کری هیرویوکی تاگاوا
Also known as Hiroyuki Tagawa, Pantaleon Tagawa, Panteleymon Tagawa, Tagawa Hiroyuki, Tagawa Pantaleon, Tagawa Panteleymon, Pantaleon Tagawa Hiroyuki, Panteleymon Tagawa Hiroyuki
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa was a Japanese actor and film producer who was best known for his role as the evil shapeshifter sorcerer Shang Tsung in various works of the Mortal Kombat franchise: he first played the character in the 1995 film adaptation, and reprised it in 2013 for the television series Mortal Kombat: Legacy and in 2019 for the video game Mortal Kombat 11. He appeared as Lt. A.J. Shimamura on 15 episodes of the American television series Nash Bridges.
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- Bridge of Dragons
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- Born
- ( 1950-09-27 ) 27 September 1950, Higashi-Azabu , Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 4 December 2025 (2025-12-04) (aged 75), Santa Barbara, California , U.S.
- Other names
- Cary Tagawa Panteleimon
- Citizenship
- Japan (expatriate) United States Russia
- Education
- University of Southern California
- Occupations
- Actor martial artist film producer
- Years active
- 1986–2024
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