Michael Tow is an American actor, director and producer. He is best known for his work on Paramount+’s Special Ops: Lioness, Lucky Grandma, and Hocus Pocus 2. He starred in Apple TV’s City on Fire as Joe Yeung, the father of Samantha Yeung (Chase Sui Wonders). He is also a Senior Pro Pickleball player.
Life and career Tow was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He is married with three daughters. He is of Chinese descent.
Tow's theater credits include Chinglish at Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Wild Swans at American Repertory Theater and Proof at Central Square Theater.
Filmography As actor Year Title Role Note 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 2019 Sound of Metal Pharmacist 2019 Jungleland Kind Father 2019 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Counselor Josh Wang TV series2020Defending JacobReporterTV miniseries2020NOS4A2Agent ChenTV series2020First One InMr. Lee2020The BlacklistCong YangTV series2021Free GuyRain Man2022Blue BloodsMike HuangTV series2022The ResidentNathan ZhouTV series2022Hocus Pocus 2Mr. Wilke2022A Father's SonYun Lun KongShort Film2023MandarinsMichael ChuShort Film2023Boston StranglerJC Kim2023Law & Order: Organized CrimeWen ShaoTV series2023City on FireJoe YeungTV series2023Special Ops: LionessDr. HammondTV series2024Power Book III: Raising KananJerry KanTV series As filmmaker YearTitleWriterDirectorProducerNotes 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 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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