Yoson An Featured Popular
2017 Meg, Helicopter Pilot'
Manu One Limited, Dir.Jon Turteltaub
2016 Mega Time Squad 'Wen'
Candlelit Pictures, Dir. Tim van Dummen
2016 Inversus, 'Li Mu' (in post-production)
The RED Film Company Ltd
2015 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend, 'Boxer #2'
Iron Knight Productions Ltd, Dir. Woo-Ping Yeun
2013 Ghost Bride, 'Jason' (lead)
ILA Productions Ltd, Dir. David Blyth
TELEVISION
2014 Grace (mini-series), 'Ricky' (lead)
Infocus Asia / HBO Asia, Dir. Tony Tilse
2013 Jawbone (pilot), 'Josh'
Dreams in Shadow Film Productions
WEB SERIES
2014 Flat 3, 'Yoson' (recurring)
Flat 3 Productions, Dir. Roseanne Liang
Auckland Arts Festival / National tour, Dir. Katie Wolfe
2010 Seussical (musical theatre), 'Yertle'
Saint Kentigern College, Dir. Ross Gerritsen
SHORT FILM
2013 Re-Love, 'Adam' (lead)
Dir. Sana Shaikh
2012 Zen Master, 'Jason'
Yoobee School of Design, Dir. Arvin Hilario
2012 The Gene, 'Coleson'
SAE Institute, Dir. Lio Carter Auvaa
2012 Different Frenquencies, 'Hoodlum' (lead)
University of Auckland, Dir. Tim George
2012 Death Note, 'Blythe' (lead)
Yoobee School of Design, Dir. Arvin Hilario
2016 Fisher & Paykel
NZ, Australia. Web only Asia, USA, Canada & UK
Internet only
TRAINING
13-16 Meisner Technique
with Michael Saccente
---- Screen Acting & Audition Technique workshop
KHM
---- Standard American Accent
with Chris Stewart
Biography
Yoson An is a Chinese-New Zealand Actor. He began his acting career in 2012. Some of his credits include The Meg, Mortal Engines, and Amazon Prime’s Five Blind Dates. Yoson made his Hollywood debut by playing the romantic lead in Disney’s Live-Action Mulan (2020). In 2021, he was cast as a supporting lead in Lionsgate The Plane, starring alongside Gerard Butler. He was most recently a supporting lead in Lionsgate Shadow Force dir Joe Carnahan, working alongside Kerry Washington, Mark Strong, and Omar Sy.
Television highlights include the HBO Asia mini-series Grace; SBS’s crime thriller Dead Lucky, starring alongside Rachel Griffiths; Warner Bros. comedy series Fresh Eggs; BBC's The Luminaries; Goalpost Pictures’ New Gold Mountain streaming on Sundance Now; and most recently Roseanne Liang’s Creamerie on Hulu.
When off camera, Yoson works behind the scenes as a filmmaker. He executive produced The Harvest in 2021 with his Mulan costar Doua Moua, with the film set for festival circuits in 2022. Yoson has recently written his second short film JOHN, which he directed and starred in.
Multi-lingual, Yoson is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin as well as English, and is a skilled martial artist. He holds a black belt in karate, and has also in the past practiced kick boxing, ninjutsu, power lifting, and rock climbing.
Interests
- Adventure
- Culture and the Arts
- Fashion
- Film & Television
- Health & Lifestyle
Skills
- Basketball
- Bodybuilding
- Full Licence
- Golf
- Karate
- Kick Boxing
- Martial Arts
- Piano
- Pool
- Singer
- Baritone
- Snooker
Notes:
Karate - black belt. Other skills include ninjutsu, powerlifting, & Olympic weight lifting.