ACTOR

Michael Paul Chan

1950 - Today

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Michael Paul Chan (born June 26, 1950) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Lieutenant Michael Tao on the TNT series The Closer and Major Crimes. Chan also acted in U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Paul Chan has received more than 779,602 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Michael Paul Chan is the 4,636th most popular actor (up from 5,048th in 2019), the 6,794th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,494th in 2019) and the 2,078th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 780k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Michael Paul Chans by language

Over the past year Michael Paul Chan has had the most page views in the with 107,628 views, followed by Italian (11,428), and Japanese (11,115). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (80.00%), Italian (43.82%), and Egyptian Arabic (42.48%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Paul Chan ranks 4,636 out of 13,578. Before him are Art Acord, Anita Thallaug, Nadia Cassini, Michael Kelly, Halit Akçatepe, and Amanda Bearse. After him are Alice Braga, Soon-Tek Oh, Jacques Weber, Rona Hartner, George Nader, and Ford Sterling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Michael Paul Chan ranks 374. Before him are Ulf Ekman, Wendie Malick, Vladislav Bogićević, Maricica Puică, Patty Murray, and Rick Baker. After him are Mariya Petkova, Paolo Pulici, Anna Jantar, Mauro Bellugi, John Paul Young, and Lee Wan-koo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Paul Chan ranks 6,794 out of 20,380. Before him are S. Epatha Merkerson (1952), Art Acord (1890), Nadia Cassini (1949), Michael Kelly (1969), Peter Pace (1945), and Amanda Bearse (1958). After him are Bert Stern (1929), James Nachtwey (1948), Zalman King (1941), Abel P. Upshur (1790), Henry L. Giclas (1910), and George Nader (1921).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Michael Paul Chan ranks 2,078. Before him are Wendell Corey (1914), S. Epatha Merkerson (1952), Art Acord (1890), Nadia Cassini (1949), Michael Kelly (1969), and Amanda Bearse (1958). After him are George Nader (1921), Ford Sterling (1883), Camille Keaton (1947), Joe Spano (1946), Dylan Baker (1959), and Jeffrey Donovan (1968).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Goonies
Data's Father
A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of Pirate One-Eyed Willie.
Jun 7o 19857.5 / 10
Falling Down
Mr. Lee
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Feb 26o 19937.378 / 10
Batman Forever
Executive
Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat.
Jun 16o 19955.411 / 10