Byron Mann (Chinese: 文峰) is an actor who has made films in both Hollywood and Asia. He 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 Koh in the manga-based movie Crying Freeman.
Byron is interested in sports, especially tennis and golf. He was at one point a top-ranked tennis player in Hong Kong. He is also an accomplished Wushu practioner, having displayed his skills in a number of movies including Invincible and Street Fighter (in which he portrayed Ryu.)
Byron Mann attended a British all-boys high school, where he was active in community theatre as both an actor and a writer. After graduating, Byron moved to California to study philosophy even though acting remained important to him. After college, Byron attended law school, but took a sabbatical after the first year. Back in Hong Kong, he received an acting role in the TV movie Last Flight Out. He returned to Los Angeles, California, passed the California bar, and pursued acting full time.
Filmography
Last Flight Out (1990) (TV)
Ghost Ship (1992) — Charlie
Murphy Brown — Quan Chang
Time Trax — Taki
Possessed by the Night (1994) — Fok Ping Wong
Deadly Target (1994) — Chang
Street Fighter (1994) — Ryu Hoshi
Street Fighter: The Movie video game (1995) — Ryu
Crying Freeman (1995) — Koh
Murder, She Wrote — Yosuki Ishida
Pacific Blue — Marlon Ky
The Sentinel — Tommy Wu
Red Corner (1997) — Lin Dan
American Dragons (1998) — Shadow
The Corruptor (1999) — Bobby Vu
Martial Law — Ataru Nakamura
Walker, Texas Ranger — P.K. Song
UC: Undercover — Simon Shen
Invincible (2001) — Michael Fu
The Chang Family Saves the World (2002)
Dark Angel
Robbery Homicide Division
1st to Die (2003) (TV) — Derek Lee
Belly of the Beast (2003) — Sunti
Petits mythes urbains
Catwoman (2004) — Wesley
Sniper 3 (2004) — Quan
Smallville
Fallen (2006) — Samchiel
The Counting House (2006) — Jackie
Dragon Boys (2007) — Tommy Jiang
Shanghai Kiss (2007) — Jai Li
Blonde and Blonder (2007) — Mr. Wong
External links
Byron Mann at the Internet Movie Database
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Categories: 1967 births | Chinese Americans | Asian American actors | Living people | American television actors | American film actors
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