B.d. Wong
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Biography
Born Bradley Darryl Wong, actor BD Wong began his career on the stage. He made his Broadway debut in 1988 playing Song Liling opposite John Lithgow in "M. Butterfly". His performance gained him widespread attention, both from critics and audiences, and he was awarded the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for his portrayal of this role. Following his work on the stage, Wong moved to film and television. Memorable film roles included Howard Weinstein in 1991's "Father of the Bride", and 1995's "Father of the Bride Part II", Dr. Henry Wu in 1993's "Jurassic Park", the cockroach in the oddball comedy "Joe's Apartment" (1996), and Shang in animated hits "Mulan" (1998) and "Mulan II" (2004). In 2001 Wong originated the role of Dr. George Huang in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC, 2001-2015). In 2015 Wong appeared as a guest actor on season 1 of "Mr. Robot" (USA, 2015-). His character made another appearance in Season 2 and was moved to the slate of series regular in Season 3. In 2017 Wong commenced hosting the HLN series "Something's Killing Me With BD Wong". The show explores strange and unusual life-threatening illnesses.
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1982
Made professional stage debut in "Androcles and the Lion", at Town Hall in NYC
1986
Made film debut (billed as Bradd Wong) in "The Karate Kid Part II"
1987
Made TV-movie debut (as Bradd D. Wong), "Double Switch", on ABC's "Disney Sunday Movie"
1987
Appeared in an all Asian-American production of "A Chorus Line" at East/West Players in LA
1987
Appeared as Brad Wong on the syndicated series, "Hard Copy"
1988
First actor to be honored with the Tony, Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Clarence Derwent Award and a Theater World Award for the same role in "M. Butterfly"
1988
Made Broadway debut playing Song Liling in "M. Butterfly" on Broadway
1989
Appeared off-Broadway as Ariel in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" starring Frank Langella
1989
Made first feature as B.D. Wong, Sidney Lumet's "Family Business"
1990
TV-movie debut as B.D. Wong, "Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston" for CBS
1993
Had small but memorable role as geneticist Henry Wu in Stephen Spielberg's sci-fi blockbuster "Jurassic Park"
1994
Debut as a TV series regular, playing Stuart, the older brother of Margaret Cho, on ABC's "All-American Girl"
1997
Had regular role of Father Ray Mukada, the prison chaplain, on the HBO series "Oz"
1998
Voiced Captain Li Shang in the animated Disney feature "Mulan"
1999
Played Linus in Broadway revival of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"
2001
Joined the cast of "Law & Order: SVU"
2005
Cast opposite Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts in the Marc Forster thriller "Stay"
2015
Reprised role of Henry Wu in "Jurassic Park" sequel "Jurassic World"
2015
Joined the cast of "Mr. Robot"
2016
Began playing Hugo Strange on "Gotham"
2018
Reprised Dr. Henry Wu yet again in "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom"
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