Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa Biography-Wiki
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is a Japanese-American character actor and voice actor. He gained fame for his work as Chang in The Last Emperor, the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung in a film adaptation of the video game Mortal Kombat, Commander Minoru Genda in war epic Pearl Harbor and the evil mastermind Heihachi Mishima in the film adaptation of Tekken.
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa Age and Birthday
Moving on to his age, Tagawa was born on September 27, 1960, in Japan. He is 59 years old. His birth sign is Libra.
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa Height
The famous actor stands tall at a height of 5ft 10 ½ (179.1 cm).
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa Nationality
In 2016, he also obtained Russian citizenship. He is a native to both English and Japanese, Tagawa is also fluent in Korean, Spanish, and Hawaiian. On November 12, 2015, he was baptized as an Orthodox Christian as Panteleymon in the Russian Orthodox Joy of All Who Sorrow church in Moscow.
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa Education
When it comes to his academics, he started acting while he was a student at Duarte High School. He started training in Kendo while in Junior High.
He later educated himself on Shotokan karate. He educated himself on the University of Southern California and was an exchange student in Japan. While in Japan he proceeded to study karate under Masatoshi Nakayama.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Family
Tagawa was brought up in numerous cities. He and his family eventually settled in Southern California. He is the son of a Japanese actress and a Japanese-American father.
His father served in the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort Polk, Louisiana; and Fort Hood, Texas. He also has a brother named Greg Tagawa. His parent’s names have not been disclosed.
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa Wife and Children
Speaking of his love life, Tagawa was previously married to Sally Phillips. The couple married in 1984 and later divorced in 2014. Sally and Tagawa are proud parents of three children son, Calen, and two daughters Brynne and Cana.
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa Measurements and Facts
- Full Name: Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Age: 59 years old
- Date of Birth: September 27, 1960
- Place of Birth: Japan.
- Education: Duarte High School/University of Southern California
- Birthday: September 27
- Nationality: Japanese-American and Russian
- Father’s Name: Not available
- Mother’s Name: Not available
- Siblings: Brother Greg Tagawa
- Spouse: Divorced
- Children: Three children son, Calen, and two daughters Brynne and Cana
- Height: 5ft 10 ½ (179.1 cm)
- Weight: Not available
- Profession: Actor and voice actor
- Known For: Revenge/Man In The High Castle
- Net worth: $20 million
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa Actor
Tagawa started his acting career in 1985 at age 36 as an extra in “Big Trouble In Little China.” He had small roles in the Fred Olen Ray B-movie Armed Response, as a supporting villain opposite Mako Iwamatsu. His rise to fame came after landing a role as Chang, a loyal eunuch to Emperor Puyi, in the Academy Award-winning film The Last Emperor.
In 1989, he was cast as an undercover agent of the Hong Kong Narcotics Board in the James Bond film Licence to Kill. Later, in 1991, he starred beside Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee in the action film Showdown in Little Tokyo. He was cast on the main role beside James Hong and Jeff Speakman in the same year in the film The Perfect.
He portrayed the role of Satoshi Takeda in Revenge, a powerful CEO in Japan and Emily Thorne’s former mentor in her quest for revenge. In season 2, Tagawa replaced the role of Hiroyuki Sanada. In the film 47 Ronin, Tagawa also portrays the role of Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.
Later in 2015, Tagawa was cast as among the lead characters, Nobusuke Tagomi on Philip K. Dick’s novel of the same name. Also in November 2015, Tagawa and Taimak were honorees for the Fists of Legends Legacy Award at the Urban Action Showcase & Expo.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Net Worth
Tagawa has an estimated net worth of $20 million. He acquired most of his income through his successful career as an actor and voice actor.
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa Martial Arts
Tagawa started training on Japanese Karate. He was an exchange student in Japan while studying at the University of Southern California. Tagawa has recently been involved off-screen in addressing student groups (at SFSU and Stanford).
Tagawa has also been coaching the martial artist portraying Shang Tsung in the Mortal Kombat Live Tour, and in his free time developing his new form of martial arts, called “Chun Shin.”
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa Man In The High Castle
Tagawa is an actor who portrays the role of Trade Minister Nobusuke Tagomi in The Man in the High Castle. The Man in the High Castle is an American alternate history web television series depicting a parallel universe where the Axis powers win World War II. The fourth and final season premiered on November 15, 2019.