Marcus Chong
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| Born | Marcus Wyatt July 8, 1967 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Years active | 1978-present |
Marcus Chong (born Marcus Wyatt on July 8, 1967) is an American actor.
Chong was born in Seattle, Washington, and was adopted by comedian Tommy Chong of Cheech and Chong fame; contrary to popular belief, he is not the half-brother to actress Rae Dawn Chong.[1][2] Chong's biological father had been a local newscaster in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years.[3]
In the early 1990s he played lead character Miguel Mendez on the TV show Street Justice. He later appeared in the Vanishing Son action series as Fu Qua Johnson and has also played a biracial character of African American/Chinese descent in Season 3 of the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ('Inheritance')
He has also starred as Tank in the critically acclaimed film The Matrix. The character was written out of the film's sequels after a dispute between Chong and the film's directors, Larry and Andy Wachowski, led to his firing.[4]
Marcus also starred as Huey P. Newton in the 1995 movie Panther.
He currently goes to the Art Institute of California Los Angeles studying Video Production.
[edit] References
- ^ Marcus Chong Biography on filmreference.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-28.
- ^ Thomas Chong Biography on Yahoo! TV. Retrieved on 2007-06-23.
- ^ Raley, Dan (2007-01-31). Where Are They Now? Martin Wyatt, former Huskies running back. Retrieved on 2007-05-29.
- ^ Wilkinson, Peter (2007-01-12). The Mystery of Larry Wachowski. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2007-05-29.
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