Ronald Winston Yuan is an American actor, voice actor, martial artist, action director, director, and stunt choreographer. He is known for his roles on Sons of Anarchy, Prison Break, Golden Boy, and '. He also supplied the voice of Sgt. Fideltin Rusk in the video game series' and Scorpion in Mortal Kombat 11
Yuan has also recently appeared in Roland Emmerich's Independence Day sequel, , playing Yeong, the main weapons engineer. Before that, Yuan appeared in the film The Accountant, with Ben Affleck, J. K. Simmons and Anna Kendrick, playing a reluctant Silat master. Yuan had a cameo in Martin Scorsese'sRevenge of the Green Dragons, directed by Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo, playing the feared leader of the notorious BTK. Yuan also joined Francesca Eastwood and Annie Q in Cardinal X, produced by Richard Bosner and Cassian Elwes in a semi-autobiographical film from first time director Angie Wang based on a college freshman in the 1980s who becomes an expert manufacturer and dealer of ecstasy. Yuan also had memorable turns on hit films Art of War, Fast and Furious, Cradle 2 the Grave, Blood and Bone, and Red Dawn.
TV
Yuan is currently a series regular on the Netflix hit, the Weinstein Company's "Marco Polo" created by John Fusco. Yuan plays Prince Nayan, a fiery eyed descendant of Genghis Khan. Nayan is a converted Christian that rules all of Manchuria and whose closely watched actions will affect Kublai's control of Asia. Yuan has also appeared on Jon Bokenkamp's hit show "The Blacklist" as mysterious Blacklister Quon Zhang. Yuan was also seen in the final season of "Sons of Anarchy" as the intense and unpredictable Ryu Tom. Yuan played hard-nosed Lt. Peter Kang in the short lived CBS series "Golden Boy" from Nicholas Wootton and Greg Berlanti. Yuan also had recent cameo special guest appearances on the TV shows "Castle" and "Justified". Yuan also played the iconic Japanese character Scorpion for Warner Bros' secret Mortal Kombat X "Generations". In the past, Yuan was cast in a leading role on HBO pilot "All Signs of Death" opposite Ben Whishaw, directed by Alan Ball. Yuan recently had character arcs on FOX's "Touch" opposite Keifer Sutherland created by Tim Kring, NBC's "Awake" opposite Jason Isaacs and FOX pilot "Exit Strategy" with Ethan Hawke directed by Antoine Fuqua. Yuan also had memorable turns on other hit series Prison Break, CSI:NY, 24, Burn Notice, NCIS:LA, Pushing Daisies, and Entourage.
Yuan designed the fight sequences as well as going behind camera as Action Director for Steve Chasman/ Jason Statham's "Wild Card" scripted by William Goldman and directed by Simon West. Yuan just finished designing and directing the action on the popular Taiwanese/ Chinese/ International action franchise "PiZi Ying Xiong 2" shot entirely in Taiwan.
Directing and writing
He has directed and written several short films so far, including Lollipops, Three Bullets and Tea and Remembrance, starring himself and Marie Matiko. He is currently working on a feature project entitled "Unspoken" starring Russell Wong, Brian Tee, Will Yun Lee, and Ian Anthony Dale. Yuan later directed Step Up: Year of the Dance, an spin-off of the Step Up franchise.
