Michael Paul Chan

Michael Paul Chan

73 · Born: Jun 26, 1950

Personal Details

Born Jun 26, 1950 San Francisco, California, USA

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

Career

2023
Hello Tomorrow!
Hello Tomorrow! as Walter Greene
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2020
MacGyver
MacGyver as Dahn Nguyen
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2019
Emmett
Emmett as Sam
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2016
Hawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-0 as Captain Tanaka
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2012
Major Crimes
Major Crimes as Lt. Mike Tao
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2010
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
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2006
Americanese
Americanese as Jimmy Chan
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Bones
Bones as Professor Shi Jon Chen
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2005
The Closer
The Closer as Mike Tao
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2003
Masked and Anonymous
Masked and Anonymous as Guard
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Las Vegas
Las Vegas
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2002
Robbery Homicide Division
Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan as Yoshi
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2001
The Ghost
The Ghost as Inspector Wu
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Spy Game
Spy Game as Vincent Vy Ngo
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2000
Once in the Life
Once in the Life as Buddha
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1999
Molly
Molly as Domingo
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The PJs
The PJs as Jimmy Ho
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1997
The Protector
The Protector as Dr. Anthony Mane
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1996
Paper Dragons
Paper Dragons as Lee Hongpo
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Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17
1995
Galaxis
Galaxis as Manny Hopkins
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JAG
JAG as Sonsiri
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1994
Dangerous Heart
Dangerous Heart as Capt. Lin
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1993
Falling Down
Falling Down as Mr. Lee
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Joshua Tree
Joshua Tree as Jimmy Shoeshine
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1992
Rapid Fire
Rapid Fire as Carl Chang
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1991
Fatal Friendship
Fatal Friendship as Mr. Kee
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Thousand Pieces of Gold
Thousand Pieces of Gold as Hong King
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1987
The Three Kings
The Three Kings
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1984
Runaway
Runaway as Wilson
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1980
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac Arrest as Wylie Wong
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