Warrior (TV series)

Plot

Cast

Main

• Andrew Koji as Ah Sahm, A Chinese martial arts expert of partial European ancestry from his white American grandfather, Ah Sahm travels to San Francisco to find his missing sister and ends up being involved in the city's gang wars.
• Olivia Cheng as Ah Toy, a bisexual Madame in charge of the Hop Wei's brothel. She takes an interest with Ah Sahm due to his connections with Mai Ling.
• Jason Tobin as Young Jun, Father Jun's son and heir to the Hop Wei. He becomes fast friends with Ah Sahm.
• Dianne Doan as Mai Ling, the wife of Long Zii, head of the Long Zii Tong. She is actually Ah Sahm's sister, Xiaojing, who ran away from China to the US to escape from her abusive husband Sun Yang, who forced her to marry him to prevent him from killing her brother. As Long Zii's wife, she is the de facto second in command of the Long Zii gang.
• Kieran Bew as Officer "Big Bill" O'Hara, an Irish police officer promoted to lead the Chinatown squad. He is initially racist towards the Chinese, but changes his opinion after meeting Ah Sahm. He used to be friends with Dylan Leary, as both men were Union soldiers during the American Civil War. Due to his gambling problem, he ends up getting in trouble with both the Chinese and Irish gangs.
• Dean Jagger as Dylan Leary, an American Civil War veteran and crime lord of the Irish Mob. He hates the Chinese, whom he blames for taking away jobs meant for the Irish, and will use whatever means to ensure his goals will be met.
• Joanna Vanderham as Penelope Blake, the wife of Mayor Samuel Blake. She and her husband do not get along, as she only married Samuel to gain access to his family's wealth to help her father, Industrialist Byron Mercer. She later falls in love with Ah Sahm after he saved her life.
• Tom Weston-Jones as Richard Lee, a new police officer from Savannah, Georgia. Despite being from the South, Lee believes all races should be treated equally. He is disliked by his Irish colleagues, who are Union veterans, due to his family having fought with the Confederacy. It is later revealed he is wanted in Georgia for killing his two cousins after they tried to rape and then murdered Nora, a black daughter of former slaves and his lover.
• Hoon Lee as Wang Chao, a Black Market arms dealer who works with both the Hop Wei and Long Zii, along with the San Francisco Police. Thanks to his connections, he is free to travel to all of the Tongs territory and even serves as a middleman between them.
• Langley Kirkwood as Walter Buckley, the Deputy Mayor of San Francisco who is secretly working with Mai Ling to start a war between the Hop Wei and Long Zii.
• Christian McKay as Mayor Samuel Blake, the Mayor of San Francisco and Penelope's husband. Despite supporting anti-Chinese views to gain the backing of Irish voters, he secretly visits Ah Toy's brothel to be serviced with both male and female Chinese prostitutes.
• Perry Yung as Father Jun, leader of the Hop Wei and Young Jun's father.
• Joe Taslim as Li Yong, a Long Zii enforcer and secretly Mai Ling's lover. He's also Ah Sahm's rival in the show.
• Jenny Umbhau as Lai, a peasant girl sold to Ah Toy who has a special skill set.
• Dustin Nguyen as Zing, the new leader of the Fung Hai Tong and Mai Ling's ally.
• Chen Tang as Hong
• Céline Buckens as Sophie Mercer
• Miranda Raison as Nellie Davenport

  Recurring

• Emily Child as Lucy O'Hara, Bill's wife.
• Graham Hopkins as Byron Mercer, Penelope's father.
• Henry Yuk as Long Zii, the elderly leader of the Long Zii Tong.
• David Butler as Russell Flanagan, the Police Chief of San Francisco.
• Rich Ting as Bolo, a former railroad worker turned underground fighter who was saved by Father Jun.
• Brendan Sean Murray as Jack Damon, an Irish debt collector working for the Fung Hai.
• Kenneth Fok as Jacob, Penelope Blake's man servant.
• Arthur Falko as Twig
• Maria Elena Laas as Rosalita Vega

  Guest

• C.S. Lee as Lu, a former coolie, who became the co-owner of the saloon Ah Sahm and Young Jun take shelter in.
• Erica Wessels as Billie, Lu's wife and co-owner of the saloon.
• Rachel Colwell as Wankeia, a Native-American prostitute Young Jun falls in love with.
• Andrew Stock as Father Flynn, a priest who helps defend the saloon from bandits.
• Christiaan Schoombie as Harlan French, leader of the bandit gang.
• Henry Kwok as Lao Ting, a Chinese businessman who ships people from China.
• Patrick Baladi as Crestwood, an anti-Chinese Senator who seeks to become president.
• James Lew as Sifu Li Qiang, a Kung-Fu master who trained Ah Sahm in his youth.

  Episodes

Production

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