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Brian Tee

Brian Tee

Highest Rated: 71% Jurassic World (2015)

Lowest Rated: 29% Chain Letter (2010)

Birthday: Mar 15, 1977

Birthplace: Okinawa, Japan

Born in 1977, Brian Tee relocated from Okinawa, Japan to Hacienda Heights, California when he was 2 years old. While in high school, Tee worked at Blackjack Pizza, where fellow celeb Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas was often a customer. Tee attended University of California at Berkeley and began pursuing his television career. His first appearance on the small screen came in 2000 when he had a small role on the television series "The Pretender" (NBC, 1996-2000). The early 2000s were a busy time for Tee, who booked small roles on series such as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (WB, 1997-2001), UPN, 2001-2003), "Family Law", (CBS, 1999-2002), "JAG" (CBS, 1997-2005), and "Passions" (NBC, 1999-2007). In 2006 Tee was cast as D.K. a.k.a. The Drift King, in the blockbuster action movie "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift." The franchise was extremely popular, and helped to boost Tee's visibility. Following his appearance in "Tokyo Drift," Tee appeared in a number of other feature films including "Chain Letter" (2009), "The Wolverine" (2013}, and indie effort "Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee" (2014). Tee also appeared in "Entourage" (HBO, 2004-2011), "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC, 2005-), and had a recurring role on "Zoey 101" (Nickelodeon, 2005-08). In 2015 Tee joined the cast of hospital drama "Chicago Med" (NBC, 2015-) as Dr. Ethan Choi.

Highest rated movies

71% Jurassic World 71% The Wolverine
43% No Tears for the Dead
38% Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 37% The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
33% Wedding Palace
33% Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
29% Chain Letter

Photos

Brian Tee Burn Notice, Brian Tee, 'Bloodlines', Season 5, Ep. #2, 06/30/2011, ©USA Burn Notice, Brian Tee, 'Bloodlines', Season 5, Ep. #2, 06/30/2011, ©USA Burn Notice, Brian Tee (L), Sharon Gless (R), 'Bloodlines', Season 5, Ep. #2, 06/30/2011, ©USA Burn Notice, Brian Tee, 'Bloodlines', Season 5, Ep. #2, 06/30/2011, ©USA TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS, Brian Tee, 2016. ph: Jessica Miglio/© Paramount Pictures THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT, Bow Wow, Lucas Black, Nathalie Kelley, Brain Tee, 2006. ©Universal Chicago Fire, Brian Tee, 'The Beating Heart', Season 4, Ep. #10, 01/05/2016, ©NBC Chicago Fire, Brian Tee (L), Colin Donnell (R), 'The Beating Heart', Season 4, Ep. #10, 01/05/2016, ©NBC TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS, from left: Brian Tee, Brittany Ishibashi, 2016. ph: Jessica Miglio/© Paramount Pictures TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS, from left: Brittany Ishibashi, Brian Tee, 2016. ph: Jessica Miglio/© Paramount Pictures TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS, from left: Stephen Farrelly (aka Sheamus), Brittany Ishibashi, Gary Anthony Williams, Brian Tee, Tyler Perry, 2016. ph: Jessica Miglio/© Paramount Pictures Chicago Med, Brian Tee, 'An Honest Mistake', Season 1, Ep. #4, 12/08/2015, ©NBC Chicago Med, Jared Canfield, 'Fallback Plan', Season 1, Ep. #3, 12/01/2015, ©NBC Chicago Med, Brian Tee (L), Oliver Platt (R), 'iNO', Season 1, Ep. #2, 11/24/2015, ©NBC Chicago Med, Brian Tee, 'iNO', Season 1, Ep. #2, 11/24/2015, ©NBC Chicago Med, Brian Tee (L), Colin Donnell (R), 'iNO', Season 1, Ep. #2, 11/24/2015, ©NBC Chicago Med, Brian Tee, 'The Green Branch', Season 1, Ep. #1, 11/17/2015, ©NBC Chicago Med, Brian Tee (L), Nick Gehlfuss (R), 'The Green Branch', Season 1, Ep. #1, 11/17/2015, ©NBC Grimm, Brian Tee, 'Woman in Black', Season 1, Ep. #22, 05/18/2012, ©NBC

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Beautiful Ones Casper (Character) - 2017
38% 47% Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Shredder (Character) $82.0M 2016
71% 78% Jurassic World Hamada (Character) $652.6M 2015
No Score Yet 38% One Christmas Eve Dr. Chen (Character) - 2014
43% 55% No Tears for the Dead Chaoz (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 78% The Gabby Douglas Story Liang Chow (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Roswell FM Dwayne Archimedes (Character) - 2013
71% 69% The Wolverine Noburo Mori (Character) $132.5M 2013
33% 61% Wedding Palace Jason (Character),
Producer
- 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Historian Paradox Avith Kang (Character) - 2011
29% 45% Chain Letter Brian Yee (Character) $143.0K 2010
No Score Yet 28% Deadland Jax (Character),
Producer
- 2009
37% 69% The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift D.K. (Character) $62.5M 2006
33% 12% Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation Cpl. Thom Kobe (Character) - 2004

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 75% Chicago Med Dr. Ethan Choi (Character),
Director
2015-2024
85% 48% Expats Clarke (Character) 2024
98% 64% Star Wars: Visions Ronin (Voice) 2021
No Score Yet 88% Chicago Fire Ethan Choi (Guest Star) 2016-2018
No Score Yet 90% Chicago P.D. Ethan Choi (Guest Star) 2015-2018
87% 73% Lucifer Ben Rogers (Guest Star) 2018
82% 64% Zoo Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet 88% Baby Daddy Tommy Kwan (Guest Star) 2015
95% 91% Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 69% Hawaii Five-0 Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
89% 90% Grimm Akira Kimura (Guest Star) 2012
88% 95% Burn Notice Takeda (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Good Guys Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
No Score Yet No Score Yet L.A. Crash Eddie Choi (Character) 2008-2009
No Score Yet 81% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
38% No Score Yet Dark Blue Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
90% 83% Bones Ken Nakamura (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 86% Lie to Me Bodyguard (Han Yong-Dae) (Guest Star) 2009
54% 83% Jericho Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
84% 73% Grey's Anatomy Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
65% 82% Entourage Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
85% 73% The Unit Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 71% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
89% 89% Monk James Lu (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet JAG Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet Family Law Unknown (Guest Star) 2001