Overview
- His press office confirmed his death in Santa Barbara, California.
- The family reported a fatal stroke following an earlier one and said he was surrounded by relatives.
- He became a cultural touchstone as Shang Tsung in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film, later returning to the role in the franchise.
- Notable credits span The Last Emperor, License to Kill, Pearl Harbor, Memoirs of a Geisha, and The Man in the High Castle.
- Born in Tokyo in 1950, he moved to the U.S. at age five and is survived by his wife Sally Phillips, three children, and two grandchildren.