Overview
- The actor died on December 4 in Santa Barbara, California, with the cause attributed to complications following a recent stroke.
- Representative Margie Weiner confirmed his death and said he spent his final hours with family.
- He became widely identified with the villain Shang Tsung across Mortal Kombat films, television projects and video games, including voicing Mortal Kombat 11 and lending his likeness to 2023's Onslaught.
- His four-decade career spanned standout work in The Last Emperor, Pearl Harbor, Memoirs of a Geisha and the series The Man in the High Castle.
- Born in Tokyo and raised in the United States, he trained in traditional martial arts and later taught his own system, Chun‑Shin; details on services have not been announced.