Ron Yuan

Ron Yuan

actor, director, producer

Ron Yuan was born on Feb 20, 1973 in USA. Ron Yuan's big-screen debut came with Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel directed by Richard W. Munchkin in 1993, strarring Li. Ron Yuan is known for Pacific Rim: The Black directed by Hiroyuki Hayashi, Gideon Adlon stars as Hayley and Calum Worthy as Taylor. Ron Yuan has got 2 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Ron Yuan achieved is Canada International Film Festival. The upcoming new tvshow Ron Yuan plays is ARK: The Animated Series - Season 1 which will be released on Dec 31, 2023.

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 Mr Wolff (2016), directed by Gavin O'Connor, playing a reluctant Silat Master. He appeared on Jon Bokenkamp's 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 Un flic d'exception (2013), and had small roles in episodes of Justified (2010) and Castle (2009). Yuan joined Francesca Eastwood and Annie Q. Riegel in Angie X (2017).In Mortal Kombat 11 (2019), he voiced "Scorpion". His made his directorial debut with Step Up: Year of the Dance (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 Joker (2015), scripted by William Goldman and directed by Simon West. Yuan completed designing and directing the action on the popular action franchise Pi Zi Ying Xiong 2 (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).

  • Birthday

    Feb 20, 1973
  • Place of Birth

    New York City, New York, USA
  • Also known

    Ronald Winston Yuan

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 3 nominations

Canada International Film Festival
2011
Feature Film Competition
Winner - Royal Reel Award
Los Angeles FirstGlance Film Festival
2009
Short Narrative - Best Director
Winner - Festival Award
Lollipops (2009)

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