François Chau
Biography
François Chau is a Cambodian actor who has appeared in a range of American film, television, and voice roles. Born in Phnom Penh and raised in Washington, D.C., he became known for playing Dr. Pierre Chang in ABC's Lost, Quick Kick on G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Dr. Chang in 21 & Over (2013), Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), Zane in K.C. Undercover, and Jules-Pierre Mao in The Expanse. His other credits include Dr. Martin Ng in Gemini Division, guest roles on series such as The X-Files, ER, and NCIS, and the films Birds of Prey and The Honeymoon Phase (2019). He also voiced Dr. Shen in XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Sensei Ishikawa in Ghost of Tsushima, and in 2011 he was nominated for an Ovation Award for featured actor in a play for Extraordinary Chambers at the Geffen Playhouse.
67years old
Turns 68 on October 26in 349 days
- Born Phnom Penh
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Francis Chau
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 39 years1987 to 2026
Genres
Share
François Chau movies on Netflix
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbenderas Monk Gyatso (voice)
Ultraman: Risingas Itow-san / Additional Voices (voice)
The Boy Next Dooras Detective Johnny Chou
21 & Overas Dr. Chang
Ingeniousas Mr. Chow
The Lodgeras Sam
Rescue Dawnas Province Governor
Deep Coreas Crewmember
What's Cooking?as Duc Nguyen
Beverly Hills Ninjaas Izumo
City of Industryas Uncle Luke
No Way Backas FBI Agent Gim Takakura
Blue Tigeras Soya
Rapid Fireas Farris
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Oozeas Shredder
G.I. Joe: The Movieas Quick Kick (voice)
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.






Films together
Toshishiro Obata2 films together, 1991 to 1994
Toshishiro Obata's page Blue Tiger1994IMDb rating 5.4Chau as SoyaObata as Kunimatsu
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze1991IMDb rating 6.1Chau as ShredderObata as Tatsu
Donald Li2 films together, 1992 to 2000
Donald Li's page Deep Core2000IMDb rating 3.2Chau as CrewmemberLi as Colonel Sun Po
Rapid Fire1992IMDb rating 6.3Chau as FarrisLi as Tall Guard
Bert Rosario2 films together, 2000 to 2009
Bert Rosario's page The Lodger2009IMDb rating 5.7Chau as SamRosario as Juan Dantierro
Deep Core2000IMDb rating 3.2Chau as CrewmemberRosario as Gonzalez
Jonathan Ohye2 films together, 2024 to 2026
Jonathan Ohye's page Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender2026IMDb rating 7.7Chau as Monk GyatsovoiceOhye as Yuddahvoice
Ultraman: Rising2024IMDb rating 6.9Chau as Itow-san / Additional VoicesvoiceOhye as Yakult Catcher / Additional Voicesvoice
Laurie Faso2 films together, 1987 to 1991
Laurie Faso's page Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze1991IMDb rating 6.1Chau as ShredderFaso as Raphaelvoice
G.I. Joe: The Movie1987IMDb rating 7.0Chau as Quick KickvoiceFaso as Tunnel Ratvoice
Box office
What François Chau's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$234 million
7 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 7 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 2 streaming, short cinema run; 5 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 2Streaming, short cinema run
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$79M33.7% of the total
- 2$52M22.4% of the total
- 3$48M20.6% of the total
- 4$31M13.5% of the total
- 5$14M6.1% of the total
- 6$7.2M3.1% of the total
- 7$1.6M0.7% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.









