Master Shifu is a major character in the Kung Fu Panda series. He is a red panda who is the student of the late Master Oogway and the trainer to all the greatest warriors in China, including Po (the Dragon Warrior) and the Furious Five. He is also the adoptive father of Tai Lung and Tigeress.
He is voiced by Dustin Hoffman in the films and by Fred Tatasciore in Kung-Fu Panada: Legend of Awesoness and the video games.