Brian Tee | |
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![]() Tee in April 2011 | |
Born | Jae-Beom Takata[1] 高田 ジェボム March 15, 1977 Okinawa, Japan |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2000–present |
Spouse | Mirelly Taylor |
Children | 1 |
Jae-Beom Takata (高田 ジェボム, Takata Jebomu, born March 15, 1977), known professionally as Brian Tee, is an American actor.[2] Born in Okinawa, Tee emigrated to California when he was 2 years old. He attended the University of California and began pursuing his television career. His first appearance on the small screen came in 2000 when he had a small role on the television series The Pretender. He went on to appear in the television series Entourage, Grey's Anatomy, and had a recurring role on Zoey 101. From 2015 to 2022, Tee starred in the first eight seasons of NBC medical drama Chicago Med as Dr. Ethan Choi.
In 2006, Tee was cast as the antagonist D.K. (Drift King) in the action film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. He has since appeared in The Wolverine (2013) and Jurassic World (2015). His other films include No Tears for the Dead (2014), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), where he portrayed Shredder. In 2013, he portrayed Liu Kang in the web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy.