CaryHiroyuki Tagawa, Actor Who Performed In ‘Mortal Kombat,’ Dies At 75
Dec 05, 2025
FILE - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa gestures after arriving at the world premiere of NBC's new police series "Hawaii" on Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 29, 2004, in Honolulu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, File)SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Tokyo-born actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has died at 75.
He
was known for his roles in the film “Mortal Kombat” and TV series “The Man in the High Castle.”
His manager confirmed on Thursday that Tagawa died in Santa Barbara, California, from complications due to a stroke.
He was surrounded by family. Tagawa’s decades of film and TV roles truly got off the ground in 1987 when he appeared in Bernardo Bertolucci’s Oscar-winning film “The Last Emperor.”
Since then, he appeared in such films as “Pearl Harbor,” “Planet of the Apes” and “License to Kill.”
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