Michael Tow | |
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Born | 3 September Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Actor, writer, director, producer, financial planner |
Years active | 2007–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).
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]
As actor
Year | Title | Role | Note |
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2007 | Brotherhood | Chinese Gen | TV series |
2008 | En Route | Resident | Short Film |
2009 | JK LOL | Short Film | |
2011 | Edward and the Samurai Ghost | The Samurai | Short Film |
2013 | R.I.P.D. | R.I.P.D. Evidence Clerk | |
2013 | Reindeer Games | Gabe | Short Film |
2014 | Wander My Friends | Khan | |
2014 | Confounding Variable | Geoffrey | Short Film |
2014 | Soulmating | Mike / Morax | Short Film |
2014 | The Cocks of the Walk | Dickey Pham | |
2015 | A Killer Serve | Ray Wong | |
2015 | Unfinished Business | Japanese Businessman | |
2015 | Daredevil | Another Worker | TV series |
2015 | Royal Pains | Mr. Xu | TV series |
2015 | East of Hollywood | Ken | Short Film |
2015 | Master of None | Waiter | TV series |
2017 | MacGyver | Agent Cho | TV series |
2017 | My Famous Dead Boyfriend | Genghis Khan | TV series |
2017 | Ghost Source Zero | OT Boss | |
2018 | Slender Man | Calculus Teacher | |
2018 | Iron Fist | Clerk | TV series |
2019 | Blindspot | Del Toro | TV series |
2019 | Lucky Grandma | Little Handsome | [3] |
2019 | Sound of Metal | Pharmacist | |
2019 | Jungleland | Kind Father | |
2019 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Counselor Josh Wang | TV series |
2020 | Defending Jacob | Reporter | TV mini series |
2020 | NOS4A2 | Agent Chen | TV Series |
2020 | First One In | Mr. Lee | |
2020 | The Blacklist | Cong Yang | TV series |
2021 | Free Guy | Rain Man | |
2022 | Blue Bloods | Mike Huang | TV series |
2022 | The Resident | Nathan Zhou | TV series |
2022 | Hocus Pocus 2 | Mr. Wilke | |
2022 | A Father's Son | Yun Lun Kong | Short Film |
2023 | Mandarins | Michael Chu | Short Film |
2023 | Boston Strangler | JC Kim | |
2023 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Wen Shao | TV series |
2023 | City on Fire | Joe Yeung | TV series |
2023 | Special Ops: Lioness | Dr. Hammond | TV series |
2024 | Power Book III: Raising Kanan | Jerry Kan | TV series |
As filmmaker
Year | Title | Writer | Director | Producer | Notes |
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2013 | Reindeer Games | Short Film | |||
2014 | Soulmating | Short Film | |||
2015 | East of Hollywood | Short Film | |||
2016 | A-Woke | Video Short | |||
2017 | Self-Perception | Video Short | |||
2017 | That's Not the Nanny | Video Short [9] | |||
2017 | UnUnited | Video Short | |||
2017 | Hawaii Five-Below | Video Short | |||
2017 | ZachWashed | Video Short | |||
2017 | Irony Fist | Video Short | |||
2017 | Christmas Forward | Short Film | |||
2018 | This Is Asian America | Video Short |
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