1. Jae-Beom Takata, known professionally as Brian Tee, is an American actor.
29 Facts About Brian Tee
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Brian Tee attended the University of California and began pursuing his television career.
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Brian Tee went on to appear in the television series Entourage, Grey's Anatomy, and had a recurring role on Zoey 101.
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From 2015 to 2022, Brian Tee starred in the first eight seasons of NBC medical drama Chicago Med as Dr Ethan Choi.
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Brian Tee has since appeared in The Wolverine and Jurassic World.
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Brian Tee was born as Jae-Beom Takata in Okinawa Prefecture.
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Brian Tee's father was Japanese-American and his mother was from South Korea.
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Brian Tee's father was born in an internment camp during World War II.
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Brian Tee's mother was living in Japan working as a reporter.
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Brian Tee attended Glen A Wilson High School where he was an Associated Student Body president and captain of the football team.
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Brian Tee graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a degree in theater and performing arts.
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Not long after graduating, he adopted his "culturally ambiguous" stage name Brian Tee after being rejected by a Korean director at an audition for having a Japanese last name.
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Brian Tee played Kazu, the owner of Sushi Rox, on Nickelodeon's Zoey 101.
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Brian Tee starred as Akira Kimura on Grimm and Takeda on Burn Notice.
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Brian Tee appeared in the Season 4 episode "The Girl in the Mask" as Ken Nakamura on the series Bones.
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Brian Tee played Dwayne Archimedes in the indie Feature film Roswell FM.
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Brian Tee appeared in an episode in the first season of the television series Dark Blue as a Korean criminal.
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Brian Tee has a short part in Austin Powers in Goldmember as a pedestrian who has a brief comic exchange with another man over the legality of calling a giant monster "Godzilla".
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Brian Tee can be seen as a contestant on an episode of Hollywood Squares hosted by Tom Bergeron.
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Brian Tee played in 1999 against a woman named Heidi.
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Brian Tee was in the music video "Dance Like Michael Jackson" by Far East Movement.
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In James Mangold's The Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman, Brian Tee played Noburo Mori, a sadistic minister of justice arranged to marry the daughter of Yakuza Boss Shingen Yashida.
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Brian Tee took on the role of Liu Kang in the YouTube series Mortal Kombat Legacy.
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Brian Tee appeared in the television film The Gabby Douglas Story on October 18,2013, where he played her coach Liang Chow, which aired in 2014 on Lifetime.
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Brian Tee co-starred in the 2015 film Jurassic World where he played Hamada, a high-ranking commander who works for the Asset Containment Unit.
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On July 20,2015, Brian Tee signed on to co-star in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med as Dr Ethan Choi.
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In October 2022, it was confirmed that Brian Tee would be exiting Chicago Med after eight seasons.
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On March 6,2024, Brian Tee was cast as a series regular for the third season of Reacher, which premiered in February 2025.
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Brian Tee is married to actress Mirelly Taylor, with whom he has a daughter born in 2015.