Chong started his acting career in 1976 with an appearance in the action film Death Machines. In the '80s he had guest parts in the television series Hill Street Blues (1985, with James B. Sikking, Barbara Bosson, Marc Alaimo, Marco Rodriguez, Elaine Nalee, Marcelo Tubert, and John Hostetter), Knight Rider (1986, with Patricia McPherson and, Peter Parros), Dynasty (1986, with Joan Collins and Clayton Landey), Crime Story (1988, with Charles Cooper and Parker Whitman), Falcon Crest (1989, with Castulo Guerra, Robert Ito, and Eric Menyuk), and The Robert Guillaume Show (1989).