Byron Mann
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Byron Mann is a Chinese actor who was born in Hong Kong and has made films there and in Hollywood. He starred in films such as "Red Corner" and "The Corruptor," and in the television show Dark Angel as Detective Matt Sung and has also had roles in Catwoman and Invincible. He was best known as Ryu in the video game-based movie Street Fighter.
[edit] Early Life
Byron Mann was born in Hong Kong, China, and is the youngest of three brothers in his family. Byron became very interested in sports, especially tennis and golf. He became a junior champion tennis player and at one point was top-ranked in Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong, Byron Mann attended the renowned Diocesan Boys' School, where he was active in high school and community theatre as both an actor and a writer. After high school, Byron moved to California to study philosophy at UCLA even though acting remained important to him. After college, Byron moved back to Hong Kong for law school, but also received an acting role in the movie Last Flight Out. Finally, he returned to Los Angeles, California, passed the California bar, became a lawyer, and studied acting on the side in his free time.
[edit] Filmography
- Shanghai Kiss (2007) .... Jai Li
- The Counting House (2006) (completed) .... Jackie
- "Dragon Boys" (2006) (mini) TV Series .... Tommy Jiang
- Fallen (2006) (TV) .... Samchiel
- "Smallville"
- - Sacred (2005) TV Episode .... Commander Cheng
- - Insurgence (2003) TV Episode .... Kern
- Sniper 3 (2004) (V) .... Quan
- Catwoman (2004) .... Wesley
- "Petits mythes urbains"
- - Der finale Schnitt (2004) TV Episode .... Dr. Shaw/Dr. Lee
- Belly of the Beast (2003) .... Sunti
- 1st to Die (2003) (TV) .... Derek Lee
- "Robbery Homicide Division"
- - Life Is Dust (2002) TV Episode .... Twan Kee
- "Dark Angel"
- - Fuhgeddaboudit (2002) TV Episode .... Det. Matt Sung
- - Radar Love (2001) TV Episode .... Det. Matt Sung
- - Haven (2001) TV Episode .... Det. Matt Sung
- - Out (2001) TV Episode .... Det. Matt Sung
- - Blah Blah Woof Woof (2000) TV Episode .... Det. Matt Sung
- - Prodigy (21 November 2000) - Det. Matt Sung
- - C.R.E.A.M. (31 October 2000) - Det. Matt Sung
- - Flushed (17 October 2000) - Det. Matt Sung
- The Chang Family Saves the World (2002) (TV)
- Invincible (2001) (TV) .... Michael Fu
- "UC: Undercover"
- - Amerikaz Most Wanted (2001) TV Episode .... Simon Shen
- "Walker, Texas Ranger"
- - Black Dragons (2000) TV Episode .... P.K. Song
- "Martial Law"
- - This Shogun for Hire (1999) TV Episode .... Ataru Nakamura
- The Corruptor (1999) .... Bobby Vu
- American Dragons (1998) .... Shadow
- Red Corner (1997) .... Lin Dan
- "The Sentinel"
- - Poachers (1997) TV Episode .... Tommy Wu
- "Pacific Blue"
- - The Enemy Within (1996) TV Episode .... Marlon Ky
- "Murder, She Wrote"
- - Kendo Killing (1996) TV Episode .... Yosuki Ishida
- Crying Freeman (1995) .... Koh
- Street Fighter: The Movie (video game) (1995) .... Ryu
- Street Fighter (1994) .... Ryu Hoshi
- Deadly Target (1994/I) .... Chang
- Possessed by the Night (1994) .... Fok Ping Wong
- "Time Trax"
- - Return of the Yakuza (1994) TV Episode .... Taki
- "Murphy Brown"
- - The Young & the Rest of Us (1993) TV Episode .... Quan Chang
- Ghost Ship (1992) (as Byron Chan) .... Charlie
- Last Flight Out (1990) (TV)
