That same year, Chan guest starred on the FOX drama "Gotham" and shot a recurring role as Tony Q on the upcoming TV series "Big Dogs". Chan also wrote and co-directed "Welcome to the World" in 2017, a dark drama about a troubled man who records a video message for his sister. Chan shot the film in one continuous take with a budget of less than $140. Richard Propes of "The Independent Critic" gave the film four stars and wrote, "riveting piece of human drama... Chan's performance is deeply moving... lingers in your brain long after the closing credits". Kirk Fernwood of "One Film Fan" praised the film as "intelligent, inventive, and inspired... Chan does a fantastic job... drawing you in with every word... the finale is a stroke of creative brilliance and artistry". He is currently an on-line spokesperson for Staples Inc. where he demonstrates printers as Mike from EasyTech. He co-authored a peer-reviewed paper on OFDM entitled "Space-time bit-interleaved coded modulation for OFDM systems". Chan has been featured as an up-and-coming actor and director in numerous print and on-line articles including a story by "The Advocate", an Asian American Risings A-Profiler feature, four "Sampan" articles, two "Bay Windows" interviews, an MIT Alumni Association profile, and a Slice of MIT article. He has also appeared as a panelist at a sneak preview of the PBS TV show "American Masters: Hollywood Chinese".