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Michael Paul Chan (born June 26, 1950) is an American actor.[1] He is known for his role as Lieutenant Michael Tao on the TNT series The Closer and Major Crimes. He also acted in U.S. Marshals, playing an assassin.[2]

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Michael Paul Chan
Chan in 2016
Born	(1950-06-26) June 26, 1950 (age 72) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Christina Ann ​ (m. 1975)​
Children	1

Biography

Chan was born in San Francisco, California. Chan, a third-generation Chinese American, is a founding member of the Asian American Theater Company. He is married with one child. His brother is Jeffery Paul Chan, an author and academic.

His television work has included roles like Judge Lionel Ping on Arrested Development, Detective Ron Lu on Robbery Homicide Division, the voice of Jimmy Ho on The PJ's, Mr. Chong on The Wonder Years, a Japanese investor in the 1990 Northern Exposure episode "Dreams, Schemes and Putting Greens", an agent of the C.I.A. (Chinese Intelligence Agency) on a 2011 episode of The Simpsons, and roles on shows like Bones, Babylon 5, Nash Bridges and The Young and the Restless.

One of his more notable film roles was as the Korean 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. Another was as Data's father in The Goonies. He appeared in both of Joel Schumacher's Batman movies, in two different roles: a Wayne Enterprises executive in Batman Forever, and Dr. Lee in Batman & Robin. Other films in his filmography include Americanese, Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, U.S. Marshals, Spy Game, The Protector, Quicksilver, The Joy Luck Club, The Insider, and Thief.

Filmography

References

External links

• Michael Paul Chan at IMDb

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[de] Michael Paul Chan

Michael Paul Chan (* 26. Juni 1950 in San Francisco, Kalifornien) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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- [en] Michael Paul Chan

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[es] Michael Paul Chan

Michael Paul Chan (nació el 26 de junio de 1950) es un actor estadounidense.[1]  conocido por su papel como el teniente Michael Tao en las series del canal TNT The Closer y su spin-off Major Crimes.[2]

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