Michael Paul Chan (born June 26, 1950) is an American actor. 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 **in.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Filmography
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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 *anese 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

• Thief (1981, Movie)
• The Goonies (1985, Movie)
• Hill Street Blues (1985, TV Series)
• Quicksilver (1986, Movie)
• The Wonder Years (1988-1993, TV Series)
• Thousand Pieces of Gold (1991, Movie)
• The Joy Luck Club (1993, Movie)
• Falling Down (1993, Movie)
• Babylon 5 (1994-1998, TV Series)
• JAG (1995, TV series)
• Batman Forever (1995, Movie)
• Nash Bridges (1996-2001, TV Series)
• Batman & Robin (1997, Movie)
• The Protector (1997, Movie)
• U.S. Marshals (1998, Movie)
• The Insider (1999, Movie)
• The Young and the Restless (TV Series)
• Americanese (2006, Movie)
• Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001, Movie)
• Spy Game (2001, Movie)
• Robbery Homicide Division (2002-2003, TV Series)
• Arrested Development (2003-2006, TV Series)
• The Closer (2005–2012, TV Series) - Lt. Tao
• Bones (2005-2017, TV Series)
• Major Crimes (2012–2018, TV Series) - Lt. Tao
• MacGyver (2021, TV Series) - Dollar Tan

References

External links

• Michael Paul Chan at IMDb