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Ron Yuan(I)

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Ron Yuan just wrapped as one of the ensemble leads in Disney's live adaptation Mulan (2020), directed by Niki Caro. Yuan plays battle hardened "Master Sgt. Qiang", 2nd in command of the Imperial Regiment.

Yuan signed on as series regular, Prince Nayan, on Netflix's Marco Polo (2014), created by John Fusco. Yuan filmed Roland Emmerich's Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) playing "Yeong", the main weapons engineer. Before that, he was in The Accountant (2016), directed by Gavin O'Connor, playing a reluctant Silat Master. He appeared on Jon Bokenkamp's The Blacklist (2013) as Quon Zhang. He was seen in the final season of Sons of Anarchy (2008) as the intense and unpredictable "Ryu Tom". Yuan played hard-nosed "Lt. Peter Kang" in the short-lived CBS series Golden Boy (2013), and had small roles in episodes of Justified (2010) and Castle (2009). Yuan joined Francesca Eastwood and Annie Q. Riegel in MDMA (2017).

In Mortal Kombat 11 (2019), he voiced "Scorpion". His made his directorial debut with Step Up China (2019). In the ABC/Freeform series Siren (2018), Yuan played "Aldon Decker", a military marine biologist who unwittingly falls in love with a predator mermaid. His obsession spirals out of control as he tries to bring her back to his research facility. Yuan designed the fight sequences as well as going behind camera as Action Director for Wild Card (2015), scripted by William Goldman and directed by Simon West. Yuan completed designing and directing the action on the popular action franchise Black & White: The Dawn of Justice (2014). He played character in story arcs on FOX's Touch (2012) (opposite Kiefer Sutherland) and NBC's Awake (2012) (opposite Jason Isaacs).

He was the voice behind major gaming campaigns (Call of Duty-Black Ops 2, Halo, Star Wars' Old Republic, Resident Evil, World of Warcraft, Medal of Honor, Army of Two, Guild Wars 2, Deus Ex, Drake's Uncharted, and many more). Yuan's MiniFlix Films with Sony Television (SPE) co-produced three films (Three Bullets, Tea and Remembrance, Lollipops) in which Yuan wrote, produced and directed. Yuan's award winning work in short film and features has premiered in more than 30 film festivals worldwide, including Toronto, Sundance (Park City, Utah), Tribeca (Manhattan), Athens, Cairo, Seattle, Kansas City (Missouri), Austin (Texas), and Beijing & Macau (China), and Los Angeles, Newport Beach & Comic Con (all California).
BornFebruary 20, 1973
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Mulan London Premier - Ron Yuan, Niki Caro, Liu Yifei, Jason Scott Lee and Yoson An
Ron Yuan in Blood and Treasure
Ron Yuan cameos in Gavin O'Connor's "The Accountant" as a Silat master that teaches a young Christian Wolf played by Ben Affleck.
Ron Yuan as "Warrior Samurai"
Still of Ron Yuan in Mulan
Ron Yuan in NBC's "The Blacklist" as mysterious Blacklister Quon Zhang in eps Quon Zhang #87.
Ron Yuan in Forbidden Warrior (2005)
Ron Yuan, Thaddeus Daniels, and Theo James in Golden Boy (2013)
Ron Yuan in The Girl from the Naked Eye (2012)
Christine Adams, Andrea Lui, and Ron Yuan in Pushing Daisies (2007)
Still of Ben Whishaw, Ron Yuan and Mahershala Ali in “All Signs of Death”
Still of Mahershala Ali, Ben Whishaw and Ron Yuan in “All Signs of Death”

Known for

Lorenzo Richelmy in Marco Polo (2014)
Marco Polo
8.0
TV Series
  • Nayan
The Monkey King
The Monkey King
  • Babbo(voice)
    Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Ron Yuan, and Alain Uy in The Paper Tigers (2020)
    The Paper Tigers
    6.3
    • Hing
    • 2020
    Liu Yifei in Mulan (2020)
    Mulan
    5.7
    • Sergeant Qiang
    • 2020

    Credits

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    Actor

    • The Brothers Sun
      • Post-production
    • ARK: The Animated Series
      • (voice)
      • In Production
    • Rule of Thirds
      • Completed
    • The Death That Awaits
      • Post-production
    • The Monkey King
      • (voice)
      • In Production
    • Through the eye of the Dragon
    • Lindsay Watson in The Wind & the Reckoning (2022)
      The Wind & the Reckoning
    • Ron Yuan in Mortal Kombat: Onslaught (2022)
      Mortal Kombat: Onslaught
      • (voice)
    • Ron Yuan, Artt Butler, and Manny Jacinto in Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind (2022)
      Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
      • (voice)
    • Oded Fehr, Matt Barr, Katia Winter, and Sofia Pernas in Blood & Treasure (2019)
      Blood & Treasure
    • Catwoman: Hunted (2022)
      Catwoman: Hunted
      • (voice)
    • Jason Antoon, Vanessa Lachey, Noah Mills, Yasmine Al-Bustami, and Alex Tarrant in NCIS: Hawai'i (2021)
      NCIS: Hawai'i
    • Olivia Liang in Kung Fu (2021)
      Kung Fu
    • Calum Worthy, Victoria Grace, and Gideon Adlon in Pacific Rim: The Black (2021)
      Pacific Rim: The Black
      • (voice)
    • Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Ron Yuan, and Alain Uy in The Paper Tigers (2020)
      The Paper Tigers
    • Liu Yifei in Mulan (2020)
      Mulan
    • Deputy (2020)
      Deputy
    • Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020)
      Yakuza: Like a Dragon
      • (English version, voice)
    • Ben Ramsey's iNTERFACE (2019)
      Ben Ramsey's iNTERFACE
    • Shameik Moore, Joey Bada$$, Ashton Sanders, Siddiq Saunderson, T.J. Atoms, Johnell Young, and Dave East in Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019)
      Wu-Tang: An American Saga

    Director

    • End of an Empire
      • (attached)
      • Pre-production
    • Anna Akana in Blade of the 47 Ronin (2022)
      Blade of the 47 Ronin
    • Kimmy Suzuki, Ron Yuan, Yao King, Calista Wu, Kristen Cui, Bettina Chin Cho, Bryce Clark, Grace Su, Celia Au, Teresa Ting, and Luciano Acuna Jr. in CaliStar: Don't Give Up (2022)
      CaliStar: Don't Give Up
    • Step Up China (2019)
      Step Up China
    • Unspoken: Diary of an Assassin (2017)
      Unspoken: Diary of an Assassin
    • Let It Go
    • MC Lyte and Lil Mama in MC Lyte feat. Lil Mama & AV: Ball (2014)
      MC Lyte feat. Lil Mama & AV: Ball
    • Three Bullets-starring Michael Jai White and Bokeem Woodbine-directed by Ron Yuan
      Three Bullets
    • MiniFlix Films presents "Lollipops" Directed by Ron Yuan
      Lollipops
    • "Tea and Remembrance" directed by Ron Yuan-Illustrations by Hazel Yuan
      Tea and Remembrance

    Producer

    • Anna Akana in Blade of the 47 Ronin (2022)
      Blade of the 47 Ronin
    • Kimmy Suzuki, Ron Yuan, Yao King, Calista Wu, Kristen Cui, Bettina Chin Cho, Bryce Clark, Grace Su, Celia Au, Teresa Ting, and Luciano Acuna Jr. in CaliStar: Don't Give Up (2022)
      CaliStar: Don't Give Up
    • Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Ron Yuan, and Alain Uy in The Paper Tigers (2020)
      The Paper Tigers
    • Step Up China (2019)
      Step Up China
    • Unspoken: Diary of an Assassin (2017)
      Unspoken: Diary of an Assassin
    • Black Salt (2015)
      Black Salt
    • Let It Go
    • The Introduction (2012)
      The Introduction
    • Dominique Swain, Jason Yee, Ron Yuan, and Sasha Grey in The Girl from the Naked Eye (2012)
      The Girl from the Naked Eye
    • Three Bullets-starring Michael Jai White and Bokeem Woodbine-directed by Ron Yuan
      Three Bullets
    • MiniFlix Films presents "Lollipops" Directed by Ron Yuan
      Lollipops
    • "Tea and Remembrance" directed by Ron Yuan-Illustrations by Hazel Yuan
      Tea and Remembrance
    • Promo Poster
      The Art of War
    • Brotherhood (1997)
      Brotherhood
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Videos19

    Ron Yuan Select Scenes
    Demo Reel 9:12
    Ron Yuan Select Scenes
    Ron Yuan Golden Boy Select Scenes
    Demo Reel 3:18
    Ron Yuan Golden Boy Select Scenes
    Ron Yuan Action Reel
    Demo Reel 7:44
    Ron Yuan Action Reel
    All Signs of Death
    Demo Reel 9:23
    All Signs of Death
    Cardinal X
    Clip 1:35
    Cardinal X
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:22
    Official Trailer
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:21
    Official Trailer
    The Paper Tigers
    Trailer 2:22
    The Paper Tigers
    Mall
    Trailer 2:17
    Mall
    The Girl from the Naked Eye
    Trailer 1:53
    The Girl from the Naked Eye
    Guild Wars 2 (VG)
    Trailer 4:03
    Guild Wars 2 (VG)
    Guild Wars 2 (VG)
    Trailer 5:21
    Guild Wars 2 (VG)

    Personal details

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      • February 20, 1973
      • New York City, New York, USA
      • Roger Yuan(Sibling)
    • Other works
      Tea and Remembrance - Writer and Director
    • Publicity listings
      • 3 Interviews
      • 15 Articles
      • 3 Pictorials

    Did you know

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      Has worked with filmmaker Andrzej Bartkowiak on two movies: Jade (1995), for which Bartkowiak was the cinematographer, and Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), which Bartkowiak directed.
      • Distinctive rich voice.

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