Acting Film Yuan appeared in Roland Emmerich's
Independence Day sequel,
Independence Day: Resurgence, playing Yeong, the main weapons engineer. Before that, Yuan appeared in the film
The Accountant (directed by
Gavin O'Connor), with
Ben Affleck,
J. K. Simmons and
Anna Kendrick, playing a reluctant
Silat master. Yuan had a cameo in Martin Scorsese's
Revenge of the Green Dragons, directed by Andrew Lau
(Infernal Affairs) 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
(Fruitvale Station) 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
The Art of War,
Fast & Furious,
Cradle 2 the Grave,
Blood and Bone, and
Red Dawn.
TV Yuan was a series regular on the
Netflix show, 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
(True Blood). Yuan recently had character arcs on FOX's
Touch opposite
Kiefer Sutherland created by
Tim Kring (Heroes), NBC's
Awake opposite Jason Isaacs and FOX pilot "Exit Strategy" with Ethan Hawke directed by Antoine Fuqua
(Training Day). Yuan also had memorable turns on other hit series
Prison Break,
CSI: NY,
24,
Burn Notice,
NCIS: Los Angeles,
Pushing Daisies, and
Entourage.
Video game voicework Yuan has also voiced characters in major video or computer games such as
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2,
Halo,
Star Wars: The Old Republic,
Resident Evil,
World of Warcraft,
Medal of Honor,
Army of Two,
Guild Wars 2,
Deus Ex,
Uncharted,
Red Alert 3,
Mortal Kombat 11,
Fallout: New Vegas and many more.
Action directing and choreography 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"(Black&White 2) shot entirely in Taiwan.
Directing and writing He has directed and written several short films so far, including
Lollipops (2009),
Three Bullets (2009) (starring
Michael Jai White) and
Tea and Remembrance (2009), 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, a Chinese dance film of the
Step Up franchise. == Filmography ==