Biography
Marcus Chong is an American actor, also credited as Marcus S. Chong and Marcus Wyatt. He began acting as a child and appeared in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations and an episode of Little House on the Prairie.
Chong originated the role of Lee Cortez in the Broadway production Stand-Up Tragedy (1990), for which he received a Theatre World Award. He is known for playing Miguel Mendez in the series Street Justice (1991–1993), Huey P. Newton in the film Panther (1995), and Tank in The Matrix (1999).
His later screen work includes guest roles in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2001), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002), Numb3rs (2009) and Burn Notice (2010), as well as the films The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005) and short films in 2013. He was adopted by comedian Tommy Chong.
