Byron Mann is a Hong Kong-American

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of film and television. His best-known roles include

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in '' Street Fighter'', Silver Lion in '' The Man with the Iron Fists'', Wing Chau in ''

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'', Admiral Augusto Nguyen on ''

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'', Chang on '' Hell on Wheels'', Yao Fei on ''

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'', and Uncle Six in the

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series ''

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''.

Early life and education

Mann was born in

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, and was raised bilingual in English and Cantonese. Mann 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. Mann received a degree in philosophy from

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in Los Angeles, California. After college, Byron attended

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, 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

In 1994, Mann's acting career began. Mann starred in films such as ''

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'' and '' The Corruptor'', and in the television show '' Dark Angel,'' and has also co-starred in ''

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'' and ''

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.'' He is best known as

in '' Street Fighter'' (starring alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme and

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) and Koh in the manga-based movie '' Crying Freeman''. In 2012, Mann starred alongside

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and

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in '' The Man with the Iron Fists'', directed by RZA, and presented by

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. In 2015, Mann appeared in ''

'', a

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feature film directed by Adam McKay, alongside Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell. He also was a series regular on AMC's '' Hell on Wheels'', playing the powerful railroad mercenary Chang. In 2018, Mann was a recurring character on Netflix's '' Altered Carbon''. In June 2018, it was announced that Mann was cast in the series regular role of Uncle Six on the

series, ''

''.

Personal life

Mann is interested in sports, especially tennis and golf. He was at one point a top-ranked tennis player, under 16 division, in Hong Kong. He is also a ''wushu'' practitioner, displaying his skills in a number of movies including ''Invincible'' and ''Street Fighter''. Mann is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, and speaks some Thai after having learned it for his role in the 2013 film '' A Stranger in Paradise''.

Awards and nominations

In 2016, Mann was nominated for the Golden Maple Award for Best Actor in a TV series broadcast in the U.S. for his role on '' Hell on Wheels''.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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