| 1 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/caryhiroyukitagawa.jpg]] |
| 2 | ->''"It's not whether you fall or make a mistake, it's what you do when you fall. And I say you stand up. You keep standing up. It's not how many times you fall, it's how many times you stand up."'' |
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| 4 | Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (born September 27, 1950), also known as Cary Tagawa, is a Japanese-American actor. Born in Tokyo, he is well known for playing villainous roles and for his martial arts skill. |
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| 6 | His most famous roles include his appearances as [[Characters/MortalKombatShangTsung Shang Tsung]] in ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', Yoshida in ''Film/ShowdownInLittleTokyo'', and Heihachi Mishima in ''Film/Tekken2010''. |
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| 8 | !!Some of his roles include: |
| 9 | * ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'' (1986) as Wing Kong Man (Uncredited) |
| 10 | * ''Armed Response'' (1986) as Toshi |
| 11 | * ''Film/TheLastEmperor'' (1987) as Chang |
| 12 | * ''Film/{{Twins|1988}}'' (1988) as an Asian Man |
| 13 | * ''Film/LicenceToKill'' (1989) as Kwang |
| 14 | * ''Film/ShowdownInLittleTokyo'' (1991) as Funekei Yoshida |
| 15 | * ''Film/{{Nemesis}}'' (1992) as Angie-Liv |
| 16 | * ''Film/RisingSun'' (1993) as Eddie Sakamura |
| 17 | * ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' (1995) as Shang Tsung |
| 18 | * ''Film/SoldierBoyz'' (1995) as Vinh Moc |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{The Phantom|1996}}'' (1996) as Kabai Sengh |
| 20 | * ''Film/JohnCarpentersVampires'' (1998) as David Dayo |
| 21 | * ''Bridge of Dragons'' (1999) as General Ruechang |
| 22 | * ''Film/JohnnyTsunami'' (1999) as Johnny Tsunami |
| 23 | * ''Film/SnowFallingOnCedars'' (1999) as Zenhichi Miyamoto |
| 24 | * ''Film/TheArtOfWar'' (2000) as David Chan |
| 25 | * ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' (2001) as Krull |
| 26 | * ''Film/PearlHarbor'' (2001) as Commander Minoru Genda |
| 27 | * ''VideoGame/BatmanRiseOfSinTzu'' (2003) as Sin Tzu (voice) |
| 28 | * ''Series/{{Hawaii|2004}}'' (2004) as Capt. Terry Harada |
| 29 | * ''Film/{{Elektra}}'' (2005) as Roshi |
| 30 | * ''Film/MemoirsOfAGeisha'' (2005) as the Baron |
| 31 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo'' (2006) as Brushogun (voice) |
| 32 | * ''Film/BallsOfFury'' (2007) as Mysterious Asian Man |
| 33 | * ''Film/{{Tekken|2010}}'' (2010) as Heihachi Mishima |
| 34 | * ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' (2011) as Hiro Noshimuri |
| 35 | * ''Film/FortySevenRonin'' (2013) as Shogun Tsunayoshi |
| 36 | * ''Иерей-Сан (translated as Priest-San)'' (2014) as Father Nikolai (Takuro) Nakamura |
| 37 | * ''Series/TheManInTheHighCastle'' (2015) as Nobusuke Togami |
| 38 | * ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' (2016) as Sojiro Shimada (voice) |
| 39 | * ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'' (2016) as Hashi (voice) |
| 40 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' (2012) as Sumo Kuma (voice) |
| 41 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' (2017) as Alrich Wren (voice) |
| 42 | * ''Series/LostInSpace2018'' as Hiroki Watanabe |
| 43 | * ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'' (2019) as Shang Tsung (voice) |
| 44 | * ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' (2020) as Dr. Akita (voice) |
| 45 | * ''Film/SkySharks'' (2020) as Michael Morel |
| 46 | * ''Anime/StarWarsVisions'' (2021) as Valco |
| 47 | * ''Reagan'' (2022) as Yasuhiro Nakasone |
| 48 | ---- |
| 49 | !![[YourSoulIsMine YOUR TROPES ARE MINE]]: |
| 50 | * CoolOldGuy: As the titular character in ''Johnny Tsunami'', and later as resident biologist Hiroki Watanabe in ''Series/LostInSpace2018''. |
| 51 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Has a delightfully deep and sonorous voice, which he uses to great effect in his villainous roles. His normal voice is actually a lot lighter, he just deepens it in his movie roles because of this trope. |
| 52 | * InterchangeableAsianCultures / FakeNationality: He is Japanese and Japanese-American, but has played other Asian nationalities and cultures across his career. Examples include his role the East Asian Kabai Sengh in ''Film/{{The Phantom|1996}}'', the Vietnamese Vinh Moc in ''Film/SoldierBoyz'' and even his signature role as Shang Tsung in ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'' and assorted media (it's unclear if Shang Tsung even belongs to a human nationality, but his name and styling is evidently Chinese). |
| 53 | * LargeHam: While he specializes in more quiet, reserved bad guys, he can ham it up with the best of them when necessary, and has the possibly-unique ability to be a ''[[ColdHam quiet]]'' Large Ham. Surfboard in ''Johnny Tsunami''? |
| 54 | ** He also plays a Japanese Orthodox priest in Иерей-Сан (translated as Priest-San), he interestingly stated that this role was the closest to his real life personality. |
| 55 | * RoleReprise: He returned his role as Shang Tsung in the second season of ''WebVideo/MortalKombatLegacy'' 18 years after he last portrayed him. Later he would reprise the role again for ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', ''24 years'' after he first took up the sorcerer's mantle - and he plays the role in an {{Ink Suit|Actor}}, to boot!. |
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| 57 | ---- |
| 58 | -> '''Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYGrQaReIL8 Your brother's entries are mine]]. |
| 59 | -> '''[=TVTropes=]''': WIKI!!!!! |
| 60 | -> '''Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa''': [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} YOU]] [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie WILL BE NEXT]]. |
| 61 | -> '''NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!''' |
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