Michael Paul Chan (born June 26, 1950 San Francisco, California, USA) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Lieutenant Michael Tao on the TNT series The Closer and Major Crimes. He also acted in U.S. Marshals, playing an assassin.
One of his more notable film roles was as the convenience store owner in the 1993 film Falling Down, where he refused to give a discount to Michael Douglas' character when he attempted to purchase a can of soda to get change for the pay telephone outside the store. Another was as Data's father in The Goonies. He appeared in both of Joel Schumacher's Batman movies, in two different roles: a Wayne Enterprises executive in Batman Forever, and Dr. Lee in Batman & Robin. Other films in his filmography include Americanese, Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, U.S. Marshals, Spy Game, Quicksilver, The Joy Luck Club, The Insider, and Thief.
Chan, a third-generation Chinese American, is a founding member of the Asian American Theater Company. He is married with one child. His brother is Jeffery Paul Chan, an author and academic.
