Michael Tow

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Michael Tow
Born3 September
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, director, producer, financial planner
Years active2007–present

Michael Tow is an American actor, director and producer. [1] [2] He is best known for his work on Lucky Grandma , Blindspot and Unfinished Business . [3] [4] Currently, he is in City on Fire as Joe Yeung, the father of Samantha Yeung (Chase Sui Wonders).

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Life and career

Tow was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He is married with three daughters. [5] He is of Chinese descent. [6]

Tow's theater credits include Chinglish at Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Wild Swans at the American Repertory Theater and Proof at Central Sq Theater. [7] [8]

Filmography

As actor

YearTitleRoleNote
2007 Brotherhood Chinese GenTV series
2008En RouteResidentShort Film
2009JK LOLShort Film
2011Edward and the Samurai GhostThe SamuraiShort Film
2013 R.I.P.D. R.I.P.D. Evidence Clerk
2013Reindeer GamesGabeShort Film
2014Wander My FriendsKhan
2014Confounding VariableGeoffreyShort Film
2014SoulmatingMike / MoraxShort Film
2014The Cocks of the WalkDickey Pham
2015A Killer ServeRay Wong
2015 Unfinished Business Japanese Businessman
2015 Daredevil Another WorkerTV series
2015 Royal Pains Mr. XuTV series
2015East of HollywoodKenShort Film
2015 Master of None WaiterTV series
2017 MacGyver Agent ChoTV series
2017My Famous Dead BoyfriendGenghis KhanTV series
2017Ghost Source ZeroOT Boss
2018 Slender Man Calculus Teacher
2018 Iron Fist ClerkTV series
2019 Blindspot Del ToroTV series
2019 Lucky Grandma Little Handsome [3]
2019 Sound of Metal Pharmacist
2019 Jungleland Kind Father
2019 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Counselor Josh WangTV series
2020 Defending Jacob ReporterTV mini series
2020 NOS4A2 Agent ChenTV Series
2020First One InMr. Lee
2020 The Blacklist Cong YangTV series
2021 Free Guy Rain Man
2022 Blue Bloods Mike HuangTV series
2022 The Resident Nathan ZhouTV series
2022 Hocus Pocus 2 Mr. Wilke
2022A Father's SonYun Lun KongShort Film
2023MandarinsMichael ChuShort Film
2023 Boston Strangler JC Kim
2023 Law & Order: Organized Crime Wen ShaoTV series
2023 City on Fire Joe YeungTV series
2023 Special Ops: Lioness Dr. HammondTV series
2024 Power Book III: Raising Kanan Jerry KanTV series

As filmmaker

YearTitleWriterDirectorProducerNotes
2013Reindeer GamesRed x.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgShort Film
2014SoulmatingRed x.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgShort Film
2015East of HollywoodRed x.svgRed x.svgGreen check.svgShort Film
2016A-WokeGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgVideo Short
2017Self-PerceptionGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgVideo Short
2017That's Not the NannyGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgVideo Short [9]
2017UnUnitedGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgVideo Short
2017Hawaii Five-BelowGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgVideo Short
2017ZachWashedGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgVideo Short
2017Irony FistGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgVideo Short
2017Christmas ForwardGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgShort Film
2018This Is Asian AmericaGreen check.svgGreen check.svgGreen check.svgVideo Short

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