Ron Yuan

Ron Yuan

Actor, Director, Producer

Born February 20, 1973 in New York City, New York, USA

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).

Top titles

  • The Paper Tigers
  • Mulan
  • Grosse Pointe Garden Society
  • Justified - Season 1
  • Sons of Anarchy Season 1
  • Pushing Daisies Season 1
  • Entourage: Season 1
  • 24 Season 1
  • Prison Break Season 1
  • TRON: Uprising Volume 1
  • Castle - Season 1
  • Monk Season 1
  • Burn Notice Season 1
  • The Blacklist - Season 1
  • Sleeper Cell Season 1
  • Awake Season 1
  • Alias Season 1
  • The Pretender Season 1
  • Hawaii Five-0 - Season 1
  • Murder in the First Season 1

Filmography

  • 2025
    Grosse Pointe Garden Society
  • 2024
    The Death That Awaits
  • ARK: The Animated Series - Season 1
  • Rule of Thirds
  • 2022
    Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind
  • Blade of the 47 Ronin
  • The Wind and the Reckoning
  • Catwoman: Hunted
  • 2021
    Kung Fu: Season 1
  • Season 1
  • 2020
    The Paper Tigers
  • Mulan
  • Deputy, Season 1
  • 2019
    Step Up: Year Of The Dance
  • Blood & Treasure Season 1
  • 2018
    Beyond White Space
  • Siren Season 1
  • 2017
    MDMA
  • 2016
    Independence Day: Resurgence
  • Birth of the Dragon
  • The Accountant
  • 2015
    Underdog Kids
  • 2014
    Murder in the First Season 1
  • Revenge of the Green Dragons
  • 2013
    Olympus Has Fallen
  • The Blacklist - Season 1
  • 2012
    TRON: Uprising Volume 1
  • Red Dawn
  • Touch Season 1
  • Awake Season 1
  • 2010
    Hawaii Five-0 - Season 1
  • Justified - Season 1
  • 2009
    Blood And Bone
  • From Mexico With Love
  • NCIS: Los Angeles, Season 1
  • Fast & Furious
  • Castle - Season 1
  • 2008
    Mask of the Ninja
  • Sons of Anarchy Season 1
  • American Crude
  • 2007
    Pushing Daisies Season 1
  • Burn Notice Season 1
  • Baby
  • 2006
    Undoing
  • Fifty Pills
  • 2005
    Prison Break Season 1
  • Sleeper Cell Season 1
  • 2004
    Ella Enchanted
  • Entourage: Season 1
  • CSI: NY, Season 01
  • 2003
    Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
  • Cradle 2 the Grave
  • 2002
    Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
  • Monk Season 1
  • 2001
    Shaolin Soccer
  • 24 Season 1
  • Alias Season 1
  • 2000
    The Art of War
  • 1999
    Godzilla 2000
  • k-911
  • 1997
    Pensacola: Wings of Gold - Season 1
  • Drive
  • Fakin' Da Funk
  • 1996
    The Pretender Season 1
  • Nash Bridges: Season 1
  • White Tiger
  • Night Hunter
  • L.A. Heat Season 1
  • 1995
    JAG Season 1
  • Jade
  • 1994
    Double Dragon
  • Deadly Target
  • 1993
    Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
  • Walker: Texas Ranger - Season 1
  • Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman Season 1
  • 1992
    Street Crimes
  • 1991
    Ring of Fire

Connections

  • Will Hirschfeld

    Will Hirschfeld

  • Quoc Bao Tran

    Quoc Bao Tran

  • Yuji Okumoto

    Yuji Okumoto

Genres

  • Thriller
  • Action & Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Horror
  • Music Videos & Concerts
  • Western
  • Military & War
  • Fantasy
  • Drama
  • Romance