Michael Paul Chan

Michael Paul Chan

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

Known For: Acting

Born: San Francisco, California, USA, 1950-06-26

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	Cardiac Arrest	Wylie Wong	36
2	1981	Thief	Waiter at Chinese Restaurant	72
3	1984	The Seduction of Gina	Jack	56
4	1984	Runaway	Wilson	55
5	1985	The Goonies	Data's Father	75
6	1986	Quicksilver	Asian Gang Member #2	56
7	1987	The Three Kings	Second Cop	28
8	1988	Stranger on My Land	Eliot	50
9	1991	Thousand Pieces of Gold	Hong King	68
10	1991	Fatal Friendship	Mr. Kee	0
11	1992	Rapid Fire	Carl Chang	64
12	1993	Falling Down	Mr. Lee	74
13	1993	Joshua Tree	Jimmy Shoeshine	61
14	1993	The Joy Luck Club	Harold	71
15	1994	Dangerous Heart	Capt. Lin	50
16	1994	Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders	Lester Kuriyama	75
17	1994	Maverick	Riverboat Poker Player	69
18	1994	A Friend to Die For	Mr. Kwan	62
19	1995	Batman Forever	Executive	54
20	1995	Galaxis	Manny Hopkins	40
21	1995	Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure	Judge Hakawa	47
22	1995	The Immortals	Mifune	57
23	1996	Paper Dragons	Lee Hongpo	20
24	1996	Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17	Harry Kee	42
25	1996	Suddenly		40
26	1997	Batman & Robin	Observatory Scientist	44
27	1997	Double Tap	Fung Suk	53
28	1997	Body Armor	Dr. Anthony Mane	27
29	1998	U.S. Marshals	Chen	65
30	1999	Molly	Domingo	42
31	1999	The Insider	Norman the Cameraman	75
32	2000	Once in the Life	Buddha	46
33	2001	The Ghost	Inspector Wu	18
34	2001	Megiddo: The Omega Code 2		46
35	2001	The Glass House	Mr. Kim	59
36	2001	Spy Game	Vincent Vy Ngo	69
37	2003	Masked and Anonymous	Guard	50
38	2006	Mrs. Harris	Dr. Louis Roh	59
39	2006	Americanese	Jimmy Chan	15
40	2019	Boy Genius	Sam	70
41	2025	Between Borders	The Judge	40

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	Police Woman		63
2	1977	CHiPs	Earl Sakai	68
3	1979	Knots Landing	Mr. Tomita	69
4	1981	Dynasty		65
5	1982	T. J. Hooker		64
6	1982	T. J. Hooker	Doctor	64
7	1982	Cagney & Lacey		69
8	1984	Hunter	Male Nurse	72
9	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Trevor Han	75
10	1985	MacGyver	Banker	77
11	1985	The Colbys		61
12	1987	Tour of Duty	Victor Charles	80
13	1987	Jake and the Fatman		60
14	1988	The Wonder Years	Mr. Chong	83
15	1989	Alien Nation		69
16	1989	Hardball		70
17	1989	The Simpsons	Chinese Agent (voice)	80
18	1990	Northern Exposure	Masuto	79
19	1991	Under Cover	Dr. Lee	60
20	1992	2000 Malibu Road		65
21	1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman		70
22	1994	Babylon 5	Roberts	80
23	1994	Valley of the Dolls	Rick Chen	20
24	1994	One West Waikiki		74
25	1995	JAG	Sonsiri	73
26	1996	Nash Bridges		67
27	1996	Arliss		67
28	1996	Early Edition	Han	73
29	1997	Brooklyn South	Keith Chan	97
30	1998	V.I.P.	Captain Go	53
31	1999	The PJs	Jimmy Ho (voice)	67
32	2000	Strong Medicine	Dr. Dexter Chen	71
33	2000	Static Shock	Mr. Kim (voice)	80
34	2000	Nikki	Dr. Cheng	55
35	2001	Crossing Jordan	Yoshi	72
36	2002	Robbery Homicide Division		87
37	2002	Boomtown	Lobo Chan	65
38	2003	Las Vegas		70
39	2003	Arrested Development	Judge Ping	79
40	2005	The Closer	Mike Tao	79
41	2005	Bones	Professor Shi Jon Chen	82
42	2006	Smith		71
43	2010	Hawaii Five-0	Captain Tanaka	78
44	2012	Major Crimes	Lt. Mike Tao	74
45	2016	MacGyver	Dahn Nguyen	73
46	2017	The Good Fight	Judge Vincent Park	76
47	2018	The Resident	Yee Austin	84
48	2023	Hello Tomorrow!	Walter Greene	61
49	2023	Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai	The Lion (voice)	81

Michael Paul Chan

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