Byron Lawson

{{short description|Canadian actor}}

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| name = Byron Lawson

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1976|8|26}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| nationality = Canadian

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1995–present

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Byron Lawson (born August 26, 1976) is a Canadian actor of Chinese descent.{{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}} 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.{{cite web|title=The Man Behind Lee Chen|url=http://abyss.hubbe.net/jeremiah/excl/lawson.html|website=The Abyss: Jeremiah Exclusives|accessdate=29 January 2016}} He played a role in ABC Family's Samurai Girl.