Cary Hiroyuki Tagawaan American actor of Japanese descent, who starred in the franchise Mortal Kombat And the TV series The man in the castleHe died at the age of 75 years.
Cary Hiroyuki Tagawa died on Thursday in the American city of Santa Barbara, California, as a result of complications resulting from a stroke, according to what he confirmed. Hollywood Reporter.
He has starred in several Mortal Kombat projects since 1995, where he played the role of Shang Tsung. A villain who also carried the franchise’s series and video games.
However, his first film role was in The last emperor (The last emperor) in 1987, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci It won nine Oscars, including Best Picture.
“I have had the privilege of working with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa for many years as his manager, but our relationship has become much deeper: he has become part of the family,” Margie Weiner, Tagawa’s manager, said in a statement. Hollywood Reporter.
Tagawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, and during his teens, coming from a military family, he toured the United States. He later moved to Los Angeles, where he began acting and taught his own style of martial arts, the Zhou Shen style, the magazine reported.
The actor has starred in many notable films, such as License to kill(1989); Planet of the Apes (2001); Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and Tekken (2010).
He also transferred his talents to television in ““Nash Bridges” (1996); “Hawaii” (2004); revenge (2012-2013); episode of Teen wolf (2014); Star Wars: Rebels (2017); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2017); Emmy Award Winning Film, Man in the high castle; and Blue-eyed samurai (2023).
Tagawa and his wife, Sally, lived together on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where they raised their children.