Was a part-time masseur for the University of Hawaii football team. He often helps injured players.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is a Japanese-American actor who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films Mortal Kombat and The Last Samurai.
Tagawa was born on November 27, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan. His father was a diplomat and his mother was a homemaker. He has two older sisters. Tagawa was educated at the American School in Japan and later at the University of California, Berkeley.
Tagawa began his acting career in the early 1980s, appearing in small roles in various television series and films. He had a breakout role in the 1995 film Mortal Kombat, playing the villain Shang Tsung. He has since appeared in a number of high-profile films, including The Last Samurai, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Pearl Harbor.
Tagawa has been married twice. His first marriage was to actress Nobu McCarthy; the couple divorced in 2002. He married his second wife, Stacy, in 2004. He has two children from his first marriage and one from his second.
Tagawa has a net worth of $5 million. He earns a salary of $100,000 per episode for his work on the television series Hawaii Five-0.
At 6’2″, Tagawa is tall for a Japanese man. He has black hair and brown eyes.
General Info
Full Name
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Date Of Birth
September 27, 1950
Height
1.8 m
Profession
Martial Artist, Film producer, Actor
Education
University of Southern California, Duarte High School
Family
Spouse
Sally Tagawa
Children
Brynne Tagawa, Calen Tagawa, Cana Tagawa
Accomplishments
Movies
Mortal Kombat, Showdown in Little Tokyo, Hachi: A Dog's Tale, Planet of the Apes, 47 Ronin, Tekken, The Last Emperor, Little Boy, The Honored Priest, Licence to Kill, Kubo and the Two Strings, Memoirs of a Geisha, Rising Sun, The Phantom, Pearl Harbor, Johnny Tsunami, Picture Bride, Balls of Fury, B...
TV Shows
Hawaii, Nash Bridges, Space Rangers, The Man in the High Castle
The Hawaiian language needs to be studied globally as a language of life.
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I believe the body can take care of itself. It's all about self-health. It's about depending on our breathing.
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Nature is a big part of my weekend. Whenever possible, I take Friday and Monday off and spend four days outdoors. We should remind ourselves that there was something here before us, a force more powerful than us.
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My look is 'Poly'n'Asian' - part Polynesian native, part Asian warrior.
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You release more toxins from the body through a deep exhale than you do from anything else.
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When you start working on a series, it's almost too much work. It's like a movie a week.
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I originally started off as a healer before I came to Hollywood.
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The one thing that about me, being a healer, I just have a different kind of relationship with people. So I am defiantly a different type of celebrity.
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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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Hollywood was a detour, although my mother was an aristocrat from Tokyo who ran away to join the theatre, so acting is in my genes.
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I really believe that breath, in and of itself... can become the ultimate self-healing tool.
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Hollywood is my day job.
Facts
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Fact
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Participated as lead character in search of a wife in the extremely popular All-Russia Channel 1 evening TV-show "Let's Marry". Shot in Moscow Ostankino TV studios. [June 2010]
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On July 09, 2010, Cary participated in the All-Russia Channel 1 evening TV-show "Let's Marry" as lead character in search of a wife. He successfully selected a beautiful 23-year old Russian bride out of 3 preselected candidates. They were both happy to meet each other.
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Has son, Calen, and two daughters Brynne and Cana.
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Was a part-time masseur for the University of Hawaii football team. He often helps injured players.