Byron Mann is a Chinese-American actor who has made films in both Hollywood,
Hong Kong and Mainland China. He is perhaps best known for his performances
as Ryu in Street Fighter, Silver Lion in The Man with the Iron Fists and Yao Fei
in the first season of Arrow. Early life
Mann attended Diocesan Boys' School, an all-boys high school in Hong Kong, where
he was active in community theatre as both an actor and a writer. After
graduating, Byron moved to California to study and received a degree in
philosophy at UCLA, even though acting remained important to him. After
college, Byron attended USC Law School, but took a sabbatical after the first
year. Back in Hong Kong, he received an acting role in the NBC Movie TV movie
Last Flight Out. He returned to Los Angeles, graduated from USC Law, passed
the California bar, and pursued acting full-time.
Career 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 alongside Russell
Crowe and Lucy Liu in The Man with the Iron Fists, directed by RZA, and
presented by Quentin Tarantino. In 2016, Mann appeared in the Paramount Pictures
feature film directed by Adam McKay, The Big Short alongside Brad Pitt, Christian
Bale, Ryan Gosling and Steve Carrell. He also was a Series Regular on AMC's "Hell
On Wheels," playing the powerful railroad mercenary Chang.
Mann is interested in sports, especially tennis and golf. He was at one point a
top-ranked tennis player in Hong Kong. He is also a Wushu practitioner,
displaying his skills in a number of movies including Invincible and Street
Fighter. Filmography
Last Flight Out Ghost Ship – Charlie
Murphy Brown – Quan Chang Time Trax – Taki
Possessed by the Night – Fok Ping Wong Deadly Target – Chang
Street Fighter – Ryu Street Fighter: The Movie video game –
Ryu Crying Freeman – Koh
Murder, She Wrote – Yosuki Ishida Pacific Blue – Marlon Ky
The Sentinel – Tommy Wu Red Corner – Lin Dan
American Dragons – Shadow The Corruptor – Bobby Vu
Martial Law – Ataru Nakamura Walker, Texas Ranger – P.K. Song
UC: Undercover – Simon Shen Invincible – Michael Fu
The Chang Family Saves the World Dark Angel
Robbery Homicide Division First to Die – Derek Lee
Belly of the Beast – Sunti Petits mythes urbains
Catwoman – Wesley Sniper 3 – Quan
Smallville Fallen – Samchiel
The Counting House – Jackie Dragon Boys – Tommy Jiang
Shanghai Kiss – Jai Li Blonde and Blonder – Mr. Wong
The Unit – Stanley Wu Motherland – Michael Wong
A Dangerous Man – The Colonel 39 – Kenny
Vauxhall Crossed – Michael Wong Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures – Chen
Jasmine – The Man Befriend and Betray – PC Lau
Sleeping Dogs – Raymond Mak / Pockmark Cheuk
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – General Tian-Zhao
The Man with the Iron Fists – Silver Lion
Cold War – Chan Bun Arrow – Yao-Fei
A Stranger in Paradise – Lek Rise of the Legend – Black Crow
Jasmine Absolution
"The Big Short" -- Wing Chau "Hell On Wheels" -- Chang
References External links
Byron Mann at the Internet Movie Database