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Byron Mann (2018)

Byron Mann ( Chinese  文峰 , Pinyin Wén Fēng , Jyutping Man 4 Fung 1 ; born August 13, 1967 in Hong Kong as Byron Chan ) is an American actor .

life and career

Byron Mann was born in Hong Kong, where he attended the Diocesan Boys' School , a junior high school and also the oldest school in Hong Kong. There he was part of the theater group, both as an actor and as a writer. After graduation, he moved to California, the United States, where he earned a degree in philosophy from the University of California, Los Angeles , or UCLA for short . He then returned briefly to Hong Kong to attend a law school in his home country. A short time later, however, he moved back to Los Angeles to pursue a full-time acting career.

Mann got his first role in front of the camera in 1990 in the television movie Last Flight Out . As a result, he took on roles in numerous films, especially as a supporting actor, for example in The Ghost Ship , Deadly Target , Street Fighter - The decisive battle , Crying Freeman - The son of the dragon , Red Corner - Labyrinth with no way out , American Dragons - Bloody Decision , Corruptor - Under the sign of corruption , Shanghai Kiss or blond and blond . Increasingly, his roles became larger. He was seen as The Colonel in A Dangerous Man in 2009 . 2012 followed the role of Silver Lion in The Man with the Iron Fists . In 2015, Mr. Chau starred in The Big Short , alongside actors such as Christian Bale , Ryan Gosling , Steve Carell , Brad Pitt and Marisa Tomei . In 2018 he starred as Inspector Wu in the action film Skyscraper .

In addition to his film roles, Mann can regularly be seen in guest and supporting roles in television series. Around Murphy Brown , Murder is Her Hobby , Pacific Blue - The Beach Police , Martial Law - The Karate Cop , Walker, Texas Ranger , Smallville , The Unit - A Matter of Honor , Burn Notice , True Justice , Nikita , Hawaii Five- 0 , CSI: Cyber , Rush Hour or Navy CIS: LA From 2000 to 2002 he played a supporting role as Det. Matt Sung in Dark Angel . In 2010 he worked as Chen on the miniseries Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures . Between 2012 and 2019 he played the role of Yao Fei Gulong in Arrow . From 2015 to 2016 Mann was seen as Chang in Hell on Wheels . For his performance he was about at the Golden Maple Award as Best Actor in a TV series nominated. From 2016 to 2018 he appeared as Evan Ong in Blood and Water . He also appeared in supporting roles in The Expanse and Altered Carbon - Das Immortlichkeitsprogramm . In 2019 he took over the role of triad boss Uncle Six in the Netflix production Wu Assassins .

In addition to his acting activities, Mann occasionally lends his voice to video game characters, for example for Raymond in Sleeping Dogs or as Tian Zhao in Call of Duty: Black Ops II .

Personal

In his youth, Mann was a successful tennis player , once leading the rankings in Hong Kong. He is also trained in the martial art of Wushu , which he demonstrated in Invincible - The Warriors of Light or Street Fighter . In addition to his native Cantonese , he also speaks English and Mandarin fluently, as well as some Thai .

Mann has been married since 2002.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ My life: Byron Mann . Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ Byron Mann. Retrieved July 16, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Man, Byron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chan, Byron (maiden name); 文峰 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Hong Kong , China