François Chau

François Chau
Chau in 2023
Born	(1959-10-26) October 26, 1959 (age 65) Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Website	www.francoischau.com

François Chau (born October 26, 1959) is a Cambodian and American actor. He is known for his roles as Dr. Pierre Chang in ABC's Lost,^[1] Quick Kick on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Dr. Chang in the film 21 & Over, Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, and as industrialist Jules-Pierre Mao in The Expanse.

Early life

Chau was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, of Chinese and Vietnamese descent.^[2] 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^[3] and now lives with his wife and daughter.^[4]

Career

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.^[5]

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,^[6] 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.^[7]

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 Arli$$. In 2019 he starred in the science fiction horror film The Honeymoon Phase.^[8]

Personal life

Chau is married and has a daughter.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Kusei: Endangered Species	Alien's	Voice, short film
	Chisai Samurai	Bandit #1	Short film
1987	G.I. Joe: The Movie	Quick Kick	Voice, direct-to-video
1989	The Iron Triangle	Captain Duc / AVRN
1991	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze	The Shredder	Credited as Francois Chau
1992	Rapid Fire	Detective Farris
1993	Point of No Return	Building Security Guard
1994	Blue Tiger	Soya
1995	No Way Back	FBI Agent Gim Takakura
1997	Beverly Hills Ninja	Izumo
	City of Industry	Luke "Uncle Luke"
	Wounded	Mr. Lee
	Chinese Box	Mr. Wong	Uncredited
1998	Lethal Weapon 4	Four Father
1999	Godzilla 2000	Professor Yujj Shinoda	Voice, English version
	Paper Bullets	Yang
	At Face Value	Kee Sung Park	Short film
2000	What's Cooking?	Duc Nguyen	Credited as Francois Chau
	Deep Core	Crewmember
2003	Paris	Mr. Kim
2006	Rescue Dawn	Province Governor	Credited as Francois Chau
	No. 6	Yoon	Short film
2007	Orchard Orientation Film Outtakes	Dr. Edgar Halliwax	Short film Direct-to-video
2009	The Lodger	Sam	Credited as Francois Chau
	Ingenious	Mr. Chow
	Powder Blue	Butcher	Uncredited
2010	Lost: Epilogue - The New Man in Charge	Dr. Pierre Chang	Uncredited Short film Direct-to-video
	Deadbeat	Dad	Short film
2013	21 & Over	Dr. Chang	Credited as Francois Chau
	Chris Brown: Fine China	Father / Mafia Boss	Short film Direct-to-video
2014	Office Ninja	Kenji
	A Day of Havoc	Doom	Short film
2015	The Boy Next Door	Detective Johnny Chou	Credited as Francois Chau
2016	The Last Tour	Colonel Tran
2017	F**Ked Up	Daddy Chao	Short film Direct-to-video
2019	The Honeymoon Phase	The Director
2020	Birds of Prey	Mr. Keo
2021	Raya and the Last Dragon	Wahn[9]	Voice

Television

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 II	"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	Series[10]
	The Penguin	Feng Zhao	3 episodes Miniseries

Video games

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[11][12]
2023	The Expanse: A Telltale Series	Jules-Pierre Mao	Voice

Awards and nominations

• 2011 Ovation Awards: Nominated for Featured Actor in a Play for the role of Dr. Heng in the Geffen Playhouse production of "Extraordinary Chambers"^[13]

References

1. Hoschartner, Jon (March 30, 2017). "Actor From Lost Describes Show's Production". Splice Today. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
2. "François Chau".
3. "Interview with Chau". August 2012. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 11 September 2013 – via YouTube.
4. "Interview with Chau on AA Risings". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28.
5. "Pierre Chang". Lost.about.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
6. "Watch: Chris Brown's new song 'Fine China' is Michael Jackson meeting racial conflict: Watch". Immaculate Noise. HitFix. 1 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
7. D'Alessandro, Anthony (2018-12-11). "Chris Messina Joins Warner Bros/DC's 'Birds Of Prey' As Bad Guy Victor Zsasz". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
8. "Horror Feature: Interview with Phillip G. Carroll Jr. writer and director of The Honeymoon Phase". The Horror Channel. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
9. Evangelista, Chris (March 4, 2021). "'Raya and the Last Dragon' Production Diaries: Kelly Marie Tran Reveals Her Makeshift At-Home Recording Studio". www.slashfilm.com. Slash Film. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
10. Williams, Caleb (August 24, 2022). "François Chau & Ryan Mah Join Netflix's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' as Fire Nation Members". Knight Edge Media. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
11. Archer, Callum (September 6, 2020). "In-Game Vs Reality: What Ghost of Tsushima Characters Look Like In Real Life". www.thegamer.com. The Gamer. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
12. Ames, Jeff (July 22, 2020). "Ghost of Tsushima Review: An Engaging & Dazzling New World". www.comingsoon.net. ComingSoon.Net. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
13. "Kiss Me Kate Tops 2011 Ovation Award Nominations". 19 September 2011. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

External links

• Official website
• François Chau at IMDb
• AArisings A-Profiler Interview Published November 18, 2007