Person Details

Birthday: 1950-06-26 08:07:40

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: San Francisco - California - USA

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Movie Involvements: 32

TV Involvements: 18


Most Famous Work

Biography

Michael Paul Chan (born June 26, 1950) is an American television and film actor. Some of his recent television work includes Judge Lionel Ping on Arrested Development, Robbery Homicide Division, Dr. Lee in the Joel Schumacher directed "Batman & Robin," the voice of Jimmy Ho on The PJ's, and Detective Michael Tao on the TNT series The Closer. He had a recurring role in The Wonder Years as Mr. Chong. He also played the role of Dr. Louis Rob in Mrs. Harris and appears in the independent film, Americanese. Chan also played the part of the convenience store owner in the 1993 film Falling Down, where he refused to give a discount to Michael Douglas' character when he attempted to purchase a can of soda to get change for the pay telephone outside the store. Recently, he was seen playing the bookie "Andy" on the daytime drama the Young and the Restless. He also provided the voice for an agent of the C.I.A. (Chinese Intelligence Agency) on a 2011 episode of "The Simpsons." He made an appearance on the crime/drama/comedy series "Bones". In 1994, Chan played the character "Roberts" in the episode "The War Prayer" of US TV series Babylon 5. Some of his other movie roles were the Chinese Premier in Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, and as a CIA official, Vincent Vy Ngo, in Spy Game. Chan, a third generation Chinese American, was born in San Francisco, California. He is a founding member of the Asian American Theater Company. He is married with one child. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Paul Chan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Most Famous Work

Bones
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8

Bones

(2005) Professor Shi Jon Chen
Hawaii Five-0
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8

Hawaii Five-0

(2010) Captain Tanaka
MacGyver
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7

MacGyver

(2016) Dahn Nguyen
Major Crimes
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7

Major Crimes

(2012) Lt. Mike Tao
JAG
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7

JAG

(1995) Sonsiri
The Good Fight
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8

The Good Fight

(2017) Judge Vincent Park
The Resident
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8

The Resident

(2018) Yee Austin
The Closer
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8

The Closer

(2005) Mike Tao

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Walter Greene
2019 Sam
2018 Yee Austin
2017 Judge Vincent Park
2016 Dahn Nguyen
2012 Lt. Mike Tao
2010 Captain Tanaka
2006 N/A
Jimmy Chan
Dr. Louis Roh
2005 Professor Shi Jon Chen
Mike Tao
2003 Judge Ping
N/A
Guard
2002 Lobo Chan
N/A
2001 Vincent Vy Ngo
Yoshi
Mr. Kim
N/A
Inspector Wu
2000 Buddha
Mr. Kim (voice)
N/A
1999 Norman the Cameraman
Domingo
Jimmy Ho
1998 Captain Go
Xian Chen
1997 Dr. Anthony Mane
N/A
Fung Suk
Observatory Scientist
1996 N/A
N/A
Harry Kee
N/A
N/A
Lee Hongpo
1995 Mifune
Sonsiri
Judge Hakawa
Manny Hopkins
Executive
1994 Mr. Kwan
Rick Chen
Riverboat Poker Player
Lester Kuriyama
Capt. Lin
Roberts
1993 N/A
Harold
Jimmy Shoeshine
Mr. Lee
1992 N/A
Carl Chang
1991 Mr. Kee
Hong King
Dr. Lee
1989 N/A
N/A
N/A
1988 Mr. Chong
Eliot
1987 Second Cop
N/A
Victor Charles
1986 Asian Gang Member #2
1985 N/A
Data's Father
1984 Wilson
Male Nurse
Jack
1982 N/A
N/A
1981 Waiter at Chinese Restaurant
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1980 Wylie Wong
1979 N/A
1977 Earl Sakai
1974 N/A
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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