ACTOR

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

1950 - Today

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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Japanese: 田川 洋行, romanized: Tagawa Hiroyuki; born September 27, 1950) is a Japanese-American actor and producer. Often cast as villains, he is known for his film roles in The Last Emperor (1987), the James Bond film Licence to Kill (1989), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), American Me (1992), Rising Sun (1993), Mortal Kombat (1995), The Phantom (1996), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), Pearl Harbor (2001), Planet of the Apes (also 2001), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Tekken (2009), 47 Ronin (2013), Tekken 2: Kazuya's Revenge (2014), and Kubo and the Two Strings (2017). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has received more than 3,905,990 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa is the 1,122nd most popular actor (down from 997th in 2019), the 437th most popular biography from Japan (down from 337th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Japanese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ranks 1,122 out of 13,578. Before him are Ricardo Montalbán, Lee Remick, Christiane Martel, Eddie Constantine, Jean Arthur, and Frances Conroy. After him are Armand Assante, Ray Stevenson, Carel Struycken, Pedro Alonso, Robert Shaw, and Pietro Germi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ranks 90. Before him are Mikhail Fradkov, Marius Trésor, Martin Short, Michael Ironside, Jeffery Deaver, and Moshe Ya'alon. After him are Javier Clemente, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Ueli Maurer, Julius Erving, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, and Alexander Lebed.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ranks 437 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Shijō (1231), Yoshihiko Noda (1957), Takijirō Ōnishi (1891), Kiichi Miyazawa (1919), Katsuhiro Otomo (1954), and Satoshi Kon (1963). After him are Takeo Fukuda (1905), Eisai (1141), Yukio Tsuda (1917), Muryeong of Baekje (462), Takahashi Korekiyo (1854), and Akiyuki Nosaka (1930).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ranks 12. Before him are Ken Watanabe (1959), Takashi Shimura (1905), Setsuko Hara (1920), Hiroyuki Sanada (1960), Tatsuya Nakadai (1932), and Sessue Hayakawa (1886). After him are Akiko Wakabayashi (1941), Kōji Yakusho (1956), Victoria Principal (1950), Momoko Kōchi (1932), Hibari Misora (1937), and Masako Nozawa (1936).

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Television and Movie Roles

Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Ken
A drama based on the true story of a college professor's bond with the abandoned dog he takes into his home.
Jun 8o 20098.007 / 10
Kubo and the Two Strings
Hashi (voice)
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.
Aug 18o 20167.635 / 10
Elektra
Roshi
Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.
Jan 13o 20055 / 10