Tamlyn Tomita
Acting
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.
As actor 119
The Mentalist
2008
Criminal Minds
2005
Bones
2005
CSI: Miami
2002
JAG
1995
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
24
2001
Stargate SG-1
1997
Monk
2002
Chicago Med
2015
The Good Doctor
2017
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Heroes
2006
Chicago Hope
1994
Will & Grace
1998
Glee
2009
Strong Medicine
2000
Crossing Jordan
2001
Quantum Leap
1989
The Shield
2002
Teen Wolf
2011
True Blood
2008
Private Practice
2007
How to Get Away with Murder
2014
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2024
Stargate Atlantis
2004
Highlander: The Series
1992
Cobra Kai
2018
Nash Bridges
1996
DuckTales
2017
Star Trek: Picard
2020
Eureka
2006
Providence
1999
The Man in the High Castle
2015
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
2023
The Sentinel
1996
Tour of Duty
1987
Saving Grace
2007
Law & Order: LA
2010
Zoo
2015
Touch
2012
The Agency
2001
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
2026
Commander in Chief
2005
Seven Days
1998
Counterpart
2017
Threat Matrix
2003
Chasing Life
2014
Make It or Break It
2009
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023
Berlin Station
2016
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
Resurrection
2014
Women's Murder Club
2007
Vanishing Son
1994
Reunited Apart
2020
For the People
2002
One West Waikiki
1994
Dead Boy Detectives
2024
The Karate Kid Part II
1986
Raven
1992
Time Trax
1993
Hollywood Heights
2012
The Michael Richards Show
2000
The Chicago Code
2011
Etheria
2020
Four Rooms
1995
Ultraman: Rising
2024
Twenty Good Years
2006
The Eye
2008
The Burning Zone
1996
Pandemic
2007
Asian Americans
2020
Tekken
2010
The Joy Luck Club
1993
The Good Neighbor
2016
Come See the Paradise
1990
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
Babylon 5: The Gathering
1993
Teacher of the Year
2015
Only the Brave
2006
Living Out Loud
1998
The Last Man on Planet Earth
1999
Why Am I Doing This?
2009
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
I Will Make You Mine
2020
Raven: Return of the Black Dragons
1992
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005
Awesome Asian Bad Guys
2014
Robot Stories
2003
To Heal a Nation
1988
The Real Miyagi
2015
Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am
2005
Picture Bride
1995
Vanishing Son IV
1994
Vanishing Son II
1994
Touch
1997
Runaway Virus
2000
The Unbidden
2016
The Killing Jar
1997
The Right Mom
2021
Daddy
2015
The Joy Luck Club 2
Enough
2026
Hiroshima Maiden
1988
Vietnam Texas
1990
Requiem
1995
Hawaiian Dream
1987
Walking Shadow
2001
Nomads
2010
The Mikado Project
2010
Operation Marriage
2014
Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp
2022
Hundred Percent
1998
Real Artists
2017
The Living Worst
2019
Life Tastes Good
1999
Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name
2006