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'', Silver Lion in ''

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'', 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 '' Wu Assassins''.

Early life

Mann was born in

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to a Chinese-American mother and a Chinese father. He was raised bilingual in English and Cantonese and grew up in

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. Mann attended the

Diocesan Boys' School The Diocesan Boys' School (DBS) is a day and boarding Anglican boys' school in Hong Kong, located at 131 Argyle Street, Hong Kong, Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Kowloon. The school's mission is "to provide a liberal education based on Christianity ...

, an all-boys secondary school in Hong Kong. Mann attended a Christian college in

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. After his first year, he transferred to

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, where he majored in philosophy. After graduation, Mann attended USC Law School. During law school, he decided to pursue acting and took a

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to explore opportunities in Hong Kong. Mann later returned to finish law school and passed the California bar exam. He changed his last name from Chan to Mann.

Career

Mann made his film debut in the 1990 TV movie, ''Last Flight Out.'' He acted in the film while on a sabbatical at USC Law School.'''' Mann starred in films such as '' Red Corner'' and ''

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

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'' and '' Invincible.'' He is best known as Ryu in ''

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

'', directed by

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. In 2015, Mann appeared in ''

'', a

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. 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, '' Wu Assassins''.

Personal life

Prior to his acting career, Mann was a top-ranked tennis player, under 16 division, in Hong Kong. He is also a ''wushu'' practitioner, and has displayed 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 ''

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''.

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

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Byron 1967 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors Hong Kong emigrants to the United States University of California, Los Angeles alumni American wushu practitioners USC Gould School of Law alumni 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors 20th-century Hong Kong male actors 21st-century Hong Kong male actors People educated at Diocesan Boys' School