Yoson An

Yoson An
Born	(1992-06-23) June 23, 1992 (age 33) [1] Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
Education	Saint Kentigern College (2006–2010)
Occupations	Actor filmmaker
Years active	2012–present
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)

Yoson An (born June 23, 1992) is a New Zealand actor and filmmaker.

Early life

An was born in Guangdong and grew up learning English at an international school in Macau. His parents left China for more economic opportunities abroad, moving to New Zealand. The family settled in Auckland when An was seven years old. He has three younger sisters.

Despite not being educated in a Chinese system, An speaks Cantonese and Mandarin fluently. However, he cannot read or write Chinese. He has learned to recognize some Han characters, though. He had an ex-girlfriend from Taiwan who helped polish up his Mandarin. ^[2]

An was educated at Saint Kentigern College in Pakuranga Auckland; he studied music and was part of many school productions.

Career

An began acting on screen in 2012 in small projects before getting his first big break with Ghost Bride. In 2017, An was cast in Dead Lucky which he considers a big opportunity for him as it is a major leading role with Rachel Griffiths. In 2018, he made the leap to American cinema with the Walt Disney Pictures live-action film adaptation of Mulan , ^[3] which reunited him with Dead Lucky co-star Xana Tang. ^[4]

Personal life

An is a black belt in karate, and has a black cat called Luna.

Filmography

Film roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	The NoteBook	Blythe	Short film
	Ghost Bride	Jason
2014	Bemuse	—N/a	Executive producer; Short film
2016	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny	Boxer #2	Also extras casting assistant
2018	Between the Parallel	—N/a	Director, executive producer, writer and editor; Short film
	The Meg	Chinese News Helicopter Pilot #1
	Mortal Engines	Major Chen
	Mega Time Squad	Wen
2020	Weirdoes	David
	Mulan	Chen Honghui
2023	Plane	Samuel Dele
2024	Five Blind Dates	Richard Teo
2025	Heart Eyes	David
	Shadow Force	Varjo
	Site	Jian

Television roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Flat3	Yoson	Web series
	Grace	Ricky	Miniseries
2018	Dead Lucky	Charlie Fung	Main cast
2019	Fresh Eggs	Justin	Main cast
	Tales of Nai Nai	Shizi (voice)	Episode: "Seems Dramatic"
2020	The Luminaries	Sook Yongsheng
2021	New Gold Mountain	Leung Wei Shing

Video game roles

Year	Title	Role
2012	Path of Exile	Tasun

Theatre

Theatre roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	The Mooncake and the Kumara	Yee	Directed by Katie Wolfe

References

1. Justin (June 11, 2018). "Yoson An: 10 Things About The Newcomer Playing Mulan's Love Interest". Hype. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : Q2 Episode #002 - Yoson An. YouTube .
3. Ford, Rebecca (June 6, 2018). "Disney Casts 'Mulan' Love Interest (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
4. Barclay, Keith (August 23, 2017). "Tang and An get Dead Lucky". Screenz. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

External links

• Yoson An at IMDb