Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has died aged 75.

The prolific actor had a career spanning almost 40 years with over 150 roles, including Mortal Kombat, James Bond movie Licence To Kill, The Man In The High Castle and many more.

His publicist Penny Vizcarra has confirmed he died on Thursday in Santa Barbara, California due to complications from a stroke.

According to Deadline, he was surrounded by his children.

Tagawa is best known by fans for his role as evil sorcerer Shang Tsung, which he first played in the original 1995 Mortal Kombat movie.

He went onto to play the character in TV series Mortal Kombat: Legacy 2013, and Mortal Kombat X: Generation two years later. In 2019, he voiced the sorcerer in video game Mortal Kombat 11, while his physical likeness was used in 2023’s Mortal Kombat: Onsl

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