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Tzi Ma
Born: 10th Jun 1962 Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Dept: Acting
Tzi Ma (Chinese: 馬泰;) is a Hong Kong-American actor. He is well known for his roles in television shows, such as The Man in the High Castle and 24, and films, such as Dante's Peak, Rush Hour, Rush Hour 3, Arrival, The Farewell, Tigertail, and Mulan. In 2021, he starred in the American martial arts television series Kung Fu on The CW.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 107
Film: 55 (51%)
Television: 52 (49%)
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Filmography
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In Vancouver's Chinatown district, beatmaker Rikki Meng falls in love with the The Chinatown Diner, a soon-to-be-demolished diner by day and undergrou ... view
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Rising MMA star Cole 'Pretty Boy' Thomas is unwittingly drawn into a violent criminal world. When a nightclub arms deal goes wrong and his sister is s ... view
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A dancer returns home to care for his estranged father with terminal cancer and finding redemption, healing, and purpose by mentoring a diverse commun ... view
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Ming Lee
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A recent immigrant and trophy wife from Hong Kong rediscovers her love of dance after her wealthy husband's betrayal. ... view
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2025
When the most wanted man in America surfaces in a small Kentucky town, his violent history -- and a blood-thirsty mob seeking vengeance and a king’s ... view
Character:
Lin
Jan 2025 (first aired)
A year after the death of his friend and partner Sherlock Holmes at the hands of Moriarty, Dr. John Watson resumes his medical career as the head of a ... view
Character:
Uncle Jun (2 ep.)
Nov 2024 (first aired)
Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural, tries to find his way into the larger story–and along the way discovers secrets ab ... view
Character:
Joe Wu (8 ep.)
2024
More focused on her business than finding love, Lia is forced to go on five blind dates set up by her family and best friend after she is told by a fo ... view
Character:
Xien
Original title: 독전 2
2023
A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with ... view
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Professor Lee
2023
An Asian family celebrating at a Chinese restaurant for their daughter's engagement joyfully sing karaoke on stage when suddenly a group of racist hec ... view
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Father
2022
A Father’s Son is story-spinoff based on author Henry Chang’s crime novel series featuring NYPD Detective Jack Yu. Set in the early '90s when loca ... view
Character:
Krang Li
2022
A young Chinese-American cop unravels after accidentally shooting an innocent African-American man through a wall. ... view
Character:
Chow Tan
Apr 2021 (first aired)
A quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese-American woman to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China ... view
Character:
Jin Shen (39 ep.)
Mar 2021 (first aired)
Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birt ... view
Character:
Mr. Liu (voice) (2 ep.)
Mr. Liu / Dragon (voice) (1 ep.)
2020
Suzie, a rising young architect, returns to her small hometown in Maine for Christmas. When she gets there, she is pushed to follow her grandmother's ... view
Character:
Pete Yung
2020
With the help of popular movie stars, this documentary tells the coming-of-age story of a young Asian-American actress navigating the convoluted and n ... view
Character:
Self
2020
A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client ... view
Character:
Mr. Chang
2020
When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan, ... view
Character:
Hua Zhou
2020
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter. ... view
Character:
Grover
Oct 2019 (first aired)
The Treadstone project, having created super spy Jason Bourne, turns its attention on a new protocol to develop unstoppable superhuman assassins. ... view
Character:
General Chin-Hwa Kwon (1 ep.)
Sep 2019 (first aired)
Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining conv ... view
Character:
Self - Guest (1 ep.)
Aug 2019 (first aired)
The last in a line of Chosen Ones, a wannabe chef teams up with a homicide detective to unravel an ancient mystery and take down supernatural assassin ... view
Character:
Mr. Young (6 ep.)
2019
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's dec ... view
Character:
Haiyan
Oct 2018 (first aired)
Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot for the Resistance, is tasked with a top secret mission to investigate the First Order, a growing threat in the galaxy. ... view
Character:
Hamato Xiono (voice) (2 ep.)
2018
Troubled teens in a 2nd chance 'bootcamp' program encounter a group of terrorists trying to take out a rural nuclear power plant. Stuck in remote area ... view
Character:
Hawking
2018
Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building. ... view
Character:
Fire Chief Sheng
Jan 2018 (first aired)
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good ... view
Character:
Ted Zhou (1 ep.)
2017
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an Ameri ... view
Character:
Yu Hing
2017
A devoted wife and mother is forced to reassess her reverence for her husband after she finds another woman’s thong in his laundry. ... view
Character:
Bing
2017
In 1976 San Francisco, 10-year-old Ivy is a girl who must learn the balance between her two cultural identities — being Chinese, but still wishing t ... view
Character:
Gung-Gung
Jan 2017 (first aired)
Eric Beaumont's crisis negotiator team is brought in to save lives and resolve the most difficult kidnap and ransom cases when no one else can. ... view
Character:
Lormong Vang (1 ep.)
2016
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are ... view
Character:
General Shang
2016
Lily, a young doctor, wakes up from a car accident and discovers she is living a completely different life. Now married to her boyfriend’s rival, Dr ... view
Character:
Mr. Zhang
Jan 2016 (first aired)
Lone-wolf detective Angie Tribeca and a squad of committed LAPD detectives investigate the most serious cases, from the murder of a ventriloquist to a ... view
Character:
Joseph Takagi (1 ep.)
2016
A young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife. ... view
Character:
Quok Mi
Original title: 滿月酒
2015
Danny, a Taiwanese-American man, and his partner Tate want to have a baby, but the complex world of international surrogacy is further complicated by ... view
Character:
Mr. Lin
Jan 2015 (first aired)
Explore what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winni ... view
Character:
General Onada (6 ep.)
Jan 2015 (first aired)
Harry Bosch, an LAPD homicide detective, stands trial for the fatal shooting of a serial murder suspect. A cold case involving the remains of a missin ... view
Character:
Brent Charles (2 ep.)
Jan 2015 (first aired)
Josh Greenberg is a naive romantic on a desperate quest for love. When his longtime girlfriend dumps him, Josh enters the dating scene, a nightmarish ... view
Character:
Master Sheng (1 ep.)
Sep 2014 (first aired)
After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and sm ... view
Character:
President Miguel Da Silva (1 ep.)
2014
After an illustrious special ops career ends in disaster, Alexander goes off the grid and attempts to lead a quiet life as a handyman at an apartment ... view
Character:
Mr. Chen
2014
In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher f ... view
Character:
Chang
Apr 2014 (first aired)
In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspire ... view
Character:
Yao (3 ep.)
Sep 2013 (first aired)
Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate ... view
Character:
Agent Kwan (1 ep.)
2013
Chink is about an Asian American man who has internalized the racism he felt as a child and turned it into a hatred of all Asians – including himsel ... view
Character:
Mr. Chang
2013
When three childhood friends reunite on one midsummer night, their delirious abandon and reminiscence explodes into a daring search for hope and deliv ... view
Character:
Simo Kim
Sep 2012 (first aired)
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in reha ... view
Character:
Xi Hai Ching (1 ep.)
2012
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Represen ... view
Character:
Mr. Zheng
Jul 2012 (first aired)
Dr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscientist and professor, is recruited to help the federal government crack difficult cases. His intimate knowledge of human ... view
Character:
Prof. Arthur Wei (1 ep.)
Apr 2012 (first aired)
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she ex ... view
Character:
Lu Chi-Jang (4 ep.)
Nov 2011 (first aired)
The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who k ... view
Character:
Tao (5 ep.)
Oct 2011 (first aired)
There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows ... view
Character:
The Dragon (3 ep.)
Sep 2010 (first aired)
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Ste ... view
Character:
Mr. Chi (1 ep.)
Sep 2009 (first aired)
The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializ ... view
Character:
Jun Lee (1 ep.)
Feb 2009 (first aired)
Echo is a member of a highly illegal and underground group of individuals whose personalities have been wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any ... view
Character:
Matsu (1 ep.)
Jan 2009 (first aired)
The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is l ... view
Character:
Mr. Chen (1 ep.)
2008
In Koreatown, Los Angeles, a young man, Kengo, believes he's the son of God - that's what his mother told him since he was a young boy. He spends his ... view
Character:
Glen
Sep 2008 (first aired)
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a dead ... view
Character:
Ming Che (1 ep.)
2008
Lonely gay teenager, McClain, struggles to fit in with his classmates in a small, conservative Colorado town. After he's severely beaten at school, Ka ... view
Character:
Buddhist Monk
2008
Tells the story of Larry and Trudie Long, a popular Asian American nightclub act of the '40s and '50s, told through the eyes of their daughter, actres ... view
Character:
Self
2008
A tragic tale of an Asian youth's gang life in South East Los Angeles, set during the mid 80's to the early 90s. ... view
Character:
Pops
2007
Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although ... view
Character:
Governor
2007
After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous ... view
Character:
Solon Han
Jan 2007 (first aired)
Dragon Boys is a CBC Television miniseries starring Eric Tsang, Byron Mann, Lawrence Chou, Tzi Ma, Lauren Lee Smith, Steph Song, Darryl Quon, Christin ... view
Character:
Henry Wah (2 ep.)
2006
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classm ... view
Character:
Mr. Chiu
Mar 2006 (first aired)
A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protect ... view
Character:
Rudy Hartano (1 ep.)
2006
From silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle, the Slanted Screen examines the portrayal Asian men in film and televisio ... view
Character:
Himself
Sep 2005 (first aired)
Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate -- she has twin teenagers, a 6-year-old at home and an ambitious husband at the office, and she is about to bec ... view
Character:
Chinese Ambassador (2 ep.)
2005
The Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York. ... view
Character:
Ed Wong
Mar 2005 (first aired)
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. ... view
Character:
Mr. Patterson (1 ep.)
Feb 2005 (first aired)
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his b ... view
Character:
Bah Bah (voice) (5 ep.)
Sep 2004 (first aired)
Revolves around a fictional elite crime unit of the Honolulu Police Department headed by veteran detective and local legend Sean Harrison and John Dec ... view
Character:
Joseph Dao (1 ep.)
2004
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord ... view
Character:
The General
Sep 2003 (first aired)
Jake 2.0 is an American science fiction television series originally broadcast on UPN in 2003. The series was canceled on January 14, 2004 due to low ... view
Character:
Nanda Sang (1 ep.)
2002
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her at ... view
Character:
Hinh
2001
A romantic drama/detective story about big-time copyright fraud and a bigger-time crush. A complicated love triangle plays out to a dramatic climax, t ... view
Character:
Mr. Hu'o'ng
Nov 2001 (first aired)
The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor ... view
Character:
Ed (1 ep.)
Nov 2001 (first aired)
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a si ... view
Character:
Cheng Zhi (14 ep.)
1999
An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After 22 years, the children are reunited with their ... view
Character:
Vinh
Sep 1998 (first aired)
Sammo Law spins, kicks, and chops his way through crime as a one-man police force in Los Angeles. He's a tough law enforcer who comes to the U.S. in s ... view
Character:
Lee Hei (5 ep.)
1998
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Dete ... view
Character:
Consul Han
Jan 1998 (first aired)
The Magnificent Seven is an American western television series based on the 1960 movie, which is a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai. It aired ... view
Character:
Wo Chin's Father (1 ep.)
1997
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the co ... view
Character:
Li Cheng
Mar 1997 (first aired)
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its story ... view
Character:
Tang Jingyu (1 ep.)
1997
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. ... view
Character:
Stan
Oct 1996 (first aired)
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against th ... view
Character:
Captain Youfook Law (1 ep.)
Dr. Takashi (1 ep.)
1996
At the University of Chicago, a research team that includes brilliant student machinist Eddie Kasalivich experiences a breakthrough: a stable form of ... view
Character:
Lu Chen
Mar 1996 (first aired)
Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite Special Investigations Unit. He tackles crime using his keen ... view
Character:
Jimmy Zee (2 ep.)
Sep 1995 (first aired)
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of offic ... view
Character:
Inspector Chang (1 ep.)
Sep 1994 (first aired)
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened e ... view
Character:
Mr. Yeung (1 ep.)
Sep 1994 (first aired)
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The se ... view
Character:
Mr. Wang (1 ep.)
Feb 1994 (first aired)
Vanishing Son is a short-lived syndicated action television series that was part of Universal Television's Action Pack. Starting as a series of four m ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1994
A brash 22-year-old FBI agent trumps up charges of Communist-spying against a Chinese laundryman. 10 years later, he wants to make amends to the man a ... view
Character:
Chen Jung Song
Aug 1993 (first aired)
A tough-as-rawhide cowpoke, debonair ladies' man and Harvard-educated smarty-britches roams from Frisco to Jalisco in pursuit of outlaws who killed hi ... view
Character:
Chan (1 ep.)
1992
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin. ... view
Character:
Kinman Tau
Sep 1990 (first aired)
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someo ... view
Character:
Deputy Counsel General Li Chen (1 ep.)
1990
After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develop ... view
Character:
Tak Akita
1990
Judith Shapiro's dream has come true. Due to the process of opening to the west in China she has been invited to stay for two years in Shang Sa, Hunan ... view
Character:
Li Dao
Jan 1990 (first aired)
Yellowthread Street is a 1990 ITV police procedural developed by Ranald Graham. Adapted from the novels by William Leonard Marshall, the thirteen epis ... view
Character:
Det. Eddie Pak (6 ep.)
1989
Based on a story by Vietnam veteran Paul Staples, the film concerns six American Green Berets, held for 17 years in a Vietnamese POW camp. They are fi ... view
Character:
Premier
Sep 1987 (first aired)
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new world ... view
Character:
Biomolecular Physiologist (1 ep.)
1986
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a ban ... view
Character:
Hwang
Sep 1985 (first aired)
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed ... view
Character:
Wing Lee (1 ep.)
Sep 1985 (first aired)
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as ... view
Character:
Mr. Lin (1 ep.)
Sep 1984 (first aired)
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until Apri ... view
Character:
Mr. Lee (1 ep.)
1981
New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies' man John Russo trails Angel ... view
Character:
(uncredited)
1979
A rock band is on the brink of super-stardom. Until now they've juggled their music career with cocaine smuggling. The musicians and their manager wis ... view
Character:
Jimmy Lee