Line #13 Creator/ByronMann


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4	Byron Mann (Chinese: 文峰; pinyin: Wén Fēng; Jyutping: [=Man4=] [=Fung1=], August 13, 1967) is a Hong Kong-born American actor in film and television. His notable roles include Wing Chau in ''Film/TheBigShort'', Chang in ''Series/HellOnWheels'', Ryu in ''Film/StreetFighter'', Silver Lion in ''Film/TheManWithTheIronFists'', Admiral Nguyen in ''Series/TheExpanse'', and Yao Fei Gulong in the first season of ''Series/{{Arrow}}''.
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6	Mann grew up bilingual in English and Cantonese, though he also learned to speak fluent Mandarin and some Thai. He attended the Diocesan Boys' School, an all-boys secondary school in Hong Kong, where he was active in community theatre as both an actor and a writer. After graduating, Mann moved to California.
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8	!Filmography
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10	!!Film
11	* ''Film/StreetFighter'' (1994) as Ryu
12	* ''Manga/CryingFreeman'' (1995) as Koh
13	* ''Film/TheCorruptor'' (1999) as Bobby
14	* ''Film/BellyOfTheBeast'' (2003) as Sunti
15	* ''Film/Catwoman2004'' (2004) as Wesley
16	* ''[[Film/{{Sniper}} Sniper 3]]'' (2004) as Quan
17	* ''Film/TheManWithTheIronFists'' (2012) as Silver Lion
18	* ''Film/TheBigShort'' (2015) as Wing Chau
19	* ''Film/{{Skyscraper}}'' (2018) as Inspector Wu
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21	!!Television
22	* ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (1993) as Quan Chang
23	* ''Series/TimeTrax'' (1994) as Taki
24	* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' (1996) as Yosuki Ishida
25	* ''Series/TheSentinel'' (1997) as Tommy Wu
26	* ''Series/MartialLaw'' (1999) as Ataru Nakamura
27	* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' (2000) as P.K. Song
28	* ''Series/DarkAngel'' (2000–2002) as Det. Matt Sung
29	* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' (2003–2005) as Com. Cheng/Kern
30	* ''Series/TheUnit'' (2009) as Stanley Wu
31	* ''Series/BurnNotice'' (2010) as Ming Khan
32	* ''Series/{{Nikita}}'' (2012) as Agent Li Bai
33	* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' (2012–2013, 2017) as [[ComicBook/GreatTen Yao Fei Gulong]]
34	* ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' (2014) as Fire Capt. Hank Iona
35	* ''Series/CSICyber'' (2015) as Jordan Tan
36	* ''Series/HellOnWheels'' (2015–2016) as Chang
37	* ''Series/RushHour'' (2016) as Fong
38	* ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' (2016) as Zhang Kiu
39	* ''Series/TheExpanse'' (2017) as Adm. Nguyen
40	* ''Series/AlteredCarbon'' (2018) as O.G. Kovacs[=/=]Dimi Kadmin
41	* ''Series/WuAssassins'' (2019) as Uncle Six
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43	!!Video Game
44	* ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs2012'' (2012) as Raymond Mak
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46	!Tropes
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48	* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Majority of his roles. He got his [[StarMakingRole breakout role]] in the LiveActionAdaptation of [[Franchise/StreetFighter one of the most iconic]] {{Fighting Game}}s of all time, after all. And playing its SeriesMascot at that.
49	* ChronicallyKilledActor: He dies a lot on-screen.
50	* PlaysGreatEthnics: He is of Chinese-Hong Kong descent, but has played many other Asian descent characters throughout his career.
51	* ProductionPosse: Has worked with Creator/StevenSeagal a number of times.
52	* StarMakingRole: Despite the film's [[SoBadItsGood notorious quality]], playing Ryu in ''Film/StreetFighter'' opened a lot of doors for him.
53	* TypeCasting: He tends to get cast as Military men.
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