Brian Tee

Jae-Beom Takata, professionally known as Brian Tee, is a Japanese-born American actor. Born in Okinawa, Japan, he is best known for his television and film roles, including starring as Dr. Ethan Choi on NBC's medical drama Chicago Med and playing Takashi "D.K." (Drift King) in the action film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Tee was born on March 15, 1977, in Okinawa Prefecture to a Japanese-American father and a Korean mother. At age two, he moved with his family to California and grew up in Hacienda Heights. He attended Glen A. Wilson High School, serving as Associated Student Body president and football team captain. Tee later graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in theater and performing arts. Soon after, he adopted the stage name Brian Tee after an audition rejection from a Korean director over his Japanese surname.

Tee began his screen career in 2000 with a small role on The Pretender. He went on to appear on shows such as Entourage, Grey's Anatomy, Bones, Dark Blue, Grimm, and Burn Notice, as well as a recurring role on Nickelodeon's Zoey 101. He also appeared in Crash, played a contestant on Hollywood Squares, and featured in Far East Movement's "Dance Like Michael Jackson" music video.

In film, Tee gained wide visibility playing the antagonist D.K. in 2006's The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. His subsequent film work includes playing Noburo Mori in The Wolverine, Hamada in Jurassic World, Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, and roles in Roswell FM and No Tears for the Dead.

Tee portrayed Liu Kang in the web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy and voiced Jiro in Adult Swim's Get Jiro. He also played coach Liang Chow in the television movie The Gabby Douglas Story. From 2015 to 2022, Tee starred as Dr. Ethan Choi across the first eight seasons of Chicago Med, having previously guest-starred on Chicago P.D.

In 2024, Tee joined the main cast for the third season of Amazon's Reacher, portraying Francis Xavier Quinn / Julius McCabe. In his personal life, Tee is married to actress Mirelly Taylor, with whom he has a daughter born in 2015. He speaks fluent English and Japanese, as well as proficient Korean.