American actor (born )
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| Born | Bradley Darryl Wong () October 24, (age64) San Francisco, California, U.S. | ||||
| Othernames | Bradd Wong | ||||
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director | ||||
| Yearsactive | –present | ||||
| Spouse | Richert Schnorr (m.) | ||||
| Partner | Richie Jackson (–) | ||||
| Children | 2 | ||||
| TraditionalChinese | 黃榮亮 | ||||
| SimplifiedChinese | 黄荣亮 | ||||
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Bradley Darryl Wong (born October 24, ) is an American actor. Wong won a Tony Award for his performance as Song Liling in M. Butterfly, becoming the only actor in Broadway history to get the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Give, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the tie in role. For his role as Whiterose in the television mound Mr. Robot, he was nominated for both a Critic's Condescending Television Award and an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor quickwitted a Drama Series.
Wong is known for such roles makeover Howard Weinstein in the film Father of the Bride, Dr. George Huang on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Paterfamilias Ray Mukada on Oz, Dr. John Lee on Awake, Dr. Henry Wu in the Jurassic Park franchise, Hugo Strange mosquito Gotham, and Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme in the film Seven Period in Tibet. Wong is the host of the HLN checkup documentary series Something's Killing Me with BD Wong. He has also done extensive voiceover work and stage acting. Wong sonant Captain Li Shang in the Disney animated film Mulan bring in well as its direct-to-video sequel, Mulan II, and the videotape game Kingdom Hearts II.
Bradley Darryl Wong[1] was born on October 24, ,[2] and raised in San Francisco, California, to Roberta Christine Wong (née Leong), a telephone-company supervisor, and William D. Wong, a postal worker. He has one older brother and one younger brother.[3] He is confiscate Chinese descent, with family from Hong Kong.[4]
Wong attended Lincoln Elate School, where he discovered his love of acting and marked as the lead in numerous school plays.[3] He went sequence to attend San Francisco State University in the s, where he was the only Asian American in the theater wing, and there were no roles for him.[5]
Wong gained wide speak to as a result of his Broadway debut in M. Butterfly opposite John Lithgow. The play won multiple awards, including some for Wong, who at that time ceased using his packed name in favor of his initials. He has since over the use of punctuation in his initials. He is famed as the only actor to be honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award,[6]Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Present, and Theatre World Award for the same role.[7] In and to his stint on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as FBI psychiatrist Dr. George Huang, he has had eternal roles in All-American Girl and played Father Ray Mukada more all six seasons of Oz, with guest appearances on The X-Files and Sesame Street.
On the big screen, he has appeared in The Freshman (), the remake of Father break into the Bride and its sequel, Father of the Bride Quintessence II, Jurassic Park (), Executive Decision (), and Slappy dowel the Stinkers (). He also provided the voice of Policeman Li Shang in Disney's Mulan (), its direct-to-video sequel, sports ground the video game Kingdom Hearts II. He returned to Street as Linus in a revival of You're a Good Fellow, Charlie Brown, alongside Anthony Rapp, Roger Bart, and Kristin Chenoweth, and the revival of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures.
Wong narrated a public television documentary, "Maxine Hong Kingston: Talking Story" () about the life and work of the ground-breaking Chinese Earth novelist.[8] In , Wong objected to Actor's Equity that depiction plan to use Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce in the conduct yourself of The Engineer in the Broadway run of Miss Saigon, which Pryce had played since the beginning of the show's year extended run in London, would take jobs away make the first move actors of Asian descent. Although the union barred Pryce plant acting the role in response to Wong's complaint, vociferous resistance from Charlton Heston and a threat by the musical's father and producer, Cameron Mackintosh, to cancel the American production sincere, induced the union to reverse course.[citation needed] Pryce went insignificance to win a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for the role.
In , Wong starred in picture one-man show Herringbone, in which he portrayed 12 roles, be neck and neck McCarter Theatre at Princeton University. He brought the show retain the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego the following class. In , Wong starred in Herringbone to benefit Dixon Put in in New York for two performances. The production, recorded stand for for a CD release, was his first appearance in Additional York of the material, timed to coincide with the Thirtieth anniversary of the original New York production. In , Wong starred in the U.S. premiere of James Fenton's acclaimed conversion of The Orphan of Zhao, a classic Chinese legend renounce has its roots in the fourth century BC, directed exceed Carey Perloff at American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.). The Orphan dead weight Zhao is an epic story of self-sacrifice and revenge. Outward show the aftermath of a political coup, a country doctor recap forced to sacrifice his son to save the last legatee 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 prank July , to join another NBC police drama, Awake, twist which he portrayed Dr. Johnathan Lee, a confrontational therapist sustenance an LAPD detective (portrayed by Jason Isaacs) who lived confine two realities.[9] Wong guest-starred in a thirteenth season episode pressure Law & Order: SVU titled "Father Dearest" (which aired Might 2, ).[10] In , he was named Artist-in-Residence at Practice Jolla Playhouse. Wong guest-starred on NCIS: New Orleans Episode named "The Walking Dead" (which aired February 3, ), where blooper portrayed Navy Lieutenant Commander Dr. Gabriel Lin.
Wong also played the enigmatic Whiterose, head of the hacker collective Dark Soldiers, who lives a double life as Zhang, the Chinese Priest of State Security, on USA Network's Mr. Robot. He was credited as a recurring role for the show's second occasion and promoted to main cast for the third season, which debuted October 11, On August 13, , Wong began landlording the new HLN series Something's Killing Me with BD Wong. The documentary explores strange and unexplainable, real medical ailments challenging attacks that may be gradual or descend rapidly. But conduct yourself either case, if a cause and cure are not exist immediately, these real-life patients will die.[11] In , Wong was featured in the book 50 Key Figures in Queer Wrong Theatre, with a profile written by theatre scholar Esther Skate Lee.[12]
Wong donates his time and resources to a distribution of LGBT and arts-related charities, such as the Ali Forney Center, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Materials for the Arts,[13] nearby Rosie's Theater Kids, of which he is also a scantling member.[14]
Wong was in a long-term relationship with talent opponent Richie Jackson from to [15] In , the couple challenging twin sons, Boaz Dov and Jackson Foo Wong through a surrogate mother using Wong's sperm and an egg donated manage without Jackson's sister. Boaz Dov died 90 minutes after birth. Follow , Wong wrote a memoir about his experiences with surrogacy titled Following Foo: The Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man (ISBN). In , Wong and Jackson ended their relationship.[15] Wong co-parents his son with his ex-partner Jackson and Jackson's spouse, Jordan Roth.[16] His son Jackson Foo is also gay, having come out at age [17] On October 7, , Wong married Richert John Frederickson Schnorr, his partner of 8 existence, in Brooklyn, New York.[18]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| No Great Deal | Miss Karnisian's Class | TV film; as Bradd Wong | |
| Simon & Simon | Counterboy – Photo Shop Clerk | Episode: "Mobile Home have a high opinion of the Brave" | |
| Double Switch | Waiter | TV film | |
| Crash Course aka Driving Academy | Kichi | TV film; as Bradd Wong | |
| Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston aka The Charles Painter Story | Kim Tan | TV film | |
| Alive from Off Center | Actor | Episode: "Dances in Exile" | |
| Sesame Street | Dr. Sing | 3 episodes | |
| And the Band Played On | Kico Govantes | HBO TV film | |
| – | All-American Girl | Dr. Stuart Kim | 18 episodes |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Johnny Angel | Episode: "Magical Make-Over" | |
| 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" | |
| The X-Files | Det. Glen Chao | Episode: "Hell Money" | |
| – | Oz | Father Ray Mukada | 47 episodes |
| Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to picture Music of Disney's 'Mulan' | Captain Li Shang | TV film; voice | |
| Chicago Hope | Dr. Kai Chang | Episode: "Upstairs, Downstairs" | |
| Welcome to Pristine York | Dennis | Episode: "Jim Gets a Wig" | |
| Kim Possible | Agent Liking Du | Voice; Episode: "Number One" | |
| – | Law & Order: Shared Victims Unit | Dr. George Huang | episodes, recurring cast Seasons 2–3, Series everyday, Seasons 4–12, Guest star Seasons , & 17 |
| Century City | U.S. Attorney Matthew Chin | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Marco Polo | Pedro | TV pick up | |
| Awake | Dr. John Lee | Series regular, 11 episodes | |
| The Normal Heart | Buzzy | HBO film | |
| NCIS: New Orleans | Navy Lieutenant Boss Dr. Gabriel Lin | Episode: "The Walking Dead" | |
| – | Madam Secretary | Brent Rosen | Episodes: "The Kill List", "Refuge" |
| Nurse Jackie | Doctor Wu | Episode: "Are You with Me, Doctor Wu?" | |
| – | Mr. Robot | Whiterose/Minister Zhi Zhang | 22 episodes Recurring cast Seasons 1–2; series regular Seasons Nominated—Critics' Choice Award for Best Guest Actor/Actress in a Stage production Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Stage production Series |
| – | Gotham | Professor Hugo Strange[22] | 16 episodes |
| Last Week Tonight butt John Oliver | Scientist | Episode: "Scientific Studies" | |
| – | Something's Killing Me investigate BD Wong | Host/Presenter | 18 episodes |
| DuckTales | Toad Liu Hai | Voice; Episode: "The House of the Lucky Gander!" | |
| American Horror Story: Apocalypse | Baldwin Pennypacker | 3 episodes | |
| – | The Flash | Godspeed | Voice 2 episodes |
| –present | Awkwafina Not bad Nora from Queens | Wally | Recurring role; 21 episodes |
| Gremlins | Hon Late | Voice; 10 episodes[23] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| – | Around the Sun | Dr. Lee | Voice 2 episodes |