choi
- When Your Heart Rules Your Head (2021) - Ethan Choi
- In Search of Forgiveness, Not Permission (2021) - Ethan Choi
- Do You Know the Way Home? (2021) - Ethan Choi
- Those Things Hidden in Plain Sight (2020) - Ethan Choi
- When Did We Begin to Change (2020) - Ethan Choi
- A Needle in the Heart (2020) - Ethan Choi
- Just a River in Egypt (2020) - Ethan Choi
- In the Name of Love (2020) - Ethan Choi
- The Ghosts of the Past (2020) - Ethan Choi
- Who Should Be the Judge (2020) - Ethan Choi
- I Will Do No Harm (2020) - Ethan Choi
- It May Not Be Forever (2020) - Ethan Choi
- Pain Is for the Living (2020) - Ethan Choi
- Leave the Choice to Solomon (2020) - Ethan Choi
- The Ground Shifts Beneath Us (2020) - Ethan Choi
- Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore (2020) - Ethan Choi
- I Can't Imagine the Future (2019) - Ethan Choi
- Too Close to the Sun (2019) - Ethan Choi
- Who Knows What Tomorrow Brings (2019) - Ethan Choi
- It's All in the Family (2019) - Ethan Choi
- Got a Friend in Me (2019) - Ethan Choi
- Infection, Part II (2019) - Ethan Choi
- In the Valley of the Shadows (2019) - Ethan Choi
- We're Lost in the Dark (2019) - Ethan Choi
- Never Going Back to Normal (2019) - Ethan Choi
- With a Brave Heart (2019) - Ethan Choi
- Forever Hold Your Peace (2019) - Ethan Choi
- More Harm Than Good (2019) - Ethan Choi
- Never Let You Go (2019) - Ethan Choi
- Tell Me the Truth (2019) - Ethan Choi
- The Space Between Us (2019) - Ethan Choi
- Old Flames, New Sparks (2019) - Ethan Choi
- We Hold These Truths (2019) - Ethan Choi
- Can't Unring That Bell (2019) - Ethan Choi
- Ghosts in the Attic (2019) - Ethan Choi
- The Things We Do (2019) - Ethan Choi
- Who Can You Trust (2019) - Ethan Choi
- All the Lonely People (2019) - Ethan Choi
- Death Do Us Part (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Play by My Rules (2018) - Ethan Choi
- The Poison Inside Us (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Lesser of Two Evils (2018) - Ethan Choi
- What You Don't Know (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Backed Against the Wall (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Heavy Is the Head (2018) - Ethan Choi
- When to Let Go (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Be My Better Half (2018) - Ethan Choi
- The Tipping Point (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Crisis of Confidence (2018) - Ethan Choi
- This Is Now (2018) - Ethan Choi
- The Parent Trap (2018) - Ethan Choi
- An Inconvenient Truth (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Devil in Disguise (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Lock It Down (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Best Laid Plans (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Born This Way (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Folie à Deux (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Down by Law (2018) - Ethan Choi
- On Shaky Ground (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Lemons and Lemonade (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Over Troubled Water (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Ties That Bind (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Mountains and Molehills (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Naughty or Nice (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Trust Your Gut (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Nothing to Fear (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Speak Your Truth (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Love Hurts (2017) - Ethan Choi
- White Butterflies (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Deliver Us (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Generation Gap (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Ctrl Alt (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Lesson Learned (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Monday Mourning (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Prisoner's Dilemma (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Lose Yourself (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Cold Front (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Theseus' Ship (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Mirror, Mirror (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Graveyard Shift (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Heart Matters (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Uncharted Territory (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Free Will (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Inherent Bias (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Alternative Medicine (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Extreme Measures (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Brother's Keeper (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Natural History (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Win Loss (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Soul Care (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Timing (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Withdrawal (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Disorder (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Inheritance (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Hearts (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Us (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Guilty (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Intervention (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Clarity (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Choices (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Reunion (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Saints (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Bound (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Malignant (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Mistaken (2015) - Ethan Choi
- Fallback (2015) - Ethan Choi
- iNO (2015) - Ethan Choi
- Derailed (2015) - Ethan Choi
2022
Baymax! (TV Mini Series short) as
Yukio
- Mbita (2022) - Yukio (voice)
2021
Star Wars: Visions (TV Series) as
Ronin
- The Duel (2021) - Ronin (English version, voice)
2019
Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration as
Kim
2016
Chicago Fire (TV Series) as
Ethan Choi
- Going to War (2018) - Ethan Choi
- The One That Matters Most (2018) - Ethan Choi
- The Chance to Forgive (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Deathtrap (2017) - Ethan Choi
- The Sky Is Falling (2016) - Ethan Choi
- The Path of Destruction (2016) - Ethan Choi
- The Beating Heart (2016) - Ethan Choi
2015
Chicago P.D. (TV Series) as
Ethan Choi / Jesse Kong
- Endings (2018) - Ethan Choi
- Fork in the Road (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Emotional Proximity (2017) - Ethan Choi
- Made a Wrong Turn (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Justice (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Forty-Caliber Bread Crumb (2016) - Ethan Choi
- The Song of Gregory Williams Yates (2016) - Ethan Choi
- Knocked the Family Right Out (2016) - Ethan Choi
- The Three Gs (2015) - Jesse Kong
2018
Lucifer (TV Series) as
Ben Rogers
- Once Upon a Time (2018) - Ben Rogers
2017
The Beautiful Ones as
Casper
2017
Unspoken: Diary of an Assassin
2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows as
Shredder
2015
Zoo (TV Series) as
Philip Weber
- First Blood (2015) - Philip Weber
2015
Baby Daddy (TV Series) as
Tommy Kwan
- It Takes a Village Idiot (2015) - Tommy Kwan
2015
Jurassic World as
Hamada
2015
Love Is a Four-Letter Word (TV Movie) as
Adam
2015
Rush Hour 4: Face/Off 2 (TV Short) as
Choi
2014
One Christmas Eve (TV Movie) as
Dr. Chen
2014
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series) as
Toshiro Mori
- A Fractured House (2014) - Toshiro Mori
2014
Legends (TV Series) as
Paul Chang
- Rogue (2014) - Paul Chang
2014
The Lottery (TV Series) as
Ziyou Chen
- Greater Good (2014) - Ziyou Chen
2014
No Tears for the Dead as
Chaoz
2014
Roswell FM as
Dwayne Archimedes
2014
The Gabby Douglas Story (TV Movie) as
Liang Chow
2013
Anatomy of Violence (TV Movie) as
Bill Goddard
2012
Grimm (TV Series) as
Akira Kimura
- El Cucuy (2013) - Akira Kimura (uncredited)
- Bad Teeth (2012) - Akira Kimura
- Woman in Black (2012) - Akira Kimura
2013
Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series) as
Hideaki Kuroda / Ryu Nabushi
- Ua Nalohia (2013) - Hideaki Kuroda
- Kupouli 'la (2013) - Ryu Nabushi / Hideaki Kuroda
2013
Beauty and the Beast (TV Series) as
Li Zhao
- Who Am I? (2013) - Li Zhao
2013
Wedding Palace as
Jason
2013
Mortal Kombat: Legacy (TV Series short) as
Liu Kang
- Liu Kang and Kung Lao Meet on the Battlefield (2013) - Liu Kang
- The Cause of Liu Kangs Fall Is Revealed (2013) - Liu Kang
- Liu Kang and Kung Lao Reunite in Macau (2013) - Liu Kang
2013
The Wolverine as
Noburo
2012
Shake It Up (TV Series) as
Mr. Itou
- Made in Japan (2012) - Mr. Itou
2012
ThePerfectSomeone.com (Short) as
Mike
2011
The Historian Paradox (Short) as
Avith Kang
2011
The Whole Truth (TV Series)
- Lost in Translation (2011)
2011
Kinect Disneyland Adventures (Video Game)(voice)
2011
Burn Notice (TV Series) as
Takeda
- Bloodlines (2011) - Takeda
2011
The Problem Solverz (TV Series) as
Granite
- Awesome Banditz (2011) - Granite
2011
Red Shift (TV Series) as
Logan
- Pilot (2011) - Logan
2010
Sym-Bionic Titan (TV Series) as
Mike Chan
- Roar of the White Dragon (2010) - Mike Chan (voice)
2010
The Good Guys (TV Series) as
Parker
- Dan on the Run (2010) - Parker (uncredited)
2010
Chain Letter as
Brian Yee
2010
Domestic Disturbing (Short) as
Officer Poleson
2009
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) as
Denny Ocampo
- Family Affair (2009) - Denny Ocampo
2009
Dark Blue (TV Series) as
Kang
- K-Town (2009) - Kang
2009
Bones (TV Series) as
Ken Nakamura
- The Girl in the Mask (2009) - Ken Nakamura
2009
Deadland as
Jax
2009
Lie to Me (TV Series) as
Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)
- Love Always (2009) - Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae)
2008
Crash (TV Series) as
Eddie Choi
- The Pain Won't Stop (2009) - Eddie Choi
- Ring Dings (2009) - Eddie Choi
- TF-36, Sprint Left, T-4 (2008) - Eddie Choi
- The Future Is Free (2008) - Eddie Choi
- Pissing in the Sandbox (2008) - Eddie Choi
- Three Men and a Bebe (2008) - Eddie Choi
- Los Muertos (2008) - Eddie Choi (credit only)
- Clusterf**k (2008) - Eddie Choi
- Your Ass Belongs to the Gypsies (2008) - Eddie Choi (credit only)
- Railroaded (2008) - Eddie Choi
- Panic (2008) - Eddie Choi
- The Doctor Is In (2008) - Eddie Choi
2008
Saints Row 2 (Video Game) as
Jyunichi (voice)
2008
The Trade (Short) as
Mr. Cho
2008
Jericho (TV Series) as
Cheung
- Patriots and Tyrants (2008) - Cheung
2007
Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) as
Andy Meltzer
- Didn't We Almost Have It All? (2007) - Andy Meltzer
- Testing 1-2-3 (2007) - Andy Meltzer
2007
Finishing the Game as
Mac Chang
2005
Zoey 101 (TV Series) as
Kazu
- Hot Dean (2006) - Kazu
- People Auction (2006) - Kazu
- Webcam (2005) - Kazu
2006
Entourage (TV Series) as
Fukijama Crew Member
- What About Bob? (2006) - Fukijama Crew Member
2006
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as
D.K.
2006
The Unit (TV Series) as
Rebel Leader
- 200th Hour (2006) - Rebel Leader
2006
All In as
Rosenbloom Player 2
2005
Fun with Dick and Jane as
Sushi Chef
2005
Wanted (TV Series) as
Jin-Lee Park
- Rubbing One Out (2005) - Jin-Lee Park
2005
Without a Trace (TV Series) as
Kirk
- Transitions (2005) - Kirk
2004
Tiger Cruise (TV Movie) as
MA2 Chan
2004
Monk (TV Series) as
James Lu
- Mr. Monk Meets the Godfather (2004) - James Lu
2004
Cracking Up (TV Series) as
Frat Guy #1
- Daddy's Home (2004) - Frat Guy #1
2004
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (Video) as
Cpl. Thom Kobe
2004
Passions (TV Series) as
Young Asian Man
- Episode #1.1217 (2004) - Young Asian Man
2003
JAG (TV Series) as
North Korean Crew #2
- Close Quarters (2003) - North Korean Crew #2
2002
Flipside (TV Series) as
Lance
- Pilot (2002) - Lance
2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember as
Japanese Pedestrian
2002
We Were Soldiers as
Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama
2002
Remember Pearl Harbor (Short) as
Sam
2001
The Chronicle (TV Series) as
Neo
- Here There Be Dragons (2001) - Neo
2001
18 Wheels of Justice (TV Series) as
Host / Maitre'D
- The Game (2001) - Host (uncredited)
- Crossing the Line (2001) - Maitre'D
2001
Family Law (TV Series) as
DEA Agent
- Liar's Club: Part 1 (2001) - DEA Agent
2000
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series) as
Intern
- Family (2000) - Intern
2000
The Invisible Man (TV Series) as
Mallon
- The Value of Secrets (2000) - Mallon
2000
The Pretender (TV Series) as
Male Agent
- The Agent of Year Zero (2000) - Male Agent
2000
What Planet Are You From? as
Alien (uncredited)
Writer
2012
ThePerfectSomeone.com (Short) (creator) / (writer)
2011
Red Shift (TV Series) (created by - 1 episode)
- Pilot (2011) - (creator)
Producer
2013
Wedding Palace (producer)
2012
ThePerfectSomeone.com (Short) (producer)
2011
Red Shift (TV Series) (producer - 1 episode)
- Pilot (2011) - (producer)
2009
Deadland (producer)
Director
2023
Chicago Med (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Know When to Hold and When to Fold (2023)
Thanks
2018
X-Men Mondays (TV Mini Series short) (special thanks - 1 episode)
- The Wolverine (2018) - (special thanks)
Self
2020
National Memorial Day Concert (TV Special) as
Self
2020
Ok! TV (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #7.173 (2020) - Self
- Episode #7.168 (2020) - Self
2018
National Memorial Day Concert (TV Special) as
Self - Performer
2016
2016 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards: Turtles Takeover (TV Special) as
Shredder (voice)
2015
Faith Hollywood TV (TV Series) as
Self
- The Movieguide Awards Gala (2015) - Self
2015
GeekRockTV (TV Series) as
Self
- The Movieguide Awards Gala - Highlights (2015) - Self
2014
Red Carpet Report (TV Series short) as
Self
- Hallmark's Premiere 'One Christmas Eve' (2014) - Self
2006
Drifting School (Video documentary short) as
Self - 'DK'
2006
Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - The Japanese Way (Video short) as
Self - 'DK'
2006
Tricked Out to Drift (Video documentary short) as
Self - 'DK'
2006
Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Peek Performance (Video documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2007
Zoey 101 (TV Series) as
Kazu
- PCA Confidential (2007) - Kazu
2006
The Big Breakdown: Han's Last Ride (Video documentary short) as
Self - 'DK'
References
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