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name: "Michael Tow"
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updated: "2026-09-20T08:08:37.860540+00:00"
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# Michael Tow

Actor. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Tow, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76490861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3166276/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1593000

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sound of Metal*](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md) (81)

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## Biography

Michael Tow is an American actor. He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Tow has appeared in films including *Sound of Metal* (2020) as a pharmacist, *Free Guy* (2021) as Rain Man, *Hocus Pocus 2* (2022) as Mr. Wilke and *Boston Strangler* (2023) as JC Kim. His television credits include *The Blacklist* (2013) as Cong Yang, *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), *Marvel's Iron Fist* (2017), *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999) as Counselor Josh Wang, *Blindspot* (2015) as Del Toro, *Slender Man* (2018) as a calculus teacher and *Special Ops: Lioness* (2023) as Dr. Hammond. He has also worked in theatre, with credits including productions at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, American Repertory Theater and Central Square Theater.

Tow is also a writer, director and producer, and maintains a career as a financial planner.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sound of Metal* (2020), Fi1m 81, as Pharmacist — [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Cherry-Colored Funk* (2025), as Roberto Ferrari
- *Landman* (2024), series, as Dr. Michaels
- *Mandarins* (2024), as Michael Chu
- *Lioness* (2023), series, as Dr. Hammond
- *Boston Strangler* (2023), as JC Kim
- *Hocus Pocus 2* (2022), as Mr. Wilke
- *FBI: International* (2021), series, as Dr. Alexander Chang
- *Free Guy* (2021), as Rain Man
- *Law & Order: Organized Crime* (2021), series, as Wen Shao
- *Sound of Metal* (2020), as Pharmacist — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md)
- *Jungleland* (2020), as Kind Father
- *Lucky Grandma* (2020), as Little Handsome
- *Defending Jacob* (2020), series, as Reporter
- *NOS4A2* (2019), series, as Agent Chen
- *Slender Man* (2018), as Calculus Teacher (uncredited)
- *The Resident* (2018), series, as Nathan Zhou
- *Marvel's Iron Fist* (2017), series, as Clerk
- *MacGyver* (2016), series, as Agent Cho
- *Master of None* (2015), series, as Waiter
- *Blindspot* (2015), series, as Del Toro
- *Marvel's Daredevil* (2015), series, as Another Worker
- *The Blacklist* (2013), series, as Cong Yang
- *R.I.P.D.* (2013), as R.I.P.D. Evidence Clerk
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Mike Huang
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Counselor Josh Wang

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