Ron Yuan
| Ron Yuan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ronald Winston Yuan February 20, 1973 New York City, New York, USA |
| Years active | 1991 — present |
| Website | |
| http://www.alivenotdead.com/RonYuan | |
Ronald Winston "Ron" Yuan[1] (born February 20, 1973) is an American actor, voice actor, martial artist, action director, director and stunt choreographer.
Life and career
Yuan was born in New York City, New York, the son of Theresa and Joseph Yuan, and the brother of actor Roger Yuan.[1]
Yuan has starred in films such as the 2012 Red Dawn remake, The Girl from The Naked Eye (as Simon), Shanghai Hotel (as Sharkman), Fast & Furious (as David Park), Baby (as Tommy), Cradle 2 The Grave, The Art of War (as Ming), Blood and Bone (as Teddy D), Forbidden Warrior (as Lank), Undoing (as Chang), as well as TV shows such as Awake (as Solomon Kang), Touch (TV series) (as Wember Hsu), NCIS: Los Angeles (as Yosh), Burn Notice (as Lee), Prison Break (as Feng Huang), Pushing Daisies (as Shrimpboy), 24, CSI:NY (as Dr. Evan Zhao), Entourage (as Chaing Chung), Monk (as Tommy Winn), Boston Legal (as Zhang Wu), V.I.P. (as Hirata The Black / Kazuo / Lucky), JAG (as Lee Kun-Tae), Nash Bridges (as Darrell Chang / Eliott Wong), Cold Case, Martial Law (as Dreads), Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (as Mr. Zou), Walker, Texas Ranger (as Jiang Chu), Alias, Black Sash (as Billy / Jing Li), and Vanishing Son (as Crazy Boy 6).
Yuan has also Directed Action and performed Stunt Choreography for such films as Black Dynamite, The Girl from The Naked Eye, Forbidden Warrior, Kung Pow! Enter the Fist, Windtalkers, Rush Hour 2, Batman Forever, Double Dragon, Chain of Command and Blade.
He has also provided his voice talents to video games such as Sleeping Dogs, Guild Wars 2, Saints Row: The Third, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, Spider-Man 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Medal of Honor, Army of Two: The 40th Day, Alpha Protocol, Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, Prototype, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising, Borderlands 2, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, Guild Wars: Eye of the North, Medal of Honor, Def Jam: Icon, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers, SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate, 50 Cent: Bulletproof, S.W.A.T. 4, NARC, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Wrath Unleashed, and Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
He has directed and written several short films so far, including Lollipops (2009), Three Bullets (2009) (starring Michael Jai White) and Tea and Remembrance (2009), starring himself and Marie Matiko. He is currently working on a feature project entitled "Unspoken" starring Russell Wong, Brian Tee, Will Yun Lee, and Ian Anthony Dale.
Filmography
- Castle (2014) as Michio Saito (1 episode)
- Mall (2014) as The Cop
- Sons of Anarchy (2014) as Ryu Tom (5 episodes)
- Red Dawn (2012) as The Clerk
- The Girl from The Naked Eye (2012) as Simon
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011) as Sergeant Rusk
- Shanghai Hotel (2011) as Sharkman
- All Signs of Death (2010) as Po Sin
- Sleeping Dogs (2010) as Winston
- Burn Notice (2010) as Lee
- Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising (2009) as Crown Prince Tatsu
- Blood and Bone (2009)
- Fast & Furious (2009)
- Baby (2008) as Tommy
- Prison Break (2008)
- Pushing Daisies (2008) as Shrimp Boy
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (2008) as General Tatsu
- From Mexico with Love (2008)
- 24 (2 episodes, 2007)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- CSI: NY (4 episodes, 2005)
- Entourage (1 episode, 2005)
- Alias (2 episodes, 2002–2005)
- Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
- The Art of War (2000)
- K-911 (1999)
- Godzilla 2000 (1999, voice work)
- Tiger Heart (1996) as Johnny