Michael Paul Chan
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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
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: June 26, 1950
Age: 74 years old
Gender: Male
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Spy Game
Overview: On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-18
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The Glass House
Overview: When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the beginning of a new life for them.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-14
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U.S. Marshals
Overview: U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-06
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Masked and Anonymous
Overview: A nation wracked with civil war and social unrest anticipates a giant charity concert, organized by deceptive promoter Uncle Sweetheart, who plans on raking in huge sums for himself from the event. Headlining is legendary musician Jack Fate, whose prison time is cut short with Sweetheart's help. Meanwhile, journalist Tom Friend investigates the corrupt concert and sets out to unmask the truth to the public.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-25
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The Insider
Overview: A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-28
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The Immortals
Overview: An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed chases in this powerful action-thriller. Recruited by a Mafia nightclub owner (Eric Roberts), 4 teams launch a brutal cross-town attack to retrieve suitcases full of cash. But as the violence escalates, the team members discover just who their real target has been all along - and the shocking truth they have in common.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-05
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Maverick
Overview: Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-20
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Joshua Tree
Overview: A Los Angeles police detective tracks a fugitive who heads for the desert with a deputy sheriff as hostage.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-08
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Once in the Life
Overview: Two estranged half-brothers, Billy and Torch, reconnect during a brief jail stay. 20/20 Mike concocts a scheme in which the two of them will steal dope from some young couriers. The heist goes wrong when Billy shoots the couriers dead. They hole up in an abandoned building, and 20/20 Mike seeks help from an old cell mate, Tony.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-27
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The Joy Luck Club
Overview: Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-08
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Sudden Terror: The Hijacking of School Bus #17
Overview: In Dade County, Florida, disgruntled taxpayer Harry Kee angrily protests a huge IRS bill by wiring up a box of explosives and hijacking a school bus full of special-needs children. Although the kids are terrified, Marta Caldwell, the bus' Cuban-born driver, remains calm and collected throughout the ordeal, not only helping her charges survive the crisis, but also providing comfort and support to a teacher's aide on the verge of a diabetic seizure. But while Marta keeps her head about her, the kidnapper grows more and more unhinged, and the police surround the hijacked bus, ready to shoot to kill if necessary.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-13
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The Ghost
Overview: A feared Chinese Tong soldier goes undercover in America as an Asian Internet bride.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Suddenly
Overview: Just as Mary is about to take a romantic vacation with her boyfriend, a terrible accident leaves her paralyzed. Bitter and devastated by her condition, she shuns her friends, but with the help of Joe, a fellow paraplegic, she learns to embrace life and love again.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-01
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Double Tap
Overview: A drug-lord targets an undercover FBI agent and the hit man she falls in love with while tracking.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-05
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Runaway
Overview: In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-14
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Fatal Friendship
Overview: A man begins suspecting that his best friend may be involved in an international crime ring.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-01
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Mrs. Harris
Overview: Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-25
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Falling Down
Overview: An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-26
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Galaxis
Overview: Legend says that the sacred crystal is the source for all life and was created at the beginning of time. Kyla has sought the crystal to use its powers for himself and he takes the crystal after smashing the defenders on the Planet Sintaria. But there is another identical crystal on Earth and Ladera heads there to get it before the evil Kyla. She finds that Jed has taken the crystal from is hiding place, but Victor and his inexhaustible hit men want it for money they gave to Jed. Ladera easily handles the weak earthlings and saves Jed, but Kyla is also after the crystal. Jed and Ladera must find the crystal before Kyla, the clueless cops or the dimwitted villains.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-27
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Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Overview: Stone (the Antichrist) becomes President of the European Union and uses his seat of power to dissolve the United Nations and create a one world government called the World Union. Megiddo is a supernatural ride into a world teetering on the edge of the Apocalypse. It follows the rise of a Machiavellian leader bent on amassing the armies of the world for the battle of Armageddon while calamities of Biblical proportions pummel the Earth.
Genres: Action Thriller Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-07
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Thousand Pieces of Gold
Overview: In 1880s China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town, the property of a saloon owner who renames her China Polly and plans to sell her as entertainment for the locals. Refusing to become a whore, Lalu ultimately finds her own way in this strange country filled with white demons.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-26
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Rapid Fire
Overview: College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-21
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Americanese
Overview: Long after their breakup, Chinese American Raymond Ding and Amerasian Aurora Crane struggle to let go. Torn apart by mismatched ideals, meddling friends, and the complexities of racial identities, they find other suitable mates but cannot stay away from each other
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-15
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Body Armor
Overview: Soldier of fortune Ken Conway gets a job offer from his former fiancee to look into the whereabouts of a missing scientist. The scientist was working for pharmaceutical researcher Dr. Krago, so Conway goes undercover to infiltrate the doctor's operation. He soon discovers what Krago's scheme is: he creates super-diseases and their cures at the same time, and gets rich by releasing the disease and selling the cure. Ken tries to take this information to the authorities, but finds out too late that he has been infected with the doctor's latest creation, and he has only 48 hours left to live if he can't get his hands on the antidote
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-22
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Molly
Overview: Molly McKay is a profoundly autistic twenty-something woman who has lived in an institution from a young age following her parents' death in a car accident. When the institution must close due budget cuts, Molly is left in the care of her neurotypical, older brother, Buck McKay, an advertising executive and perennial bachelor. Buck makes her undergo an experimental medical treatment, with unexpectedly drastic results.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-22
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Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure
Overview: TV producer Clair Archer, charged with the murder of her co-producer, hires attorney Simon Mitchell to defend her. Though happily married, Simon falls for Clair's seductive wiles.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-19
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Stranger on My Land
Overview: A Vietnam veteran has to fight peacefully with words once more when the Air Force wants to expropriate his ranch for the construction of an air base.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-17
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The Goonies
Overview: Young teenager Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data, Chunk, and Mouth set off on a quest to find the secret stash of Pirate One-Eyed Willie.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-07
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Dangerous Heart
Overview: A cop begins to turn to booze and cocaine during a tough undercover assignment. When a big drug-buy goes sour and the cop ends up with a million in cash, he decides to take off with the money. The drug dealer catches up with him, but he dies before revealing where he stashed the cash. Months later, the drug dealer finds the cop's wife and seduces her, in an effort to find his missing million. In the process, he falls in love with her and alienates his former partners in crime.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-02
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The Seduction of Gina
Overview: Gina is young, recently married and bored. On a trip to Lake Tahoe she discovers the game of blackjack. Increasingly obsessed with gambling, she keeps hoping her lucky streak will last.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-17
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Batman Forever
Overview: In the looming shadows of Gotham City, two villainous souls devise twin schemes of revenge against the city's dark guardian. Two-Face, disfigured by chance and fueled by vengeance, is obsessed with destroying Batman, while the Riddler, a disillusioned genius, pursues the destruction of billionaire Bruce Wayne. Together they've hatched a plot to absorb and control the minds of all of Gotham City's residents, and only Batman and his new partner, Robin, can stop them! But the Dark Knight is hindered by a mystery from his own childhood. He must hope that a new found love can help him overcome the incident that made him what he is. In the end, he must decide: will he be Batman—forever?
Genres: Action Crime Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-16
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Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
Overview: TV movie based on the novel "Blood Brothers," about the murder of Jose Menéndez and his wife Kitty by their sons, Erik and Lyle.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-18
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Cardiac Arrest
Overview: The "Missing Heart Murders" are plaguing San Francisco - dead bodies that turn up with their hears surgically removed! So a weak-stomached homicide cop looks into the possibilities of a black market for human organs, while across town a man must make a difficult decision regarding his wife, who needs a transplant...
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-28
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Quicksilver
Overview: Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whiz kid. After a disastrous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over. He loses his nerve and joins a speed delivery firm which relies on bicycles to avoid traffic jams of San Francisco, is attracted to a fellow bicycler, Terri, and befriends Hector, a budding entrepreneur. Can Jack regain his nerve and his self-respect, and rebuild his life on a more sound basis?
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-14
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Boy Genius
Overview: A twelve year-old child prodigy teams up with a quirky retiree to solve a crime and save his family from splitting up.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-05
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Thief
Overview: Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-27
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Batman & Robin
Overview: Batman and Robin deal with relationship issues while preventing Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from attacking Gotham City.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-20
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Paper Dragons
Overview: A small-time hood, left for dead after double-crossing drug dealers, is taken in by a monastery and taught the art of kung fu.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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The Three Kings
Overview: The made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in a Los Angeles-area mental institution. Dressed as the Three Wise Men for a Christmas pageant, the trio is suddenly struck with the delusion that they are really their Biblical counterparts on a quest to find the Baby Jesus. As TV cameras grind away, the three ersatz Kings surreptitiously ride out of the gates of the asylum—on camels—and into the mean streets of LA. As the story draws to its conclusion, the three escapees find themselves providing a Christmas miracle (but not in the form of rap) for a group of homeless people on the outskirts of the city.
Genres: Family Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-17
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A Friend to Die For
Overview: Angela Delvecchio, from a poor family, moves into the rich town Montevista. She admires Stacy, leader of the most prestigious clique of her high school, and seeks Stacy's friendship. But when she defends outsider Monica against Stacy, she becomes Stacy's target herself.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-24
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Between Borders
Overview: In a crumbling Soviet Union, the Petrosyan family finds themselves as outcasts—wherever they go. Their Armenian heritage marks them for discrimination, first in their home country of Azerbaijan and then in Russia. After finding their eternal hope through a church planted by American missionaries, the hostility of everyday life pushes them to seek refuge in the United States. In the shadow of exile, hope became their home. Based on a riveting true story of faith and hope set amidst great oppression.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-26
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