François Chau

François Chau is one of those actors whose face you recognize long before you place the name. Born in Phnom Penh and based in the United States, he built a career on roles that anchor a scene without demanding the spotlight. To me he's forever Dr. Pierre Chang from Lost, calmly narrating those eerie orientation films, but his range runs from villainy in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel to industrialist menace in The Expanse. What I respect is the steadiness: decade after decade of reliable, textured work. He's proof that a character actor can quietly become indispensable to the shows we love.

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Name (English)

François Chau

Name (Japanese)

フランソワ・チャウ

Reading

ふらんそわ・ちゃう

Born

October 26, 1959 (age 66)

Origin

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Boar

• Official sitehttp://www.francoischau.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois%20Chau
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555559

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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