{{short description|Canadian actor}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Byron Lawson | birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1976|8|26}} | birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1995–present }} '''Byron Lawson''' (born August 26, 1976) is a Canadian actor of Chinese descent.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nguygen|first1=L|title=Byron Lawson in this Summer Thriller "Snakes on a Plane"|url=http://www.asiancemagazine.com/jul_2006/byron_lawson_in_this_summers_thriller_snakes_on_a_plane|website=Asiance Magazine|accessdate=29 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205202150/http://www.asiancemagazine.com/jul_2006/byron_lawson_in_this_summers_thriller_snakes_on_a_plane|archive-date=5 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He portrayed gangster Eddie Kim in the 2006 film ''Snakes on a Plane''.
His past credits have included the television series ''These Arms of Mine'', as well as episodes of ''Highlander: The Series'', ''Andromeda'', ''Alienated'', ''Killer Instinct'' and ''Godiva's''. He also had a supporting role in ABC Family's ''Fallen'' miniseries. He played the head of security in the post-apocalypse series ''Jeremiah''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Man Behind Lee Chen|url=https://abyss.hubbe.net/jeremiah/excl/lawson.html|website=The Abyss: Jeremiah Exclusives|accessdate=29 January 2016}}</ref> He played a role in ABC Family's ''Samurai Girl''.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1999||''These Arms of Mine''||Amos Lee||TV series, 5 episodes |- |2002||''Jeremiah''||Lee Chen||TV series, 17 episodes |- |2005||''Killer Instinct (TV series)''||Detective Lee||TV series, 3 episodes |- |2006||''Snakes on a Plane''||Eddie Kim||feature film |- |2009||''Knights of Bloodsteel''||Envoy||TV mini-series, 2 of 3 episodes |- |2009||''A Dangerous Man''||Mao||feature film |- |2010||''Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures''||Karl||TV mini-series, 4 of 8 episodes |- |2011||''True Justice''||Kuan-Yin||TV series, 2 episodes |- |2013||''The Tomorrow People''||Ultra Agent||TV series, 4 episodes |- |2014||''Outcast''||Captain Peng||feature film |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0493171|name=Byron Lawson}} *[http://www.byronlawson.com Byron's personal website]
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