Marshall Law (Tekken)

Marshall Law
Tekken character
Marshall Law in Tekken Tag Tournament 2
First game	Tekken (1994)
Created by	Seiichi Ishii
Voiced by (English)	Julian Macfarlane (TK4) (dialogue segments) Robert Clotworthy (TK5, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection) (dialogue segments) David Vincent (TK6 —present)
Voiced by (Japanese)	Katsuhiro Harada (Tekken—TK5: Dark Resurrection) (grunts) (Street Fighter X Tekken) Yoshimitsu Shimoyama (Tekken film)
Portrayed by	Cung Le (Tekken film) Alex Vu (Tekken Tag Tournament 2 live-action short film)
Fictional profile
Birthplace	United States
Nationality	Chinese American
Fighting style	Jeet Kune Do
Occupation	Restaurateur (Tekken 1-3) Dojo owner (Tekken 2) Dishwasher (Tekken 4)

Marshall Law (Japanese: マーシャル・ロウ, Hepburn: Māsharu Rou^?) is a player character from the Tekken fighting game franchise by Bandai Namco Entertainment. He makes his series debut in the original Tekken, in which he is a Chinese-American restaurateur who wants to open a martial arts school that he hopes to fund with the prize money from the Tekken series' King of Iron Fist fighting tournaments. He has a son named Forest Law who becomes playable later in the series, and is close friends with fellow contestant Paul Phoenix. Marshall has made limited appearances in alternate Tekken media such as the 2009 feature film, and is often described as a tribute to martial artist Bruce Lee, with whom Marshall shares many characteristics and for which he has received mixed critical and public reception.

Marshall Law is a martial artist who owns a restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown, and like his close friend Paul Phoenix, financial difficulty becomes his primary motive for entering the King of Iron Fist fighting tournaments held throughout the Tekken series. Sometimes known as "The Fighting Chef", Marshall is the father of Forest Law. He enters the first King of Iron Fist Tournament in the original game in hopes of opening his own dojo with the winnings, which he accomplishes despite not winning the tournament. However, in Tekken 2, his students are soon attacked and his dojo destroyed by Baek Doo San, provoking Law into entering the second tournament to seek revenge. Law is not playable in Tekken 3, but is included in the game's storyline as having rebuilt his dojo while running a successful restaurant chain called "Marshall China" in the United States. Meanwhile, Paul convinces Marshall's son Forest Law to enter the third tournament, which causes friction between Marshall and Paul.