Byron Mann Fung (; nè Chan) is a Hong Kong-American actor. His best-known roles include Ryu in Street Fighter, Silver Lion in The Man with the Iron Fists, Wing Chau in The Big Short, Admiral Augusto Nguyen on The Expanse, Chang on Hell on Wheels, Yao Fei on Arrow, and Uncle Six in the Netflix series Wu Assassins.

Early life and education Mann was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese-American mother and a Chinese father. He was raised bilingual in English and Cantonese and grew up in Kowloon. Mann attended the Diocesan Boys' School, an all-boys secondary school in Hong Kong.

Mann attended a Christian college in Chicago, Illinois. After his first year, he transferred to UCLA in Los Angeles, California, where he majored in philosophy. After graduation, Mann attended USC Law School. During law school, he decided to pursue acting and took a sabbatical 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 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 in The Man with the Iron Fists, directed by RZA. In 2015, Mann appeared in The Big Short, a Paramount Pictures feature film directed by Adam McKay. 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 Netflix series, Wu Assassins.

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.

Personal life Prior to his acting career, Mann was a top-ranked tennis player, under 16 division, in Hong Kong.

Filmography Film Year Title Role 1992 Ghost Ship Charlie 1994 Possessed by the Night Fok Ping Wong Deadly Target Chang Street Fighter Ryu Hoshi 1995 Crying Freeman Koh 1997 Red Corner Lin Dan 1998 American Dragons 'Shadow' 1999 The Corruptor Bobby Vu 2003 Belly of the Beast Sunti 2004 Catwoman Wesley Sniper 3 Detective Quan 2007 Shanghai Kiss Jai Li The Counting House Jackie Blonde and Blonder Mr. Wong 2009 Motherland Michael Wong A Dangerous Man The Colonel 2012 Cold War Chan Bin The Man with the Iron Fists Silver Lion 2013 A Stranger in Paradise Lek 2014 Rise of the Legend Black Crow 2015 Absolution Chi Jasmine The Suspect The Big Short Wing Chau 2018 Skyscraper Inspector Wu 2019 Don't Let Go Sergeant Roger Martin 2023 Heroes of the Golden Masks Jiahao Dark Asset JohnThe ModelizerShawn Koo

Television Year Title Role Notes 1990 Last Flight Out TV film 1992 Tequila and Bonetti Jeffrey Han Episode: "Brooklyn and the Beast" 1993 Murphy Brown Quan Chang Episode: "The Young & the Rest of Us" 1994 Time Trax Taki Episode: "Return of the Yakuza" Galaxy Beat Two-headed Man TV film 1996 Murder, She Wrote Yosuki Ishida Episode: "Kendo Killing" Pacific Blue Marlon Ky Episode: "The Enemy Within" 1997 The Sentinel Tommy Wu Episode: "Poachers" 1999 Martial Law Ataru Nakamura Episode: "This Shogun For Hire" 2000 Walker, Texas Ranger P.K. Song Episode: "Black Dragons" 2000–2002 Dark Angel Detective Matt Sung Recurring role (8 episodes) 2001 UC: Undercover Simon Shen Episode: "Amerikaz Most Wanted" 2002 Robbery Homicide Division Twan Kee Episode: "Life is Dust" 2003 Invincible Michael Fu TV film First to Die Derek Lee TV film 2003–2005 Smallville Commander Cheng / Kern 2 episodes 2004 Petits Mythes urbains Dr. Shaw / Dr. Lee Episode: "Scalpel illégitime" 2006 Fallen Samchiel Miniseries 2007 Nobody Mr. North TV film Dragon Boys Tommy Jiang Miniseries 2009 The Unit Stanley Wu Episode: "Bad Beat" 2010 Durham County Julian Cho Recurring role (3 episodes) Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures Chen Miniseries Burn Notice Ming Khan Episode: "Fast Friends" 2011 Befriend and Betray Winstead P.C. Lau TV film True Justice Savon Episode: "Street Wars: Part 2" 2012 Arctic Air Gavin Episode: "New North" Nikita Agent Li Bai Episode: "3.0" 2012–2019 Arrow Yao Fei GulongRecurring role (14 episodes) 2014 The Novice Johnny Joo TV film Hawaii Five-0 Fire Captain Hank Iona Episode: "Ku I Ka Pili Koko" 2015 CSI: Cyber Jordan Tan Episode: "URL, Interrupted" 2015–2016 Hell on Wheels Chang Recurring role (9 episodes) 2016 Rush Hour Fong Recurring role (2 episodes) NCIS: Los Angeles Zhang Kiu Episode: "Black Market" 2016–2018 Blood and Water Evan Ong Recurring role (16 episodes) 2017–2018 The Expanse Admiral Augusto Nguyễn Recurring role (8 episodes) 2018 Altered Carbon Takeshi Kovacs / Dimitri Kadmin Recurring role (3 episodes) 2019 Wu Assassins Uncle Six Main cast 2020 Little Fires Everywhere Ed Jan Recurring role (3 episodes) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Li Episode: "After, Before" 2022 Blood & Treasure Vince Tran Recurring role (4 episodes) The Recruit Xander Recurring role (5 episodes) 2023 Blue Eye Samurai Mikio Episode: "The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride"2025Wild CardsJinEpisode: "The Big Bang Theory"Wayward Brian Recurring role

Video games Year Title Role Notes 2012 Sleeping Dogs Raymond Mak, Pockmark Cheuk (voices) 2012 Call of Duty: Black Ops II General Tian Zhao (voice) Also motion capture

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