Biography
Tzi Ma (Chinese: 馬泰;) is a Hong Kong-American actor. He is well known for his roles in television shows, such as The Man in the High Castle and 24, and films, such as Dante's Peak, Rush Hour, Rush Hour 3, Arrival, The Farewell, Tigertail, and Mulan. In 2021, he starred in the American martial arts television series Kung Fu on The CW.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Gunslingers
2025
as Lin
When the most wanted man in America surfaces in a small Kentucky town, his violent history -- and a blood-thirsty mob seeking vengeance and a king’s r...
Five Blind Dates
2024
as Xien
More focused on her business than finding love, Lia is forced to go on five blind dates set up by her family and best friend after she is told by a fo...
Believer 2
2023
as Professor Lee
A determined detective continues his search for the truth behind Asia's largest drug organization and its elusive boss he has unfinished business with...
Different Than Before
2023
as Father
An Asian family celebrating at a Chinese restaurant for their daughter's engagement joyfully sing karaoke on stage when suddenly a group of racist hec...
A Father's Son
2022
as Krang Li
A Father’s Son is story-spinoff based on author Henry Chang’s crime novel series featuring NYPD Detective Jack Yu. Set in the early '90s when local st...
A Shot Through the Wall
2022
as Chow Tan
A young Chinese-American cop unravels after accidentally shooting an innocent African-American man through a wall.
A Sugar & Spice Holiday
2020
as Pete Yung
The film follows Chinese American Suzie who draws on her family’s cultural traditions to spice up an old-fashioned Christmas baking competition. Suzie...
The Kid Detective
2020
as Mr. Chang
A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client ...
Mulan
2020
as Hua Zhou
When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan, ...
Tigertail
2020
as Grover
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
The Farewell
2019
as Haiyan
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's dec...
Bad Company
2018
as Hawking
Troubled teens in a 2nd chance 'bootcamp' program encounter a group of terrorists trying to take out a rural nuclear power plant. Stuck in remote area...
Skyscraper
2018
as Fire Chief Sheng
Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.
The Jade Pendant
2017
as Yu Hing
Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an American ...
Meditation Park
2017
as Bing
A devoted wife and mother is forced to reassess her reverence for her husband after she finds another woman’s thong in his laundry.
An American Girl Story - Ivy & Julie 1976: A Happy Balance
2017
as Gung-Gung
In 1976 San Francisco, 10-year-old Ivy is a girl who must learn the balance between her two cultural identities — being Chinese, but still wishing to ...
Arrival
2016
as General Shang
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are ...
Pali Road
2016
as Mr. Zhang
Lily, a young doctor, wakes up from a car accident and discovers she is living a completely different life. Now married to her boyfriend’s rival, Dr. ...
Diablo
2016
as Quok Mi
A young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife.
Baby Steps
2015
as Mr. Lin
Danny, a Taiwanese-American man, and his partner Tate want to have a baby, but the complex world of international surrogacy is further complicated by ...
A Good Man
2014
as Mr. Chen
After an illustrious special ops career ends in disaster, Alexander goes off the grid and attempts to lead a quiet life as a handyman at an apartment ...
Million Dollar Arm
2014
as Chang
In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher fro...
#1 Serial Killer
2013
as Mr. Chang
Chink is about an Asian American man who has internalized the racism he felt as a child and turned it into a hatred of all Asians – including himself....
Someone I Used to Know
2013
as Simo Kim
When three childhood friends reunite on one midsummer night, their delirious abandon and reminiscence explodes into a daring search for hope and deliv...
The Campaign
2012
as Mr. Zheng
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Represen...
All God's Children Can Dance
2008
as Glen
In Koreatown, Los Angeles, a young man, Kengo, believes he's the son of God - that's what his mother told him since he was a young boy. He spends his ...
The Sensei
2008
as Buddhist Monk
Lonely gay teenager, McClain, struggles to fit in with his classmates in a small, conservative Colorado town. After he's severely beaten at school, Ka...
Long Story Short
2008
as Self
Tells the story of Larry and Trudie Long, a popular Asian American nightclub act of the '40s and '50s, told through the eyes of their daughter, actres...
Baby
2008
as Pops
A tragic tale of an Asian youth's gang life in South East Los Angeles, set during the mid 80's to the early 90s.
Battle in Seattle
2007
as Governor
Thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 (World Trade Organization). Although ...
Rush Hour 3
2007
as Solon Han
After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous...
Akeelah and the Bee
2006
as Mr. Chiu
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classm...
The Slanted Screen
2006
as Himself
From silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle, the Slanted Screen examines the portrayal Asian men in film and televisio...
Red Doors
2005
as Ed Wong
The Wongs struggle to cope with life, love, and family dysfunction in the suburbs of New York.
The Ladykillers
2004
as The General
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord...
The Quiet American
2002
as Hinh
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her att...
Hawaiian Gardens
2001
as Mr. Hu'o'ng
A romantic drama/detective story about big-time copyright fraud and a bigger-time crush. A complicated love triangle plays out to a dramatic climax, t...
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
1999
as Vinh
An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After twenty-two years, the children are reunited wi...
Rush Hour
1998
as Consul Han
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Dete...
Red Corner
1997
as Li Cheng
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the co...
Dante's Peak
1997
as Stan
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. ...
Chain Reaction
1996
as Lu Chen
At the University of Chicago, a research team that includes brilliant student machinist Eddie Kasalivich experiences a breakthrough: a stable form of ...
Golden Gate
1994
as Chen Jung Song
A brash 22-year-old FBI agent trumps up charges of Communist-spying against a Chinese laundryman. 10 years later, he wants to make amends to the man a...
Rapid Fire
1992
as Kinman Tau
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
RoboCop 2
1990
as Tak Akita
After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develop...
Forbidden Nights
1990
as Li Dao
Judith Shapiro's dream has come true. Due to the process of opening to the west in China she has been invited to stay for two years in Shang Sa, Hunan...
The Forgotten
1989
as Premier
Based on a story by Vietnam veteran Paul Staples, the film concerns six American Green Berets, held for 17 years in a Vietnamese POW camp. They are fi...
The Money Pit
1986
as Hwang
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-...
Cocaine Cowboys
1979
as Jimmy Lee
A rock band is on the brink of super-stardom. Until now they've juggled their music career with cocaine smuggling. The musicians and their manager wis...
The Chinatown Diner
N/A
In Vancouver's Chinatown district, beatmaker Rikki Meng falls in love with the The Chinatown Diner, a soon-to-be-demolished diner by day and undergrou...