This page is dedicated to one of the best Japanese-American actors we know. Even though he usually ends up playing the bad guy, his bad guys are multi-dimensional, fascinating and very, very sexy.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa was born September 27, 1950 in Japan. He came to the U.S. as a young child. He studied at the University of Southern California before deciding to become an actor. He currently resides in Hawaii with his wife and children. His most current project (besides his recurring role on 'Nash Bridges') is a movie deal (he's writing the script) with a film company in Singapore. For more information, or just to talk C-HT, contact us at our e-mail address at the bottom of this page. Check back at this site as we plan to have updates and more information as it becomes available.

• Danger Zone (1996?) - As yet unreleased (we think) movie filmed in South Africa. A mining expert stumbles across a nuclear plot of international proportions.
• The Phantom (1996) - played The Great Kabai Sengh
• Mortal Kombat (1995) - played the bad guy, Shang Tsung, and he's the best thing in the movie. This is a villain who dresses well.
• Picture Bride (1995) - played Kanzaki. This film won the Audience Award at the Robert Redford Sundance Film Festival.
• Soldier Boyz (1995) - played Vinh Moc, a guerrilla leader. Not a nice guy. But great headband.
• The Dangerous (1994) -
• Natural Causes (1994) - played Somchai, a Thailand police officer. He's a good guy and gets to kiss the girl and they both enjoy it.
• Nemesis (1993) - played Angie-Liv. He's wonderful, as usual, but the movie was strange to say the least. The ending with the android is worth a watch.
• Rising Sun (1993) - played Eddie, a semi-bad guy suspected of murder, sings karoke and gets to eat sushi off a naked girl.
• American Me (1992) - played El Jappo. Not a large part for him but an interesting little flick
• Kickboxer 2 (1991) - played the "bad guy" again but dresses well and acts even better.
• The Perfect Weapon (1991) - played Kai. All we know is that this is a martial-arts movie.
• Showdown In Little Tokyo (1991) - played a Yakuza, Yoshida, and this movie is well worth the bath scene and a sparkling performance by Brandon Lee.
• The Last Warrior (1989) - played Imperial Marine
• License to Kill (1989) - played Kwang and we get to see him in a tux.
• Spellbinder (1988) - played Lt. Lee. A thriller/occult movie.
• Twins (1988) - played Oriental Man
• The Last Emperor (1987) - played Chang

• Nash Bridges (1996) - Recurring role as Lt. A. J. Shimamura. He's great, Don Johnson and Cheech Marin are great. The show is worth watching and has been renewed for the Fall!!!!
• Babylon 5 (1995) - episode titled 'Convictions', played Morishi. So far he has done only one episode. Write to B5 and see if we can get another appearance.
• Thunder in Paradise (1994) - played Mason Lee, one episode to the best of our knowledge.
• Day of Reckoning (1994) - ???
• Space Rangers (1993) - Recurring role as Zylyn a member of the Grakka (sp?) race. This is one of the most fun SF programs around. It only ran 6 episodes but is available on pro copy. The Sci-Fi channel runs this from time to time. Better to record your own copies at 2 hr speed as the pro copy is at 4 hour, not the best quality.
• Renegade (1993) - played Hirotaka in the episode entitled 'Samurai'. The kidnapper of a Japanese banker's daughter demands the man's chief of security turn himself over with the ransom in order to settle an old score. Special note, James Shigata also makes an appearance in this episode!
• Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991) a.k.a. Mission of the Shark- played Hashimoto
• Not of This World (1991) - made for TV movie with some funky special effects. Played a good guy for a change!
• Vestige of Honor (1990) - played Thai Major. An American soldier finds difficulty in freeing his Vietnamese comrades from a refugee camp
• L.A. Takedown (1989) a.k.a. Made in L.A.- played Hugh Denny
• Baywatch (1989) - played Mason Sato in the second season episode entitled 'War of Nerves'. Mr. Sato is an ex-con and martial arts master who gets to terrorize Mitch, Kaye and Hobie.
• Wild Jack (1989) - A mini-series? played Mr. No.
• Alien Nation (1989) - played Yamato in the episode entitled 'The First Cigar'
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) - played Mandarin Bailiff in the episode 'Encounter at Farpoint'