Tzi Ma

Published: Sept. 5, 2020, 5:31 p.m.

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He\\u2019s been a familiar face on TV and in movies for decades\\u2014Jessie first saw him in Rush Hour\\u2014but lately Tzi Ma has come into his own playing fathers in Lulu Wang\\u2019s The Farewell, Alan Yang\\u2019s Tigertail and Niki Caro\\u2019s epic new production of Disney\\u2019s Mulan, which debuts today on Disney+. In fact, he grew up on Staten Island and fell in love with the theater, as he tells Leonard and Jessie in a fascinating review of his life and career. This charming man will reach an even bigger audience in the upcoming CW reboot of Kung Fu\\u2014where once again he\\u2019ll play a father to a female protagonist.

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