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Tzi Ma (Chinese: 馬泰; born June 10, 1962 [dubious – discuss]) is a Hong Kong-American actor. He has appeared in television shows including The Man in the High Castle and 24, and films including Dante's Peak, Rush Hour, Rush Hour 3, Arrival, The Farewell, Tigertail, and Mulan.
Born in Hong Kong and raised in Staten Island, Ma worked at his family-owned restaurant while honing his craft in the New York theater scene throughout the 1970s. Despite limited opportunities for AAPI actors, Ma refused to perform roles he considered demeaning or stereotypical.
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Jan 30, 2022 · Tzi Ma is a Chinese-American actor who debuted his acting career in the 1979 movie Cocaine Cowboys as Jimmy Lee. During the 1980s, he appeared in several TV series like The Cosby Show (1984), The Equalizer (1985) , L.A. Law (1989) , Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989), MacGyver (1989), and others.
Sep 4, 2020 · Ma grew up in Staten Island, New York, during the Vietnam War, which was not a welcoming time for an adolescent who had immigrated from Hong Kong. Acting in school plays became his means of...
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Apr 21, 2021 · Rachel Yang. Published on April 21, 2021 01:00PM EDT. He may be known as "Hollywood's go-to Asian dad," but Tzi Ma has embodied many other types of roles throughout his prolific career.
Apr 10, 2020 · When actor Tzi Ma was in elementary school, his family moved from Hong Kong to New York, where they ran a Chinese restaurant on Staten Island. As the youngest of seven children, Ma found...
Sep 9, 2015 · Actor Tzi Ma’s paternal, warm face is the kind you’d recognize immediately from the dozens of roles the 53-year-old actor has played over a career spanning decades. Ma has played everything...
