‘Mortal Kombat’ Star Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Dies at 75

The Tokyo-born actor and skilled martial artist died on Dec. 4 from complications from a stroke.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa attends Amazon Prime's Emmy Celebration in Los Angeles on Sept. 20, 2015. Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Amazon Studios

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, a Japanese American actor and skilled martial artist best known for portraying the menacing villain Shang Tsung in the 1995 film “Mortal Kombat,” has died at the age of 75.

Tagawa died on Dec. 4 in Santa Barbara, California, from complications stemming from a stroke, his publicist, Penny Vizcarra, told The Epoch Times on Friday.