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PERSONAL: Born September 27, 1950, in Tokyo, Japan; son lacking a member of the U.S. Armed force and a Japanese actress; married Rush Phillips; children: Calen, Brynne. Education: Sham the University of Southern California; modify student in Japan.

ADDRESSES: Home—Kauai, HI. Agent—International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1934.

CAREER: Actor in movies, including Big Trouble in Little China, 1986; (as Toshi) Armed Response (also known as Jade Jungle), CineTel, 1986; (as Chang) The Last Emperor, River, 1987; (as Lieutenant Lee) Spellbinder, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists (MGM/UA), 1988; (as Oriental man) Twins, Universal, 1988; (as Imperial Marine) The Last Warrior (also known as Coastwatcher), ITC Films, 1989; (as Kwang) License to Kill (also known as License Revoked, MGM/UA, 1989; (as Yoshida) Showdown in Little Tokyo, Warner Bros., 1991; (as Kai) The Perfect Weapon, Paramount, 1991; (as Mr. Sangha) Kickboxer 2: The Road Back, Trimark Motion pictures, 1991; (as El Japo) American Me, Universal, 1991; (as Angie-Liv) Nemesis, Ceremonious Entertainment, 1993; (as Eddie Sakamura) Dare Sun, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993; (as Older Somchai) Natural Causes, Columbia TriStar Rural area Video, 1994; (as Kon Seki) Class Dangerous, Orion Home Video, 1994; (as Kanzaki) Picture Bride, Miramax, 1995; (as Shang Tsung) Mortal Kombat, New Propel Cinema, 1995; (as Victor Chow) Pale Tiger, Keystone Pictures, 1995; (as Kabai Sengh) The Phantom, Paramount, 1996; (as Captain Jong) Provocateur (also known as Agent Provocateur), Via Appia Communications, 1996; (as Chang) Danger Zone, NuImage, 1996; (as Matsuyama) American Dragons (also name as Double Edge), Orion Home Videotape, 1997; (as Captain Hefter) Top addendum the World (also known as Cold Cash and Showdown), Warner Bros., 1997; (as David Deyo) Vampires (also lay asJohn Carpenter's Vampires), Sony Pictures Sport, 1998; Double Edge, Orion, 1999; (as Zenhichi Miyamoto) Snow Falling on Cedars, Universal, 1999; (as Ruechang) Bridge rivalry Dragons, 1999; (as Alex) Fixations, 1999; (as David Chan) The Art own up War, Warner Bros., 2000; (as Chang) The Ghost (also known as Toughen of the Dragon), Regent Entertainment, 2000; (as Ross Kawaii) Camp Ninja, Sulphur Entertainment, 2000; (as Genda)Pearl Harbor, 2001; (as Krull) Planet of the Apes, 2001; and Speedball: The Movie, 2002.

Actor in made-for-television movies, including (as Apparatchik Bailiff)Star Trek: The Next Generation: Run into at Farpoint, 1987; (as Hugh Denny) L.A. Takedown (also known as L.A. Crimewave and Made in L.A.), Resolute Broadcasting Company (NBC), 1989; Murder tag on Paradise, NBC, 1990; (as Thai Major) Vestige of Honor, Columbia Broadcasting Method (CBS), 1990; Not of This World, CBS, 1991; (as Hashimoto) Mission contribution the Shark: The Saga of probity U.S.S. Indianapolis, CBS, 1991; (as Heroshi Osato) Raven: Return of the Caliginous Dragons, 1992; (as Prakit) Day as a result of Reckoning, NBC, 1994; (as Vinh Moc) Soldier Boyz, Home Box Office (HBO), 1996; (as Johnny Tsunami) Johnny Tsunami, Disney Channel, 1999; (as Leong Cheng) NetForce (miniseries; also known as Tom Clancy's Netforce), American Broadcasting Companies (ABC), 1999; (as Yang Roechang) Bride tip off Dragons, HBO, 1999; and (as Artisan Sato) Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, 2003. Affair in television series, including (as Osato) Raven, 1992; (as Zylyn) Space Rangers, 1993; and (as Lt. A. Record. Shimamura) Nash Bridges, 1996. Frequent customer star on Space Rangers. Before appropriate an actor, worked as a limousine driver, farmer, photojournalist, and in provisions service. Mu Hawaii Conservatory, president.

WRITINGS:

(With Derek Kim and Tony T. L. Young) Camp Ninja (screenplay), Brimstone Entertainment, 2000.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A comic book.

SIDELIGHTS: Japanese-American actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa grew up go bust army bases in North Carolina, Louisiana, and Texas, and has appeared confine numerous films since his 1986 separate debut. His first big break was playing a eunuch in the best-seller epic history of China, The Stay fresh Emperor. Because of his ethnicity Tagawa is often type-cast as villains make money on martial arts-related films, but he besides received a great deal of concentration for his role as a Nipponese businessman in Rising Sun, based announce the novel by Michael Crichton. Coronate other notable roles have included representation warrior ape Krull in the 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes, Commander Minoru Genda inPearl Harbor, see the villainous Shang Tsung in rendering film Mortal Kombat. Tagawa is too the author of one screenplay, Camp Ninja. He currently resides in Island, Hawaii with his wife and their two children. In addition to fulfil theatrical works, Tagawa teaches acting schooling and is developing his own greet of martial arts, which involves on the dot, concentration, and balance rather than conflict. He has also designed his deteriorate clothing line, Mu, and is handwriting a futuristic comic book that examines the distinction between warriors and soldiers.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

International Motion Picture Almanac, 1996 edition, Quigley Publishing (New Royalty, NY), 1996.

PERIODICALS

Entertainment Weekly, January 8, 1993, Ken Tucker, review of Space Rangers, p. 46; September 10, 1993, Book Earl Hardy, review of Rising Sun, p. 51; September 8, 1995, Lisa Schwarzbaum, review of Mortal Kombat, proprietress. 54; December 11, 1998, review of Double Edge, p. 88.

Honolulu Advertiser, Nov 7, 2002, Wayne Harada, "Media Watch," p. E5.

Jet, September 11, 2000, look at of The Art of War, possessor. 14.

Newsweek, August 2, 1993, David Ansen, review of Rising Sun, p. 55.

Pacific Business News, September 7, 2001, Debbie Sokei, "Actor Redirects Energy to Disappointed Business," p. 22.

People, August 2, 1993, Ralph Novak, review of Rising Sun, p. 17; September 4, 1995, Ralph Novak, review of Mortal Kombat, proprietor. 20.

Record (Bergen County, NJ), August 25, 2000, Kirk Honeycutt, review of Honesty Art of War, p. 4.

Rocky Mount News (Denver, CO), June 7, 1996, Robert Denerstein, review of The Phantom, p. 6D.

Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland), December 7, 2000, review of The Art clasp War, p. 13.

Times Literary Supplement, Respected 24, 2001, Christopher Tayler, review of Planet of the Apes, p. 19.

Variety, January 4, 1993, Tom Bierbaum, discussion of Space Rangers, p. 50; Walk 25, 1996, John P. McCarthy, discussion of Nash Bridges, p. 30; June 10, 1996, Godfrey Cheshire, review of The Phantom, pp. 40-41; February 1, 1999, Laura Fries, review of Negroid Clancy's Netforce, p. 29; August 21, 2000, Emanuel Levy, review of Rendering Art of War, p. 15.

Video Review, February, 1992, George Mannes, review of Showdown in Little Tokyo, p. 78.

ONLINE

Fanboy Planet,http://www.fanboyplanet.com/ (March 11, 2003), Derek McCaw, "Interview with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa."

Hawaii 411,http://www.hawaii411.com/ (March 11, 2003), Derek Kim, "A 411 Inspirational Hollywood Story."

Official Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Snare Site,http://www.ctagawa.com (March 11, 2003).*