Michael Paul Chan
Known For
Acting
Born
1950-06-26 in 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
Most Known For
The Simpsons
as Chinese Agent (voice)
Bones
as Professor Shi Jon Chen
Hawaii Five-0
as Captain Tanaka
JAG
as Sonsiri
The Closer
as Mike Tao
Murder, She Wrote
as Trevor Han
MacGyver
as Banker
The Resident
as Yee Austin
Arrested Development
as Judge Ping
MacGyver
as Dahn Nguyen
Babylon 5
as Roberts
The Good Fight
as Judge Vincent Park
Crossing Jordan
as Yoshi
Las Vegas
as Mr. Zhao
Las Vegas
as Mr. Larry Chen
Dynasty
The Wonder Years
as Mr. Chong
Knots Landing
as Mr. Tomita
Major Crimes
as Lt. Mike Tao
Strong Medicine
as Dr. Dexter Chen