---
name: "Marcus Chong"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marcus-chong"
fi1m_id: "marcus-chong"
imdb_id: "nm0159059"
tmdb_id: 9372
wikidata_id: "Q1236595"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 July 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:22:49.105278+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Marcus Chong

## Identity

Marcus Chong

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marcus-chong
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marcus-chong
- **IMDb ID:** nm0159059
- **TMDB ID:** 9372
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1236595
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Chong, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1236595, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159059/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9372

Actor. Born 8 July 1967 in Seattle, Washington, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 July 1967, Seattle, Washington, USA
- **Also known as:** Marcus S. Chong, Marcus Wyatt
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Chong, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1236595, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159059/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9372

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Matrix*](https://film.one/film/the-matrix.md) (88)

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## Biography

Marcus Chong is an American actor, also credited as Marcus S. Chong and Marcus Wyatt. He began acting as a child and appeared in the 1979 miniseries *Roots: The Next Generations* and an episode of *Little House on the Prairie*.

Chong originated the role of Lee Cortez in the Broadway production *Stand-Up Tragedy* (1990), for which he received a Theatre World Award. He is known for playing Miguel Mendez in the series *Street Justice* (1991–1993), Huey P. Newton in the film *Panther* (1995), and Tank in *The Matrix* (1999).

His later screen work includes guest roles in *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (2001), *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2002), *Numb3rs* (2009) and *Burn Notice* (2010), as well as the films *The Crow: Wicked Prayer* (2005) and short films in 2013. He was adopted by comedian Tommy Chong.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Matrix* (1999), Fi1m 88, as Tank — [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Marcus Chong Story* (2018), Director
- *Not 4 Sale* (2013), Actor
- *Burn Notice* (2007), series, as Caleb
- *The Crow: Wicked Prayer* (2005), as War
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Jones
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as John West
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Darrell Guan
- *The Matrix* (1999), as Tank — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix.md)
- *High Freakquency* (1998), as Jordan Barnes
- *Pure Danger* (1996), as Freethrow
- *Panther* (1995), as Huey P. Newton
- *Vanishing Son IV* (1994), as Fu Qua
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Ramsey Coleman
- *Vanishing Son II* (1994), as Fu Qua
- *Vanishing Son* (1994), as Fu Qua Johnson
- *Vanishing Son* (1994), series, as Fu Qua Johnson
- *Street Justice* (1991), series, as Miguel Mendez
- *Flight of Black Angel* (1991), as Dragonfly
- *The Knife and Gun Club* (1990), as George
- *Blood Beach* (1980), as 2nd Kid
- *Cheech & Chong's Next Movie* (1980), as Johnny
- *The Facts of Life* (1979), series, Actor
- *Roots: The Next Generations* (1979), series, as Frankie Warner (as Marcus Wyatt)
- *Lady and the Tramp: A Lesson in Sharing Attention* (1978), as Richard
- *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), series, as Samson

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 1991: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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