US EditionCary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Actor Who Performed in 'Mortal Kombat,' Dies at 75
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa had a four-decade career including iconic villain roles and mentored younger actors; stroke complications cause of death at 75, per representatives.
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, an actor best known for his role in the 1995 film 'Mortal Kombat,' died at 75 from complications due to a recent stroke.
- Tagawa had a multi-decade acting career, with his breakthrough role in the Oscar-winning 1987 film 'The Last Emperor' by Bernardo Bertolucci.
- Tagawa's manager Margie Weiner described him as 'a rare soul: generous, thoughtful, and endlessly committed to his craft.
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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who became famous for his films such as "Mortal Kombat" (1995), "Pearl Harbor" (2001) and "The Last Emperor" – (1987), stopped living at 75 years of age, after one...
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Los Angeles TimesCary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, known for ‘Mortal Kombat’ and decades of villain roles, dies at 75
LOS ANGELES — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the Japanese American actor whose powerful glare and graceful menace made him a fixture of action films for more than four decades, has died at 75. Read more...
In the mid-1980s, director Bernardo Bertolucci helped him make a breakthrough. For actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, an unprecedented career begins at the intersection of claim and B movies and later video games. Now he has died.
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, an actor born in Tokyo and known for his roles in the film "Mortal Kombat" and the television series "The Man in the High Castle", died. He was 75 years old. Tagawa died surrounded by his family in Santa Barbara due to complications resulting from a stroke, confirmed Thursday his manager, Margie Weiner. "Cary was an exceptional being: generous, considerate and an unwavering commitment to his trade," he wrote in an email. "H…
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