Tamlyn Tomita
Known for: Acting
Born: January 27, 1966
Place of birth: Okinawa, Japan
Tamlyn Naomi Tomita is an American actress. She made her screen debut as Kumiko in The Karate Kid Part II and reprised the character for the streaming series Cobra Kai. She is also well known for her role as Waverly in The Joy Luck Club.
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Filmography
51 movies · 67 TV shows, newest first
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Enough
2026
8.6
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
2026
8.0
Ultraman: Rising
2024
7.6
Dead Boy Detectives
2024
7.8
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2024
7.7
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
8.5
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023
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Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
2022
8.1
The Right Mom
2021
6.4
Etheria
2020
10.0
Asian Americans
2020
5.5
Reunited Apart
2020
5.6
I Will Make You Mine
2020
7.2
Star Trek: Picard
2020
5.7
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
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The Living Worst
2019
8.2
Cobra Kai
2018
7.5
Counterpart
2017
8.5
The Good Doctor
2017
7.8
DuckTales
2017
6.8
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
8.5
Real Artists
2017
7.2
Berlin Station
2016
6.2
The Good Neighbor
2016
3.6
The Unbidden
2016
8.3
Chicago Med
2015
5.0
Daddy
2015
6.8
Zoo
2015
5.4
Teacher of the Year
2015
6.5
The Real Miyagi
2015
7.5
The Man in the High Castle
2015
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Operation Marriage
2014
7.8
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
7.2
Chasing Life
2014
7.3
Resurrection
2014
6.0
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
2014
6.6
Touch
2012
8.4
Teen Wolf
2011
7.5
The Chicago Code
2011
5.2
Nomads
2010
6.8
Law & Order: LA
2010
2.0
The Mikado Project
2010
5.3
Tekken
2010
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
7.7
Make It or Break It
2009
6.8
Glee
2009
4.5
Why Am I Doing This?
2009
8.4
The Mentalist
2008
7.6
True Blood
2008
5.9
The Eye
2008
7.7
Women's Murder Club
2007
7.5
Private Practice
2007
7.4
Saving Grace
2007
5.1
Pandemic
2007
5.4
Only the Brave
2006
8.5
Twenty Good Years
2006
7.4
Heroes
2006
7.7
Eureka
2006
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Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name
2006
7.5
Commander in Chief
2005
8.3
Criminal Minds
2005
8.2
Bones
2005
7.9
Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am
2005
6.0
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005
8.0
Stargate Atlantis
2004
6.6
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
6.1
Threat Matrix
2003
5.1
Robot Stories
2003
7.7
CSI: Miami
200210.0
For the People
2002
7.9
Monk
2002
8.2
The Shield
2002
7.8
24
2001
6.9
The Agency
2001
7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001
4.7
Walking Shadow
2001
5.7
The Michael Richards Show
2000
7.4
Strong Medicine
2000
5.5
Runaway Virus
2000
3.7
The Last Man on Planet Earth
1999
5.0
Life Tastes Good
1999
6.7
Providence
1999
6.0
Living Out Loud
1998
6.8
Seven Days
1998
6.9
Will & Grace
1998
9.0
Hundred Percent
1998
8.3
Stargate SG-1
1997
4.4
The Killing Jar
1997
5.6
Touch
1997
7.5
The Burning Zone
1996
6.6
Nash Bridges
1996
7.2
The Sentinel
1996
5.9
Four Rooms
1995
7.0
Requiem
1995
7.3
JAG
1995
6.5
Picture Bride
1995
5.6
Vanishing Son IV
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
7.7
One West Waikiki
1994
7.2
Vanishing Son II
1994
6.8
Vanishing Son
1994
6.4
Babylon 5: The Gathering
1993
7.2
The Joy Luck Club
1993
6.5
Time Trax
1993
7.4
Highlander: The Series
1992
7.8
Raven
1992
5.0
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992
6.3
Come See the Paradise
1990
6.3
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
6.0
Vietnam Texas
1990
8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
6.0
To Heal a Nation
1988
7.5
Hiroshima Maiden
1988
8.1
Tour of Duty
1987
10.0
Hawaiian Dream
1987
6.4
The Karate Kid Part II
1986
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984NR
The Joy Luck Club 2
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