François Chau

François Chau (born October 26, 1959) is a Cambodian actor based in the United States. He is known for his roles as Dr. Pierre Chang in ABC's Lost, 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, Zane in K.C. Undercover, and as industrialist Jules-Pierre Mao in The Expanse.

Early life 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.

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.

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.

Personal life Chau is married and has a daughter. Voice 2026

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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 "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 ChauGemini Division Dr. Martin Ng 6 episodes 2009Gary 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"

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 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"