François Chau

Chang in the film 21 & Over, Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, Zane in K.C. Undercover, and as industrialist Jules-Pierre Mao in The Expanse.

• Name — François Chau • Born — 26 October 1959 • Birthplace — Phnom Penh, Cambodia • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1985–present

Chau was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, of Chinese and Vietnamese descent. When he was roughly 6 years old, he and his family moved to Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). At the age of 7, Chau moved from Saigon to France due to the Vietnam War and after a year moved to Washington, D.C., United States. Chau and his family settled there, and he was also schooled there. After he graduated from college, Chau moved out to Los Angeles where he has remained since and now lives with his wife and daughter.

Chau has had a number of diverse roles, playing Chinese, Japanese and even Hmong characters, most notably as Dr. Martin Ng in the American sci-fi series Gemini Division, and as Dr. Pierre Chang in 17 episodes of ABC's Lost. Chau has also taken on a number of smaller TV roles. He has appeared as Koo Yin, a Chinese consul in the drama 24 and a Chinese diplomat in Stargate SG-1. He was the voice of Quick Kick on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and Dr. Shen in XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and he portrayed Lieutenant Winston 'Vagabond' Chang in the Wing Commander III and Wing Commander IV video games. He was the voice of Sensei Ishikawa in the Ghost of Tsushima video game. Chau has appeared as a guest star in The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., The Unit, NUMB3RS, ER, Baywatch, Alias, Shark, Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy, JAG, Medium, The X-Files, Last Man Standing, and NCIS. He was also featured in Chris Brown's music video Fine China, the 2013 film 21 & Over, the television film 9/11: The Twin Towers, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, where he physically played Shredder. His latest projects have included a Syfy production, The Expanse, starring as recurring character Jules-Pierre Mao, father of main character Julie Mao, and a recurring role as Arthur's step-father Walter on The Tick. He has also appeared in the Disney Channel spy-action comedy, K.C. Undercover, where he plays Zane, an evil villain who kidnaps K.C. and threatens to kill her family, due to a checkered history with them. Chau portrayed mob-boss Mr. Keo in Cathy Yan's live action DC adaptation of Birds of Prey, starring Margot Robbie. Chau appeared on The George Lucas Talk Show during a fundraiser where various guests appeared for a marathon of the entirety of the seventh season of the HBO series Arliss. In 2019, he starred in the science fiction horror film The Honeymoon Phase.

Chau is married and has a daughter.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1985 — G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero — Quick Kick — Voice, 11 episodes • 1987 — Hill Street Blues — Emperor Leader — Episode: "A Pound of Flesh" Credited as Francois Chau • 1988 — Vietnam War Story — "Jojo" — Episode: "Dusk to Dawn" Credited as Francois Chau • 1989 — Tour of Duty — Vietnamese Man — Episode: "The Volunteer" • The Karate Kid: The Animated Series — Additional voices — Episode: "My Brother's Keeper" Credited as Francois Chau • Wiseguy — Episode: "Battle of the Barge" • 1990 — China Beach — White Mouse — Episode: "Phoenix" • Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes — Captain Fukuda — Television film • 1991 — The Flash — Johnny Choi — Episode: "Captain Cold" Credited as Francois Chau • Baywatch — Tadashi — Episode: "Nightmare Bay" Credited as Francois Chau • MacGyver — Chi — Episode: "The Coltons" Credited as Francois Chau • Reasonable Doubts — Joey — Episode: "...and Sleep Won't Come" Credited as Francois Chau • 1992 — Tequila and Bonetti — Gang Member — Episode: "Language of the Heart" • Intruders — Lab Technician — 2 episodes Television miniseries Credited as Francois Chau • 1993 — Wild Palms — Hiro — 3 episodes Television miniseries • 1994 — Viper — Bobby Murabito — Episode: "Mind Games" • The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. — Aide — Episode: "And That Makes Three" Credited as Francois Chau • Time Trax — Cano Chan — Episode: "The Last M.I.A." • 1995 — Tokyo Bound — Male Voice — Television film • 1996 — Shattered Mind — Resident — Television film • ER — Neuro Resident — Episode: "Baby Shower" • Goode Behavior — Episode: "Goode and Fried" • 1997 — ER — Neurosurgeon — Episode: "Ambush" Credited as Francois Chau • Melrose Place — Businessman — Episode: "The Doctor Is In... Deep" • Profit — Mr. Wong — Episode: "Chinese Box" Credited as Francois Chau • 1998 — Night Man — Chinese Intelligence Officer — Episode: "House of Soul" • 1999 — Sons of Thunder — Dow Long — Episode: "Lost & Found" Credited as Francois Chau • Nash Bridges — Albert Lee — Episode: "High Society" • 2000 — JAG — Kin Ku — Episode: "The Bridge at Kang So Ri" Credited as Francois Chau • Walker, Texas Ranger — Mr. Chen — 3 episodes Credited as Francois Chau • 2001 — JAG — General Shin Wa Chen — Episode: "Dog Robber" Credited as Francois Chau • 2002 — The Invisible Man — Chen Po Li — Episode: "The Invisible Woman" • 2003 — Stargate: SG-1 — Chinese Ambassador — Episode: "Disclosure" • Dragnet — Chief Edward Laseur — Episode: "Let's Make a Deal" • The Agency — Jin-Gui Kim — Episode: "Our Man in Washington" • Line of Fire — Tran Mai — Episode: "Boom, Swagger, Boom" • 2004 — Alias — Mr. Cho — Episode: "Crossings" • Helter Skelter — Dr. Noguchi — Television film • North Shore — Satoshi Ohashi — Episode: "Tessa" • 2005 — 24 — Consul Koo Yin — Episode: "Day 4: 2:00 a.m.–3:00 a.m." • 2005–2010 — Lost — Dr. Pierre Chang / Various — 17 episodes • 2005 — Grey's Anatomy — Dr. Chue — Episode: "Bring the Pain" Credited as Francois Chau • 2006 — Popcorn Zen — Bandit #1 — Episode: "#2.2" • 9/11: The Twin Towers — Hong Zhu — Television film • Numbers — Kaj-Jan Chen — Episode: "The Mole" Credited as Francois Chau • 2007 — The Unit — Captain — Episode: "Sub-Conscious" Credited as Francois Chau • Shark — Mike Wong — Episode: "Dr. Laura" • 2008 — Medium — Doctor — Episode: "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Credited as Francois Chau • Gemini Division — Dr. Martin Ng — 6 episodes • 2009 — Gary Unmarried — Bobby Kim — Episode: "Gary and the Trophy" • 2010 — The Deep End — Lewis Chin — Episode: "Where There's Smoke" • Lost: Untangled — Dr. Pierre Chang — 2 episodes • 2011 — Chuck — Guillermo Chan — Episode: "Chuck Versus the First Bank of Evil" Credited as Francois Chau • The Chicago Code — Chairman Lau — Episode: "O'Leary's Cow" Credited as Francois Chau • Franklin & Bash — Mr. Han — Episode: "Jennifer of Troy" Credited as Francois Chau • Childrens Hospital — Mr. Lee — Episode: "Nip/Tug" Credited as Francois Chau • Castle — Clifford Lee — Episode: "Kick the Ballistics" Credited as Francois Chau • Charlie's Angels — Frankie Han — Episode: "They Are Not Saints" Credited as Francois Chau • 2012 — NCIS: Los Angeles — Binh Tran — Episode: "The Dragon and the Fairy" • Awake — John Koh — Episode: "Game Day" Credited as Francois Chau • BFFs — Jessica's Father — 2 episodes • 2013 — The Secret Life of the American Teenager — Dr. Chan — Episode: "It's a Miracle" Credited as Francois Chau • Body of Proof — Chinese Consolate — Episode: "Disappearing Act" • Nikita — Dr. Kang — Episode: "Til Death Do Us Part" • Childrens Hospital — Kaiju — Episode: "Triangles" Credited as Francois Chau • Aqua Teen Hunger Force — Bill — Episode: "Storage Zeebles" • The Mentalist — Mr. Nguyen — Episode: "Green Thumb" • The Ordained — Howard Ping — Television film • 2014 — Hawaii Five-0 — Gary 'Aikupu — Episode: "Ma lalo o ka 'ili" • Rizzoli & Isles — Harold Chen — Episode: "If You Can't Stand the Heat" Credited as Francois Chau • Criminal Minds — Dr. Jack Chun — Episode: "The Itch" • Bones — Victor Lee — Episode: "The Lost Love in the Foreign Land" Credited as Francois Chau • 2015 — Major Crimes — Raymond Phan — Episode: "Four of a Kind" Credited as Francois Chau • 2015–2017 — K.C. Undercover — Zane — 7 episodes • 2015–2018 — The Expanse — Jules-Pierre Mao — 13 episodes Credited as Francois Chau • 2016 — Aquarius — South Vietnamese Consul — Episode: "When My Guitar Gently Weeps" • Berlin Station — Peter Shipley — Episode: "Station to Station" Credited as Francois Chau • Grand Junction — Jae Kim — Television film • 2017 — MacGyver — Richard Sang — Episode: "Compass" Credited as Francois Chau • 2017–2019 — The Tick — Walter — 10 episodes Credited as Francois Chau • 2018 — The X-Files — Peter Wong — Episode: "Ghouli" • 2018–2021 — Last Man Standing — Henry — 3 episodes Credited as Francois Chau • 2019 — NCIS — Henry Deng — Episode: "Bears and Cubs" Credited as Francois Chau • Veronica Mars — Hu — Episode: "Spring Break Forever" Credited as Francois Chau • No Good Nick — Detective Pham — Episode: "The Fool's Errand" • Room 104 — Dr. Blake — Episode: "Itchy" • How to Get Away with Murder — Carl's Lawyer — Episode: "I Hate the World" • 2020 — Magnum, P.I. — Kinny — Episode: "A Game of Cat and Mouse" Credited as Francois Chau • Space Command — Jerome Kiriyama — Episode: "Ripple Effect" • (home)Schooled — Principal Coleman — Television film • 2021 — Fantasy Island — Brent Lee — Episode: "His and Hers/The Heartbreak Hotel" • The Good Doctor — Leonard Song — Episode: "Crazytown" • 2022 — Chicago Med — Patrick Choi — Episode: "What You Don't Know Can't Hurt You" Credited as Francois Chau • American Gigolo — Don Clyborne — 4 episodes • 2023 — Quantum Leap — Lewis Tan — Episode: "Paging Dr. Song" • Law & Order: Organized Crime — Michael Quan — 2 episodes • Barry — Bong — 3 episodes • 2024 — Avatar: The Last Airbender — Great Sage — 2 episodes • The Penguin — Feng Zhao — 3 episodes Miniseries • Laid — Ruby's dad — Episode: "Il Mostro del Sesso"

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1994 — Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger — Lieutenant Winston "Vagabond" Chang (live action) • 1995 — Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom • 2000 — Starlancer — Ronin Wing Leader • 2012 — XCOM: Enemy Unknown — Dr. Raymond Shen — Credited as Francois Chau • 2016 — XCOM 2 • 2020 — Ghost of Tsushima — Sensei Sadanobu Ishikawa — Voice and motion capture • 2023 — The Expanse: A Telltale Series — Jules-Pierre Mao — Voice

François Chau is recorded as actor.