Tamlyn Tomita
ActingBorn
January 27, 1966
Place of Birth
Okinawa, Japan
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Enough
2026
Ultraman: Rising
2024
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
2022
The Right Mom
2021
I Will Make You Mine
2020
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
The Living Worst
2019
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
Real Artists
2017
The Good Neighbor
2016
The Unbidden
2016
Daddy
2015
Teacher of the Year
2015
The Real Miyagi
2015
Operation Marriage
2014
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
2014
Nomads
2010
The Mikado Project
2010
Tekken
2010
Why Am I Doing This?
2009
The Eye
2008
Only the Brave
2006
Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name
2006
Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am
2005
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
Robot Stories
2003
Walking Shadow
2001
Runaway Virus
2000
The Last Man on Planet Earth
1999
Life Tastes Good
1999
Living Out Loud
1998
Hundred Percent
1998
The Killing Jar
1997
Touch
1997
Four Rooms
1995
Requiem
1995
Picture Bride
1995
Vanishing Son IV
1994
Vanishing Son II
1994
Babylon 5: The Gathering
1993
The Joy Luck Club
1993
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992
Come See the Paradise
1990
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
Vietnam Texas
1990
To Heal a Nation
1988
Hiroshima Maiden
1988
Hawaiian Dream
1987
The Karate Kid Part II
1986
The Joy Luck Club 2
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
2026
Dead Boy Detectives
2024
Avatar the Last Airbender
2024
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023
Etheria
2020
Asian Americans
2020
Reunited Apart
2020
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Cobra Kai
2018
Counterpart
2017
The Good Doctor
2017
DuckTales
2017
Berlin Station
2016
Chicago Med
2015
Zoo
2015
The Man in the High Castle
2015
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Chasing Life
2014
Chasing Life
2014
Resurrection
2014
Touch
2012
Teen Wolf
2011
The Chicago Code
2011
Law & Order: LA
2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Make It or Break It
2009
Glee
2009
The Mentalist
2008
True Blood
2008
Women's Murder Club
2007
Private Practice
2007
Saving Grace
2007
Pandemic
2007
Twenty Good Years
2006
Heroes
2006
Eureka
2006
Eureka
2006
Commander in Chief
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
Bones
2005
Stargate Atlantis
2004
Threat Matrix
2003
CSI: Miami
2002
For the People
2002
Monk
2002
The Shield
2002
24
2001
The Agency
2001
Crossing Jordan
2001
The Michael Richards Show
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
Providence
1999
Seven Days
1998
Will & Grace
1998
Stargate SG-1
1997
The Burning Zone
1996
Nash Bridges
1996
The Sentinel
1996
JAG
1995
Chicago Hope
1994
Chicago Hope
1994
One West Waikiki
1994
Vanishing Son
1994
Time Trax
1993
Highlander: The Series
1992
Raven
1992
Quantum Leap
1989
Tour of Duty
1987
Murder, She Wrote
1984