Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Mortal Kombat actor Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa died Thursday after experiencing complications from a stroke.
The actor's family confirmed his death to Deadline. He was 75.
Tagawa was perhaps best known for playing the villain Shang Tsung in the 1995 film Mortal Kombat, its 1997 sequel Mortal Kombat Annihilation, and the 2013 and 2015 television series that followed. He also lent his voice to the character in the video game Mortal Kombat 11.
Beyond that franchise, he is known for such features as Pearl Harbor, Rising Sun, Elektra and Memoirs of a Geisha.
Tagawa also starred on the Prime Video series The Man in the High Castle opposite Rufus Sewell.






