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Marcus Chong (né Wyatt;[1] July 8, 1967) is an American actor. His best-known roles are Huey P. Newton in Panther (1995), directed by Mario Van Peebles and Tank the Operator in The Matrix (1999). Early lifeChong was born Marcus Wyatt in Seattle, Washington to an African American family. His father, Martin Wyatt, was a sports reporter in San Francisco for KGO-TV.[2] Chong was adopted in 1978 by Tommy Chong and his second wife Shelby Fiddis.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} CareerChong began acting at age nine. His first role was portraying the young Frankie Warner in the 1979 miniseries The Next Generations (1979). Wyatt was a guest star in Little House on the Prairie, in "Blind Journey" part 2.[3] Chong originated the role of student Lee Cortez in the Broadway production of Stand-Up Tragedy, written by Bill Cain which opened at the Criterion Center Stage Right and closed in October 1990 after 13 performances.[4] The short-lived role nevertheless earned him a 1991 Theatre World Award; he was also nominated Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. In the early 1990s, Chong played the recurring character Miguel Mendez on the TV show Street Justice. He later appeared in the Vanishing Son action series as Fu Qua Johnson. In 1999, Chong appeared as Tank the Operator in The Matrix. In May 2003, Chong filed a lawsuit at Los Angeles County Superior Court against Warner Bros and AOL Time Warner, saying Warner was in breach of a 1998 verbal agreement, and a 2000 contract to continue the character of Tank in the film's two sequels.[5] It was reported that a breakdown in talks caused by his salary demands prompted The Wachowskis to write Chong's character out of the second and third films in the series.[5] In 2001, Chong appeared in Season 3 of the TV series Special Victims Unit ("Inheritance"). More recently he had a role in season 4 of Burn Notice.[6] FilmographyFilm
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References1. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.filmreference.com/film/67/Marcus-Chong.html | title = Marcus Chong Biography on filmreference.com | accessdate = 2007-05-28}} 2. ^DAN RALEY, "Where Are They Now? Martin Wyatt, former Huskies running back", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 30 January 2007, accessed 8 December 2013 3. ^{{cite web| url= http://www.tv.com/shows/little-house-on-the-prairie/blind-journey-2-64090/cast/guest-stars/ | title= Little House on the Prairie Season 5 Episode 13 | publisher= TV.com}} 4. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4613 | title= Stand-Up Tragedy |publisher= The Broadway League}} 5. ^1 {{cite web| url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/may/20/news | title= Matrix's 'Tank' sues makers over replacement |date= 20 May 2003 |publisher= The Guardian}} 6. ^[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1640792/ Burn Notice: Season 4, Episode 15: Brotherly Love] at IMDb }} External links
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