B.D. Wong Add to My Celebs Age 51 Birthday Oct. 24th, 1960 Born in San Francisco, California, USA Height 5' 5

B.D. Wong's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. George … Awake Dr. John Lee All-American Girl Dr. Stuart …

Main Movie Roles 2006 - Ira & Abby 2002 - The Salton Sea 1998 - Mulan 1997 - Seven Years in Tibet 1996 - Executive Decision 1996 - Joe's Apartment 1995 - Father of the Bride Part II 1994 - The Ref 1994 - Men of War 1993 - Jurassic Park 1991 - Father of the Bride 1990 - The Freshman 1989 - Family Business 1986 - The Karate Kid, Part II

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

B.D. Wong was born and raised in San Francisco, California, USA. He made his Broadway debut in "M. Butterfly". He is the only actor to be honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theater World Award for the same performance. He starred in the television series "All-American Girl" (1994), and has made guest appearances on "Sesame Street" (1969) and "The X Files" (1993). He was on the off-Broadway musical revival of "As Thousands Cheer." and followed with a critically acclaimed performance as Linus in the revival of "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown," returned to SVU, and is now starring in the revival of Sondheim's "Pacific Overtures".


TRIVIA:

• Nominated for the 1989 Helen Hayes Award for his work in "M. Butterfly" (Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production).
• His was one the morphed faces in the Michael Jackson "Black or White" video.
• Won Broadway's 1988 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for creating the role of Song Liling in "M. Butterfly."
• Left-handed.
• May 2003: published "Following Foo: the electronic adventures of the Chestnut Man", a memoire detailing the journey that he and longtime life partner, Richie Jackson, made towards parenthood with the assistance of a surrogate mother.
• Chosen by Goldsea Asian American Daily as one of the "100 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time".
• He and his partner welcomed their son, Jackson Foo Wong, on 28 May, 2000.
• Chose to go by his initials while playing his breakthrough role, M. Butterfly. The title character's gender is ambiguous, and he decided that using his initials instead of his full name would make it difficult to guess whether he was a man or a woman, thus adding to the androgyny of the character he was playing.

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