B. D. Wong
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BD Wong in New York City, June 2008.
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| Born | Bradley Darryl Wong October 24, 1960 San Francisco, California, United States |
| Other names | Bradd D. Wong Bradd Wong |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Partner(s) | Richie Jackson (1988–2004) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Theatre World Award 1988 M. Butterfly |
Bradley Darryl "B. D." Wong (born October 24, 1960) is an American actor. He won a Tony Award for his performance as Song Liling in M. Butterfly. He has also played Dr. George Huang on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Father Ray Mukada on Oz, Dr. John Lee on Awake, Dr. Henry Wu in the first Jurassic Park film as well as the fourth entry, Jurassic World, and Ngawang Jigme in the film Seven Years in Tibet. He has also done voice-over work and stage acting. He is now set to appear in Gotham as a young Hugo Strange.
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Early life
Wong was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Roberta Christine (née Leong), a telephone company supervisor, and William D. Wong, a longtime postal worker. He has one older and one younger brother.[1][2] He is of Chinese descent (with family from Hong Kong).[3] Wong attended Lincoln High School, where he discovered his love of acting and starred as the lead in numerous school plays, before attending San Francisco State University.
Career
Wong gained attention for his Broadway debut in M. Butterfly opposite John Lithgow. The play won multiple awards, including several for Wong. He is notable as the only actor to be honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award,[4] Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the same role.[5] In addition to his long-running stint on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as FBI psychiatrist Dr. George Huang, he has had recurring roles in All American Girl and as a prison priest on Oz, with guest appearances on The X-Files and Sesame Street. On the big screen, he has appeared in The Freshman (1990), the 1991 remake of Father of the Bride and its 1995 sequel, Father of the Bride Part II, Jurassic Park (1993), Executive Decision (1996) and Slappy and the Stinkers (1997). He also provided the voice of Captain Shang in Disney's Mulan (1998), its direct-to-video sequel, and the video game Kingdom Hearts II. He returned to Broadway as Linus in a revival of You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, alongside Anthony Rapp, Roger Bart and Kristin Chenoweth, and the 2004 revival of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures.
In 2008, he starred in the one-man show Herringbone, in which he portrays 12 roles, at the McCarter Theatre at Princeton University. He brought the show to the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego the following year. In 2012, Wong starred in Herringbone to benefit Dixon Place in New York for two performances. The production, recorded live for a 2014 CD release, was his first appearance in New York of the material, timed with the 30th anniversary of the original New York production.
In 2014, Wong starred in the U.S. premiere of James Fenton’s acclaimed adaptation of The Orphan of Zhao, a classic Chinese legend that has its roots in the fourth century BC, directed by Carey Perloff at American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.). The Orphan of Zhao is an epic story of self-sacrifice and revenge. In the aftermath of a political coup, a country doctor is forced to sacrifice his own son in order to save the last heir of a noble and massacred clan. The Orphan of Zhao was a co-production with La Jolla Playhouse.
Wong announced his departure from the cast of Law & Order: SVU in July 2011, to join another NBC police drama, Awake, where he portrayed Dr. Johnathan Lee, a confrontational therapist of an LAPD detective (portrayed by Jason Isaacs) who lived in two realities.[6] Wong guest starred in a thirteenth season episode of Law & Order: SVU titled "Father Dearest" (which aired May 2, 2012).[7]
In 2015, Wong was named Artist-in-Residence at La Jolla Playhouse. Wong guest starred on a NCIS: New Orleans Episode 1.13 titled "The Walking Dead" (which aired February 3, 2015), where he portrayed Navy Lieutenant Commander Dr. Gabriel Lin.
Wong guest-starred as the enigmatic "White Rose" in episodes 8 and 10 of USA Network's Mr. Robot.
Personal life
Wong began a long-term relationship with talent agent Richie Jackson in 1988.[8] In 2000, the couple had twin sons: Boaz Dov, who died 90 minutes after birth, and Jackson Foo Wong. They were born through a surrogate mother, using Wong's sperm and an egg donated by Jackson's sister. In 2003, Wong wrote a memoir about his experiences with surrogacy titled Following Foo: the Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man. Wong and Jackson ended their relationship in 2004.[8]
Wong also donates his time and resources to a number of LGBT and arts-related charities, such as the Ali Forney Center, Materials for the Arts,[9] and Rosie's Theater Kids.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1986 | The Karate Kid, Part II | Boy on Street | as Bradd Wong |
| 1989 | Family Business | Jimmy Chiu, Adam's MIT Prof | |
| 1990 | The Freshman | Edward | |
| 1991 | Mystery Date | James Lew | |
| Father of the Bride | Howard Weinstein | ||
| 1992 | The Lounge People | Billy | |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | Henry Wu | |
| 1993 | And the Band Played On | Kico Govantes | |
| 1994 | The Ref | Dr. Wong, Marriage Counselor | AKA Hostile Hostages |
| Men of War | Po | ||
| 1995 | Kalamazoo | Justin | |
| Father of the Bride Part II | Howard Weinstein | ||
| 1996 | Executive Decision | Sergeant Louie | |
| Joe's Apartment | Cockroach | Voice | |
| 1997 | Seven Years in Tibet | Ngawang Jigme | |
| 1998 | Slappy and the Stinkers | Morgan Brinway | |
| Mulan | Shang | Voice | |
| The Substitute 2: School's Out | Warren Drummond | ||
| 2002 | The Salton Sea | Bubba | |
| 2004 | Mulan II | Shang | Straight-to-video Voice |
| 2005 | Stay | Dr. Ren | |
| 2006 | Ira & Abby | Party Guest | |
| 2012 | White Frog | Oliver Young | |
| 2015 | Focus | Liyuan Tse | |
| Jurassic World | Henry Wu[10] | ||
| 2016 | The Space Between Us | Filming |
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | No Big Deal | Miss Karnisian's Class | TV film as Bradd Wong |
| 1986 | Simon & Simon | Counterboy - Photo Shop Clerk | Episode: "Mobile Home of the Brave" |
| 1987 | Double Switch | Waiter | TV film |
| 1988 | Crash Course | Kichi | TV film as Bradd Wong aka Driving Academy |
| 1990 | Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston | Kim Tan | TV Film aka The Charles Stuart Story |
| 1991 | Alive from Off Center | Actor | Episode: "Dances in Exile" |
| 1993 | And the Band Played On | Kico Govantes | HBO TV film |
| 1994–95 | All-American Girl | Dr. Stuart Kim | 18 episodes |
| 1994 | ABC Afterschool Specials | Johnny Angel | Episode: "Magical Make-Over" |
| 1995 | Dazzle | Teng | TV film |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | The Wolf Aladdin/The Genie |
Episodes: "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Aladdin" | |
| Bless This House | Johnny Chen | Episode: "Neither a Borrower Nor a Landlord Be" | |
| 1996 | The X-Files | Det. Glen Chao | Episode: "Hell Money" |
| 1997–2003 | Oz | Father Ray Mukada | 47 episodes |
| 1998 | The Substitute 2: School's Out | Warren Drummond | TV film |
| Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's 'Mulan' | Captain Li Shang | TV film | |
| 1999 | Chicago Hope | Dr. Kai Chang | Episode: "Upstairs, Downstairs" |
| 2000 | Welcome to New York | Dennis | Episode: "Jim Gets a Wig" |
| 2002 | Kim Possible | Agent Will Du | Voice Episode: "Number One" |
| 2001–2015 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. George Huang | 230 episodes, recurring cast seasons 2-3, main cast seasons 4-12, guest star seasons 13, 14, 15 & 17 |
| 2004 | Century City | U.S. Attorney Matthew Chin | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2007 | Marco Polo | Pedro | TV film |
| 2012 | Awake | Dr. John Lee | Series regular |
| 2014 | The Normal Heart | Buzzy | HBO film |
| 2015 | Madam Secretary | Brent Rosen | Episode: "The Kill List" |
| 2015– | Mr. Robot | White Rose | 2 Episodes
nominated for Critics' Choice Award for Best Guest Actor/Actress in a Drama Series |
| 2015– | Gotham | Professor Hugo Strange[11] |
Video games
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | Kingdom Hearts II | Captain Li Shang | (English) |
| 2015 | Lego Jurassic World | Henry Wu |
Theater
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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| 1988–1990 | M. Butterfly | Song Liling | Broadway debut Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Male Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Debut Performance Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play Theatre World Award Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play |
| 1999 | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Linus | |
| 2004–2005 | Pacific Overtures | Reciter | |
| 2012 | Herringbone (musical) | One-man performance[12] |
Awards
- 1988 Clarence Derwent Award for Most Promising Male – M. Butterfly
- 1988 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Debut Performance – M. Butterfly
- 1988 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – M. Butterfly
- 1988 Theatre World Award – M. Butterfly
- 1988 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play – M. Butterfly
- 2003 GLAAD Davidson/Valentini Award[13]
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- ↑ Stockard Channing, B.D. Wong Honored at 14th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Presented by Absolut Vodka in San Francisco, 2 June 2003 at the Wayback Machine (archived January 11, 2008)
External links
- B. D. Wong at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- B. D. Wong at the Internet Movie Database
- B. D. Wong at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- BD Wong at Movies List & Wiki
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