Michael Paul Chan

Born: 1950-06-26

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


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as Observatory Scientist
Released: 1997-06-20

Batman and Robin deal with relationship issues while preventing Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from...

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as Executive
Released: 1995-06-16

Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help...

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as Data's Father
Released: 1985-06-07

A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to...

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Falling Down

as Mr. Lee
Released: 1993-02-26

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and...

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Joshua Tree

as Jimmy Shoeshine
Released: 1993-04-08

A Los Angeles police detective tracks a fugitive who heads for the desert with a deputy sheriff...

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U.S. Marshals

as Chen
Released: 1998-03-06

U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The...

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as Riverboat Poker Player
Released: 1994-05-20

Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional...

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Spy Game

as Vincent Vy Ngo
Released: 2001-11-18

On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been...

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Thief

as Waiter at Chinese Restaurant
Released: 1981-03-27

Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He...

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The Insider

as Norman the Cameraman
Released: 1999-10-28

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a...

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The Glass House

as Mr. Kim
Released: 2001-09-14

When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are...

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Runaway

as Wilson
Released: 1984-12-14

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns...

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A Friend to Die For

as Mr. Kwan
Released: 1994-09-24

Angela Delvecchio, coming from a rather poor family, moves into the rich town Montevista. She...

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The Joy Luck Club

as Harold
Released: 1993-09-08

Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers...

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Rapid Fire

as Carl Chang
Released: 1992-08-21

College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he...

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Quicksilver

as Asian Gang Member #2
Released: 1986-02-14

Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional...

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Masked and Anonymous

as Guard
Released: 2003-07-25

Amidst unrest, organizers put on a benefit concert.

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Dangerous Heart

as Capt. Lin
Released: 1994-02-02

A cop begins to turn to booze and cocaine during a tough undercover assignment. When a big...

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Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

as uncredited
Released: 2001-09-07

Stone (the Antichrist) becomes President of the European Union and uses his seat of power to...

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Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure

as Judge Hakawa
Released: 1995-09-19

TV producer Clair Archer, charged with the murder of her co-producer, hires attorney Simon...

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Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders

as Lester Kuriyama
Released: 1994-04-18

TV movie based on the novel "Blood Brothers," about the murder of Jose Menéndez and his wife...

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Molly

as Domingo
Released: 1999-10-22

Molly McKay is a profoundly autistic twenty-something woman who has lived in an institution from...

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The Three Kings

as Second Cop
Released: 1987-12-17

The made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in...

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Double Tap

as Fung Suk
Released: 1997-09-05

A drug-lord targets an undercover FBI agent and the hit man she falls in love with while tracking.

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The Immortals

as Mifune
Released: 1995-10-05

An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city-...

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Mrs. Harris

as Dr. Louis Roh
Released: 2006-02-25

Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a...

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Boy Genius

as Sam
Released: 2019-09-05

A twelve year-old child prodigy teams up with a quirky retiree to solve a crime and save his...

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The Ghost

as Inspector Wu
Released: 2001-01-01

A feared Chinese Tong soldier goes undercover in America as an Asian Internet bride.

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Between Borders

as The Judge
Released: 2025-01-26

The incredible true story of an Armenian family forced to flee their home during the collapse of...

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Galaxis

as Manny Hopkins
Released: 1995-06-27

Legend says that the sacred crystal is the source for all life and was created at the beginning...

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Thousand Pieces of Gold

as Hong King
Released: 1991-04-26

In 1880s China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than...

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Stranger on My Land

as Eliot
Released: 1988-01-17

A Vietnam veteran has to fight peacefully with words once more when the Air Force wants to...

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Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17

as Harry Kee
Released: 1996-09-13

In Dade County, Florida, disgruntled taxpayer Harry Kee angrily protests a huge IRS bill by...

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Cardiac Arrest

as Wylie Wong
Released: 1980-01-28

The "Missing Heart Murders" are plaguing San Francisco - dead bodies that turn up with their...

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Once in the Life

as Buddha
Released: 2000-10-27

Two estranged half-brothers, Billy and Torch, reconnect during a brief jail stay. 20/20 Mike...

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Paper Dragons

as Lee Hongpo
Released: 1996-01-01

A small-time hood, left for dead after double-crossing drug dealers, is taken in by a monastery...

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The Seduction of Gina

as Jack
Released: 1984-01-17

Gina is young, recently married and bored. On a trip to Lake Tahoe she discovers the game of...

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Suddenly

as uncredited
Released: 1996-12-01

Just as Mary is about to take a romantic vacation with her boyfriend, a terrible accident leaves...

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Fatal Friendship

as Mr. Kee
Released: 1991-12-01

A man begins suspecting that his best friend may be involved in an international crime ring.

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Body Armor

as Dr. Anthony Mane
Released: 1997-12-22

Soldier of fortune Ken Conway gets a job offer from his former fiancee to look into the...

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Americanese

as Jimmy Chan
Released: 2006-03-15

Long after their breakup, Chinese American Raymond Ding and Amerasian Aurora Crane struggle to...

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The Simpsons

as Chinese Agent (voice)
First aired: 1989-12-17

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday...

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The Resident

as Yee Austin
First aired: 2018-01-21

A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day,...

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Bones

as Professor Shi Jon Chen
First aired: 2005-09-13

Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special...

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Hawaii Five-0

as Captain Tanaka
First aired: 2010-09-20

Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers...

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MacGyver

as Banker
First aired: 1985-09-29

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a...

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The Wonder Years

as Mr. Chong
First aired: 1988-01-31

The story of Kevin Arnold facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during...

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JAG

as Sonsiri
First aired: 1995-09-23

Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge...

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MacGyver

as Dahn Nguyen
First aired: 2016-09-23

20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for...

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Babylon 5

as Roberts
First aired: 1994-01-26

Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth...

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The Closer

as Mike Tao
First aired: 2005-06-13

Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Trevor Han
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Dynasty

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-12

The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch;...

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The Good Fight

as Judge Vincent Park
First aired: 2017-02-19

Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an...

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Knots Landing

as Mr. Tomita
First aired: 1979-12-27

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a...

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Las Vegas

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-09-22

Ed Deline is a strict ex-CIA officer who went from being Head of Security to becoming President...

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Major Crimes

as Lt. Mike Tao
First aired: 2012-08-13

Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law...

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Crossing Jordan

as Yoshi
First aired: 2001-09-24

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan...

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Arrested Development

as Judge Ping
First aired: 2003-11-02

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to...

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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-09-12

A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty...

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T. J. Hooker

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-03-13

Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who...

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Nash Bridges

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-03-29

Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite...

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V.I.P.

as Captain Go
First aired: 1998-09-26

While attending a Hollywood premiere with a famous action star, a crazed fan pulls a gun—but her...

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Early Edition

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-09-28

Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives...

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Tour of Duty

as Victor Charles
First aired: 1987-09-24

The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.

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Strong Medicine

as Dr. Dexter Chen
First aired: 2000-07-23

The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.

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Cagney & Lacey

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-03-25

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...

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Static Shock

as Mr. Kim (voice)
First aired: 2000-09-23

The adventures of a teenage superhero who fights crime in Dakota City.

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Arliss

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-08-10

A behind-the-scenes look at the glitzy, big-money world of professional sports following the...

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Jake and the Fatman

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-26

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L....

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Hunter

as Male Nurse
First aired: 1984-09-18

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...

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Police Woman

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-13

Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los...

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CHiPs

as Earl Sakai
First aired: 1977-09-15

Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...

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Hello Tomorrow!

as Walter Greene
First aired: 2023-02-16

In a retro-futuristic world, charismatic salesman Jack Billings leads a team of fellow sales...

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The PJs

as Jimmy Ho (voice)
First aired: 1999-01-10

Thurgood Stubbs lives with his wife, Muriel, in the Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs housing project,...

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The Colbys

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-11-20

The Colbys is an American prime time soap opera, which originally aired on ABC from November 20,...

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Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

as The Lion (voice)
First aired: 2023-05-23

Set in 1920s Shanghai, ten-year-old Sam and 12-year-old Elle return the Mogwai Gizmo back home...

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Alien Nation

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-09-18

Detective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien...

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Boomtown

as Lobo Chan
First aired: 2002-09-29

Each episode of this series, set in contemporary Los Angeles, examines one crime from many...

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One West Waikiki

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-08-04

One West Waikiki is an American crime/drama TV show set in Hawaii which ran from 1994-1996. It...

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Hardball

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-09-21

Hardball is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990...

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Robbery Homicide Division

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-09-27

Robbery Homicide Division was an American police procedural television series on CBS, created by...

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Smith

as uncredited
First aired: 2006-09-19

Though Bobby Stevens appears to be a regular family man with a nine-to-five job, he's actually...

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2000 Malibu Road

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-08-23

2000 Malibu Road is a prime time American soap opera that aired on CBS in the summer of 1992....

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Valley of the Dolls

as Rick Chen
First aired: 1994-06-13

A late-night syndicated TV series based on Jacqueline Susann's novel "Valley of the Dolls" which...

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