Byron Mann

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Byron Mann
文峰
Byron Mann 2018.jpg
Mann in July 2018, at a Skyscraper press conference in Beijing.
Born1966or1967(age 56–57) [1] [2]
British Hong Kong
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater USC Gould School of Law
University of California, Los Angeles
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 文峰
Simplified Chinese 文峰

Byron Mann is a Hong Kong-American actor of film and television. His best-known roles include Ryu in Street Fighter , Silver Lion in The Man with the Iron Fists , Wing Chau in The Big Short , Admiral Augusto Nguyen on The Expanse , Chang on Hell on Wheels , Yao Fei on Arrow , [3] and Uncle Six in the Netflix series Wu Assassins . [4]

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Early life and education

Mann was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese-American mother and a Chinese father. He was raised bilingual in English and Cantonese and grew up in Kowloon. [5] Mann attended the Diocesan Boys' School, [5] an all-boys secondary school in Hong Kong.

Mann attended a Christian college in Chicago, Illinois. After his first year, he transferred to UCLA in Los Angeles, California, where he majored in philosophy. [1] [2] After graduation, Mann attended USC Law School. [6] During law school, he decided to pursue acting and took a sabbatical to explore opportunities in Hong Kong. [5] [6] Mann later returned to finish law school and passed the California bar exam. [1] [2] [7]

He changed his last name from Chan to Mann. [1] [2]

Career

Mann made his film debut in the 1990 TV movie, Last Flight Out. He acted in the film while on a sabbatical at USC Law School. [5] [6]

Mann starred in films such as Red Corner and The Corruptor , and in the television show Dark Angel, and has also co-starred in Catwoman and Invincible. He is best known as Ryu in Street Fighter and Koh in the manga-based movie Crying Freeman .

In 2012, Mann starred in The Man with the Iron Fists , directed by RZA. In 2015, Mann appeared in The Big Short , a Paramount Pictures feature film directed by Adam McKay. He also was a series regular on AMC's Hell on Wheels , playing the powerful railroad mercenary Chang. [1] [2] [6]

In 2018, Mann was a recurring character on Netflix's Altered Carbon . [8] In June 2018, it was announced that Mann was cast in the series regular role of Uncle Six on the Netflix series, Wu Assassins . [9]

Personal life

He was a top-ranked tennis player, under 16 division, in Hong Kong. [5] He is also a wushu practitioner, and has displayed his skills in a number of movies including Invincible and Street Fighter.

Mann is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, and speaks some Thai after having learned it for his role in the 2013 film A Stranger in Paradise .

Awards and nominations

In 2016, Mann was nominated for the Golden Maple Award for Best Actor in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. for his role on Hell on Wheels . [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
1992Ghost ShipCharlie
1994 Possessed by the Night Fok Ping Wong
Deadly Target Chang
Street Fighter Ryu Hoshi
1995 Crying Freeman Koh
1997 Red Corner Lin Dan
1998 American Dragons 'Shadow'
1999 The Corruptor Bobby Vu
2003 Belly of the Beast Sunti
2004 Catwoman Wesley
Sniper 3 Detective Quan
2007 Shanghai Kiss Jai Li
The Counting HouseJackie
Blonde and Blonder Mr. Wong
2009MotherlandMichael Wong
A Dangerous Man The Colonel
2012 Cold War Chan Bin
The Man with the Iron Fists Silver Lion
2013 A Stranger in Paradise Lek
2014 Rise of the Legend Black Crow
2015 Absolution Chi
Jasmine The Suspect
The Big Short Wing Chau
2018 Skyscraper Inspector Wu
2019 Don't Let Go Sergeant Roger Martin
2023 Heroes of the Golden Masks Jiahao

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990Last Flight OutTV film
1992 Tequila and Bonetti Jeffrey HanEpisode: "Brooklyn and the Beast"
1993 Murphy Brown Quan ChangEpisodes: "The Young & the Rest of Us"
1994 Time Trax TakiEpisodes: "Return of the Yakuza"
Galaxy BeatTwo-headed ManTV film
1996 Murder, She Wrote Yosuki IshidaEpisode: "Kendo Killing"
Pacific Blue Marlon KyEpisode: "The Enemy Within"
1997 The Sentinel Tommy WuEpisode: "Poachers"
1999 Martial Law Ataru NakamuraEpisode: "This Shogun For Hire"
2000 Walker, Texas Ranger P.K. SongEpisode: "Black Dragons"
2000–02 Dark Angel Detective Matt SungRecurring role (8 episodes)
2001 UC: Undercover Simon ShenEpisode: "Amerikaz Most Wanted"
2002 Robbery Homicide Division Twan KeeEpisode: "Life is Dust"
2003 Invincible Michael FuTV film
First to Die Derek LeeTV film
2003–05 Smallville Commander Cheng / Kern2 episodes
2004Petits Mythes urbainsDr. Shaw / Dr. LeeEpisode: "Scalpel illégitime"
2006 Fallen SamchielMiniseries
2007NobodyMr. NorthTV film
Dragon Boys Tommy JiangMiniseries
2009 The Unit Stanley WuEpisode: "Bad Beat"
2010 Durham County Julian ChoRecurring role (3 episodes)
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures [11] ChenMiniseries
Burn Notice Ming KhanEpisode: "Fast Friends"
2011Befriend and BetrayWinstead P.C. LauTV film
True Justice SavonEpisode: "Street Wars: Part 2"
2012 Arctic Air GavinEpisode: "New North"
Nikita Agent Li BaiEpisode: "3.0"
2012–19 Arrow Yao Fei GulongRecurring role (14 episodes)
2014The NoviceJohnny JooTV film
Hawaii Five-0 Fire Captain Hank IonaEpisode: "Ku I Ka Pili Koko"
2015 CSI: Cyber Jordan TanEpisode: "URL, Interrupted"
2015–16 Hell on Wheels ChangRecurring role (9 episodes)
2016 Rush Hour FongRecurring role (2 episodes)
NCIS: Los Angeles Zhang KiuEpisode: "Black Market"
2016–18 Blood and Water Evan OngRecurring role (16 episodes)
2017–18 The Expanse Admiral Augusto NguyễnRecurring role (8 episodes)
2018 Altered Carbon Takeshi Kovacs / Dimitri KadminRecurring role (3 episodes)
2019 Wu Assassins Uncle SixMain cast
2020 Little Fires Everywhere Ed JanRecurring role (3 episodes)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Li Episode: "After, Before"
2022 Blood & Treasure Vince TranRecurring role (4 episodes)
The Recruit XanderRecurring role (5 episodes)
2023Blue Eye SamuraiMikioEpisode: "The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Sleeping Dogs Raymond Mak, Pockmark Cheuk (voices)
2012 Call of Duty: Black Ops II General Tian Zhao (voice)Also motion capture

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