Brian Tee

Jae-bum Takata (born March 15, 1976), known professionally as Brian Tee, is a Japanese American actor, best known for his role as D.K. (also known as The Drift King) in the action film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) and as Dr. Ethan Choi in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med (2015–present). 2Early life Tee was born Jae-bum Takata in Okinawa, to a Japanese American father and a Korean American (Zainichi Korean) mother. At the age of two, he moved to Hacienda Heights, California, and was raised in Southern California. He attended Glen A. Wilson High School where he was Associated Student Body president and captain of the football team. While in high school, he worked at Blackjack Pizza. Tee graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a degree in theater and performing arts. Not long after graduating he adopted his "culturally ambiguous" stage name Brian Tee after being rejected by a Korean director at an audition for having a Japanese last name. 2Career Tee played Kazu, the owner of Sushi Rox, on Nickelodeon's Zoey 101. He played Eddie Choi in Cras