Marcus Chong

Marcus Chong
Born	Marcus Wyatt July 8, 1967 (1967-07-08) (age 44) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Years active	1978-present

Marcus Chong (born Marcus Wyatt^[1] on July 8, 1967) is an American actor most noted for his role as Tank in the science fiction film The Matrix.

Chong was born in Seattle, Washington. Marcus Chong's biological father, Martin Wyatt, had been a local newscaster in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years.^[2] Chong was then adopted and raised by Canadian actor and comedian Tommy Chong and raised as a stepbrother to actress Rae Dawn Chong.

Marcus Chong's acting debut was in Roots: The Next Generations as Frankie Warner. He then went to Broadway in Stand-Up Tragedy with Jack Coleman.

In the early 1990s he played lead character Miguel Mendez on the TV show Street Justice. He later appeared in the Vanishing Son action series as Fu Qua Johnson and has also played a biracial character of African American/Chinese descent in Season 3 of the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ("Inheritance").

Marcus Chong played Tank the Operator in The Matrix, and also starred as Huey P. Newton in the 1995 movie Panther.^[3]

Marcus recently completed his first novel entitled, "The Arch" (www.thearchnovel.com) based on his experience with The Matrix and one of his heroes, Alexandre Dumas.

References

1. ^ "Marcus Chong Biography on filmreference.com". http://www.filmreference.com/film/67/Marcus-Chong.html. Retrieved 2007-05-28. 
2. ^ Raley, Dan (2007-01-31). "Where Are They Now? Martin Wyatt, former Huskies running back". http://www.seattlepi.com/huskies/301809_where31.html?source=rss. Retrieved 2007-05-29. 
3. ^ "Thomas Chong Biography on Yahoo! TV". http://tv.yahoo.com/thomas-chong/contributor/264446/bio. Retrieved 2007-06-23. 

External links

• Marcus Chong at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Chong, Marcus
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Short description	American actor
Date of birth	1967-07-08
Place of birth	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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