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"He reads the brochure. I'm proud. But with cars, you have to customize. It's all between you and the car you build. It's a bond, it's a commitment."
―Tej Parker to Luke Hobbs[src]

Tej Parker is a technical expert, mechanic and former street racer.[1][2] Tej befriended Brian O'Conner, who allowed him to participate in races when he lived in Miami. Later, Tej became a member of Dominic Toretto's Crew when he is recruited by Dominic Toretto to steal money from corrupt Portuguese businessman, Hernan Reyes and participated in many other missions since.[2] He would also go on to become partners with Brian's childhood friend, Roman Pearce.

Biography

Early Life

Much of Tej's early life is unknown; he presumably lived in Miami his entire life, where he became a prominent street racer and technical expert. He eventually opened his own garage where he would sell car parts, and host street and jet ski races. At some point he met Suki and the two had an on-again-off-again relationship.

Miami

Meeting Brian O'Conner

"You got four minutes."
―Tej to Brian O'Conner

After fleeing Los Angeles after letting Dominic Toretto evade capture, Brian O'Conner travelled to Miami where he joined the local street racing scene and eventually became friends with Tej. Tej allowed Brian to rent a house boat on his property and the two often worked together to hustle other street racers in order to make money.

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At this point, Tej no longer raced and preferred refereeing races and making money off selling car parts from his garage. He also claimed that an injured leg stopped him from racing.

Infiltrating Carter Verone

Tej hosts a street race which captured the attention of Monica Fuentes who was staking out Brian in order to get him to work for the FBI. After the race, the police arrive and everyone flees. As a result, Brian began working for the FBI and invited his old friend, Roman Pearce to Miami where he met Tej and struck up a friendship with him.

When Brian and Roman needed to orchestrate a scramble to escape detection by the FBI, Tej showed them a large car garage he owned which they used for the scramble. Following that, Tej and Suki drove Roman and Brian's FBI-issued cars in order to draw attention away from Brian and Roman who had fled in new cars.

Rio de Janeiro

Joining Dominic Toretto's Crew

When Brian, Dominic Toretto, and his sister Mia Toretto planned to steal $100 million belonging to Hernan Reyes, they called in former associates of theirs to form a new crew. Brian invited Tej to Rio to work with circuits surrounding Reyes' security.

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Tej purchased a safe identical to Reyes' so he could work his way through the circuits but discovered it required a handprint which was acquired by Gisele Yashar and Han Seoul-Oh. Tej was able to create a copy of the print to unlock the safe.

Vault Heist

"Come on, baby. Don't be mean."
―Tej Parker

Following the Ambush in Rocinha which resulted the deaths of Hobbs' team and Vince, Dom wants to get revenge and continue with the heist, but everyone in the crew decides to abandon the mission as they reminded Dom that the whole thing is a trap, Reyes has extra security at the police station, Vince died from his injuries. After Luke Hobbs decides to join them in their heist with Elena Neves assisting them, everyone decides to finish the job. During the vault heist, Tej presumably stayed behind at the safehouse with Mia where he ran intel on police scanners to help Dom and Brian avoid capture. After Gisele returned the vault to the safehouse, he was able to unlock it with Reyes' handprint and reveal all his money. As they celebrated, they were unaware of the fact that Hernan's son, Dante was a witness and secondary victim to the heist and he began planning his revenge.

After getting his share of Reyes' money, Tej purchased a small, new, garage in Miami, which he earlier revealed to be his dream. He also purchased a Koenigsegg CCXR identical to Roman's and the two formed a closer friendship which had fizzled out following the infiltration of Carter Verone.

London

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Tej became very generous with his money and would often give it away to the locals of wherever he was visiting. Whilst in Italy with his Ferrari, he is berated by locals who have noticed he has become more careful with his money, however Tej then triggers an ATM to eject a large amount of money for the locals to have. He then received a phone call from Luke Hobbs who asked him to come to London.

Nightshade Device

Tej arrived in London and was pleased by the technology that was being provided as it was "way better than that trash in Rio". Tej, along with the rest of the crew, were introduced to their newest target, Owen Shaw and that he was working with Letty Ortiz, Dom's former girlfriend.

That night, they staked out a location where Owen Shaw was hiding after being led there by one of his associates. They realised this was a setup by Shaw who wanted to lure the police away from Interpol Headquarters so that his team could infiltrate it.

Tej, Brian, Roman, Gisele and Han went after Shaw's team however his team were able to evade them by rendering their cars inoperable by overwriting the computer chips in them.

Buying new Cars

Tej and Hobbs attended a car auction to get new cars for the team. Whilst there, they were berated by a punter who told them they looked too informal to attend the auction. Whilst Tej wanted to steal the cars, he instead surprised the punter by using part of his share of the Rio money to buy all of the cars.

When the cars were delivered, he retaliated against the punter by making him undress and leave all of his clothes behind so that he and Hobbs could look "more formal". After Han brought Tej a weapon they took from a mechanic, he uses it to invent a new harpoon made from titanium and powered with nitrous with Roman used to test out, almost killing Dom and Han in the process.

Tank Heist

"Plan B? We need a plan C, D, E. We need more alphabets!"
―Tej to Brian O'Conner

When Owen and his crew stole a tank from a military convoy, Tej watched from a bridge above and provided intel to the team as they chased after him. The crew were then forced to let Owen, and Riley Hicks who was revealed as a double agent, go as they had kidnapped Mia.

Runway Chase

As soon as they left, Tej jammed all the cellular signals so they couldn't instruct their team to kill Mia. The crew then chased after Shaw and Tej and Roman were one of the teams designated to bring the plane down, which they failed to do after Roman got their harpoon stuck on the wing which lifted their car off the ground.

Returning to Los Angeles

After they brought the plane down and recovered the Nightshade computer chip, their records were all cleared and they returned to Los Angeles where they had a barbecue together as a send off for Han who was choosing to go to Tokyo following Gisele's apparent death.

Deckard Shaw's Vengeance

"We're being hunted."
―Tej to Brian O'Conner

Following the job in London, Owen's brother, Deckard Shaw set his sights on Dominic Toretto's Crew after witnessing his brother in a comatose state. He infiltrated the DSS office in Los Angeles and after a fight with Hobbs, gathered the locations on all of the crew. He started in Tokyo where he killed seemingly killed Han and then returned to Los Angeles to target the rest of the team.

Rescuing Ramsey

The team were employed by Mr. Nobody to work for his off the books Agency where they were assigned to rescue a computer hacker named Ramsey in return for using her creation, God's Eye to find and stop Deckard.

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Tej assisted Dom in creating a demon love child between a Dodge Charger and armoured vehicle and drove a heavily modified Jeep Wrangler himself which acted as a shield during the chase. As Ramsey was being transported on unaccessible roads, they were forced to drive their cars out of a plane and parachute to the ground below.

Abu Dhabi

After rescuing Ramsey, they were informed that God's Eye was with her friend in Abu Dhabi and Dom instructed Tej to call that in. When they arrive in Abu Dhabi, they discover that the drive containing God's Eye was sold to a prince living in the Etihad Towers. They managed to get invited to his party and infiltrated his safe that contained his Lykan Hypersport which had the drive in it.

Tej and Ramsey worked together to hack the building to get them in however they were locked out of the system when Kara, one of the prince's bodyguards, raised the alarm. Tej and Ramsey were ambushed by guards who Tej managed to take down. They recovered God's Eye and then used it to track Deckard however Dom snuck off early with members of the Agency to fight him alone as he didn't want to put the team at risk.

Conflict against Mose Jakande

The team returned to Los Angeles, aware that Mose Jakande, a warlord who formed an alliance with Deckard, was going to come after them using God's Eye so that he could kill Ramsey. Tej rides with Roman during the conflict hacking into God's Eye so that Ramsey could regain control of it. During the conflict, they took Ramsey into their car when Jakande blew Brian's car up. And they were forced to swap cars again when Jakande blows up Roman's.

Saying Goodbye to Brian

Following the conflict, the team gathered on the beach to say goodbye to Brian who was going into retirement to focus on Mia, his son and soon to arrive daughter.

Cipher

"Whoever Dom's working with is beyond our pay grade."
―Tej to Luke Hobbs

Betrayed by Dominic Toretto

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Hobbs called in the crew to do a job in Berlin to recover a stolen EMP. During the mission, Tej drove a Dodge Demon and setup a wrecking ball to take out the cars of their enemies. Following their escape, Dom betrayed the team and stole the EMP which he delivered to Cipher as he was forced to work for her after she kidnapped Elena Neves and his son.

The remainder of the team were gathered by Mr. Nobody at the Agency Headquarters where he introduced them to Cipher, a cyberterrorist who turned her sights onto Dom for whatever reason. The base was then infiltrated by Dom and Cipher who steal God's Eye for their own use.

Following the infiltration, Deckard, who was also called in for help, discovered that Dom and Cipher were headed to New York and they followed them there.

New York

Whilst in New York, Tej acquired a Mercedes AMG GT from Mr. Nobody's collection. After Dom stole a nuclear football from a Russian motorcade, Tej and the rest of the crew pursued him in their cars, leading to chase through the city. They cornered Dom in a street and harpooned their cars to his however he was able to destroy their cars one-by-one, destroying his own car in the process.

Submarine Chase

Following this, they discovered that Dom and Cipher were planning on stealing an Akula submarine that contained nukes that the football could activate. They chase Dom to Vladovin, Russia where Tej boards the submarine so they can pull the launch chips. Tej gets locked in the submarine but is freed when Roman pulls the trigger chips.

They then raced the submarine to a sea lock to avoid it escaping into open waters and they were pursued by separatists who had taken over the military base where the submarine was kept. After destroying the separatists and the submarine, Dom rejoins the group after his son was rescued by Deckard and Owen.

Aftermath

Following the submarine job, they went to New York where Letty and Dom were now living and had a barbecue together where they welcome Deckard into the crew. Tej tried to hit on Ramsey but she declined unless he could figure out her last name.

Jakob Toretto's Revenge

"We've never faced anything like this. We're talking vehicular warfare. We're being hunted. Let's get to work"
―Tej Parker
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Tej flees from the Montequinto Military

Project Aries

Tej arrived, with Ramsey and Roman, to Dom and Letty's farmhouse in Los Angeles and shared the news of Mr. Nobody's plane crash and the extraction of Cipher. He let Letty know that they were leaving to go to Montequinto at 8AM if she and Dom wished to join. Dom was initially reluctant as he is now a father but eventually joined when he realized his brother, Jakob Toretto was involved. Tej drove a 2020 Jeep Gladiator in Montequinto and used it to escape with Ramsey and Roman over a bridge which promptly collapsed.

Meeting Sean Boswell

After the gang arrived in the Caspian Sea, Dom instructed the team to split up and sent Tej and Roman to Cologne where they met Sean Boswell, Twinkie and Earl who provided them with weapons, cars and gear as well as a demonstration of their rocket engine-powered Pontiac Fiero which blew up after the demonstration.

Edinburgh

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Tej, Roman, Ramsey and Dom in Edinburgh

Tej and Roman then met up with Ramey and Dom in Edinburgh where Jakob stole the second half of Project Aries. On a hunch, Tej and Roman fought two delivery drivers and discovered a large magnet in the back of their truck which was causing an electromagnetic field to shutdown security systems. Tej and Roman were captured and held hostage in the truck which was then stolen by Ramsey who used it to run Otto's Jaguar off the road. As Ramsey took control of the vehicle, Tej and Roman fought four guards, beat them down and came out on top with ease. Later, Ramsey captured Jakob in the truck using the magnet and they returned to the Caspian Sea where they met reunited with Han, who was still alive and now has an adoptive daughter named Elle.

Going into Orbit

When the bunker was infiltrated, Tej used the magnet to cause a diversion and he fled the bunker with the rest of the team. Once they learnt that Jakob and Otto had launched a satellite into orbit, Tej and Roman contacted Sean and Earl, who had rebuilt the Fiero, and they used it to send themselves into orbit. When Tej tried using the magnets on the Fiero to destroy Otto's satellite, they fail and Roman suggested using the car to break the satellite. Tej warned him that doing so could either, kill them upon impact with the satellite or leave them stranded in space as the remaining engine fuel is what they needed to return to Earth.

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Tej and Roman in space

Roman told Tej that they had no choice and that this may be the end for them and if it is they'll go out together as partners to save their team. Roman activates the engine and blows up the satellite. The duo survive and were found by another rocket ship who helped them get back to Earth.

Returning to Los Angeles

A few weeks later, Tej and Roman regrouped with the rest of the team in Los Angeles and sat down to a barbecue as Brian arrived in his Nissan Skyline.

Dante Reyes' Vengeance

Attack in Rome

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Tej was sent to Rome along with Roman, Ramsay and Han to recover a chip that belonged to a supercomputer, unaware that this was a trap set by Dante Reyes to frame the family as terrorists. In Rome, Tej and Ramsey hijacked a truck that they believed contained the supercomputer chip and are then locked inside by Dante who piloted the truck remotely and triggered multiple explosions which they were blamed for. The attack was intercepted by Dom and Letty who were made aware of Dante's trap by Cipher, and Dom was able to mitigate the effects of the explosion by pushing the bomb into the water.

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As a result of the attack, the family were all framed as terrorists, forcing Tej, Roman, Han and Ramsey to go underground and into hiding to avoid capture by the police. Roman arranges transportation for them in the form of a shipping container transporting aftershave and he uses that to get them to London.

Confronting Deckard Shaw

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After their bank accounts were drained by Dante and they were betrayed by Ramsey's old associate, Bowie, Han decided to pay Deckard a visit to seek his help. Given that Deckard had not made contact with Han following his attempted assassination, he believed Han was coming for revenge and proceeded to fight him, locking Roman, Tej and Ramsay outside. Han then revealed he didn't want to fight Shaw and that he needed his help.

They group were then ambushed by operatives of the Agency who were sent after them by Aimes, and the group worked together with Shaw to take them down. Whilst Shaw provides them with armor, Ramsey discovered that they are being tracked and so are allies of them, including Roman's former associate Monica Fuentes, Tej's old girlfriend Suki and the crews old allies: Sean, Rico, Tego, Elle. Shaw sees this his mother Magdalene is a target and he packed a bag of armor and drove off to find her.

Portugal

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When Aimes joined forces with Dom, with Dom being unaware that this was another trap as Aimes was working for Dante, Aimes arranged air transport for the team to come to the crew's secret rendezvous spot in Portugal. As they approached the landing strip, Aimes shot down the plane that the group were in and revealed that he was working for Dante. The plane went down and seemingly crashed, leaving the fate of those inside, including Tej, unknown.

Personality

"Hey, Tej. Look at you, rolling in a Ferrari, pockets full of cash!"
"Yeah, man. You used to be all Robin Hood, sharing all the money you got."
"You know what? I'm telling you, money changed you."
"You're right. It has changed me. I realized that money doesn't grow on trees. It rains from the sky!"
―Santiago, Benito and Tej[src]

Tej is shown to be highly humble even after he become a millionaire. Even though he had enough money to set himself up without working another day in his life, he still settled for a day job as a mechanic since cars were his passion. Tej's passion for cars is comparable to a marriage as describe by Hobbs. But Tej prefers cars over women, with the reasoning that when you go your separate ways they don't take half your stuff.

Abilities

"This is Tej. Best circuit man on the East Coast."
Brian O'Conner introducing Tej to Dominic Toretto[src]
  • Master Engineer: Tej's car mechanics abilities far surpasses even Dom as regularly has him conduct car modification or replacement searching whenever their current cars were destroyed. He has also further enhanced weapons his team has confiscated from other teams. One example being Shaw's hook gun.
  • Expert Hacker: Tej was originally brought into Toretto's crew because of his technical abilities with computers. He can crack any safe or hack into any system if there is even the slightest possibility anyone can do it. Tej's only limit to tech is when the system is fool-proof. Examples including Reyes' safe which couldn't be opened without his hand print. However, Tej was able to hack the electronic passcode of the safe but that alone couldn't open the safe.
  • Skilled Driver: To be added
  • Expert Martial Artist: Despite primarily serving the role of the tech person of the crew and not directly fighting anyone in the first two missions of the crew, Tej did display skill in close quarters combat as he easily and quickly disabled an armed security guard during a birthday party. He also took out several guards in the crew's search for Otto and Jakob.
  • Skilled Marksman: Tej is proficient with firearms, despite being more of a technician than a field agent. He has wielded various pistols, machine guns and launchers.
  • Multilingualism: Tej speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Equipment

Weapons

Vehicles Driven

Film Car
2 Fast 2 Furious Acura NSX
Dodge Ram
Mitsubishi Evolution
Fast Five Ford Galaxie
Koenigsegg CCXR
Fast & Furious 6 Ferrari FXX
BMW M5
Lucra LC470
Furious 7 Jeep Wrangler
Ferrari 458
The Fate of the Furious Ripsaw MS3 UGV
2016 Mercedes AMG GT S
Dodge Challenger
F9 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
2020 Jeep Gladiator

Relationships

Family

  • Unnamed mother
  • Unnamed father

Allies

Enemies

Trivia

  • Tej appears in the games Fast & Furious: Showdown and Forza Horizon 2 Presents: Fast and Furious.
  • He is the 2nd character to be played by a rapper. His actor, Ludacris, also sung a few songs from the film such as Act A Fool, which is featured in the movie's soundtrack and plays during the film's opening as well as the end credits of the film. He also sang the ending song Furiously Dangerous, which is in the credits for Fast Five. He was also involved in the David Guetta song Rest of My Life, which is featured in the end of Fast and Furious 6 and even appeared in its soundtrack.
    • He is also the only rapper to have a prominent role, along with Tyrese Gibson.
  • Originally, Edwin from the first movie was set to return in 2 Fast 2 Furious. However, Ja Rule "acted too big for the sequel" and ignored calls from director John Singleton, which led to Tej's character being written for the movie instead of Edwin.[3]
  • After Edwin had been rewritten as Tej, he was to be played by rapper Redman. However, due to the scheduling conflicts with his other production - TV series Method & Red, Redman had to drop out, leading to Ludacris being cast instead.

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