Albert M. Chan

Albert M. Chan
Albert M. Chan at the 13th Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival
Born	Albert Michael Chan (1975-10-01) October 1, 1975 (age 41) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor, filmmaker, acting coach
Years active	2004—present
Website	Official Website of Albert M. Chan

Albert M. Chan (born October 1, 1975) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker based in the United States.

Chan was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and lived in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. He moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1997, to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.

As a consequence of both his academic and acting careers, Chan has an Erdős–Bacon number of 4. He co-authored a peer-reviewed paper on OFDM, giving him an Erdős number of 3. Chan appeared alongside Kevin Bacon in Patriots Day, giving him a Bacon number of 1.

Chan first began his career working on student films, indie films, and theatre in the Boston area while still a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It took several years before he landed his first major role in 2006, a part in Walt Disney Picture's Underdog, which was released in 2007. He followed up with TV roles that same year in The CW Television Network pilot I'm Paige Wilson and Showtime's Brotherhood.

Also in 2007, Chan took matters into his own hands and wrote, directed, produced, and starred in his own film, Fate Scores, which also featured the acoustic guitar song "It Won't Be Long", written and performed by Chan. In his directorial debut, Chan was recognized by the National Film Board of Canada as second runner-up for Best Canadian Short Film at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival in 2009.Fate Scores premiered at the Wisconsin Film Festival on April 5, 2009, and has since appeared in seven additional film festivals in North America. The film was acquired for distribution in 2010 by Moving Images Distribution (formerly Canadian Filmmakers Distribution West).