Avatar:François Chau
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<infobox> <image source="image" /> <title source="name"><default>François Chau</default></title> <group> <header>Biographical information</header> <label>Full name</label> <label>Born</label> <label>Died</label> <label>First credit</label> </group> <group> <header>Further information</header> <label>Link(s)</label> </group> </infobox>François Chau is a Cambodian American actor. He plays the Great Sage in Netflix's live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.[1]
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix) credits
Great Sage
Selected other credits
Television
Filmography
- Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
- Birds of Prey (2020)
- The Honeymoon Phase (2019)
- Rescue Dawn (2006)
Other credits
- Ghost of Tsushima (video game)
Biographical information
Personal life
Chau was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to a family of Chinese and Vietnamese descent. When he was around six years old, his family moved to Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), and then moved to France at the age of seven due to the Vietnam War. After a year, they moved to the United States. Chau was educated in Washington, D.C., before moving to Los Angeles for college.
He continues to live in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.
Career
Chau has had a number of diverse roles in his career. One of his more well-known roles is Dr. Pierre Chang in ABC's Lost. His latest projects include portraying Jules-Pierre Mao in the cult hit SyFy/Amazon Prime science fiction series The Expanse, and has lately had roles in Warner Bros.' Birds of Prey and Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon.