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Bradley Darryl Wong Wiki Biography

Bradley Darryl Wong was born on the 24th October 1960 in San Francisco, California USA, of Chinese ancestry. He is an actor and voice actor, probably best known for his appearance in the role of Song Liling in “M. Butterfly”, for which he received a Tony Award. He has also starred in “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (2001-2015), “Jurassic World” (2015), “Gotham” (2016), etc. His career has been active since 1983.

Have you ever wondered how rich BD Wong is, as of mid 2016? It has been estimated from authoritative sources that the size of Wong’s net worth is as high as $8 million, accumulated through his successful career as an actor. His net worth has also benefited from his memoir book, “Following Foo: the Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man”.

BD Wong Net Worth $8 Million

BD Wong is the middle son of Roberta Christine and William D. Wong; he has two siblings. He went to Lincoln High School, where he began attending acting classes and was involved in a number of school plays. Later, he enrolled at San Francisco State University.

Wong`s career began in the 1980s, landing small roles in several TV series and films, such as “Simon & Simon” (1986) and “The Karate Kid, Part II” (1986) among others. However, he came to prominence by being a part of the Broadway production “M. Butterfly” in 1988, for which he won several awards. After that appearance, his career has gone only upwards, and so has his net worth. During the 1980s, he also appeared in films such as “Family Business” (1989), and “Crash Course” (1988).

With the beginning of the 1990s, his career reached a whole new level, as he began to feature in more notable roles, which only increased his net worth. These started with the role of Henry Wu in the blockbuster film “Jurassic Park” in 1993, and the following year, he appeared in the TV series “All-American Girl” (1994-1995), as Dr. Stuart Kim. In 1997, he was cast in the role of Father Ray Mukada in the TV series “Oz” (1997-2003), and before that he appeared in films “Executive Decision” (1996), with Kurt Russell, Halle Berry and Steven Seagal in lead roles, and “Seven Years In Tibet” (1997), alongside Brad Pitt and David Thewlis in star roles. Before the end of the 1990s, he showed his skills also in such films as “Slappy and the Stinkers” (1998), and he also voiced a character from the animated movie “Mulan” the same year.

He continued to line up success after success in the 2000s, increasing further his net worth, with roles in popular films and TV series such as “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (2001-2015) as Dr. George Huang, and in 2005 he featured in the film “Stay” as Dr. Ren alongside Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds and Naomi Watts. While the “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” lasted, Won made only a few voice appearances, without any notable role, however, after the TV series ended, he started looking for further work, and it was quite easy for him, as his popularity rose immensely throughout the years. In 2015, he made appearances in the film “Jurassic World” in which he repeated his role of Henry Wu, and TV series “Mr. Robot”.

Most recently, he was selected for the role of Hugo Strange in the TV series “Gotham” (2016), and he will also appear in the film “The Space Between Us” which will be released sometime in 2016, and it will certainly increase Wong`s net worth.

Speaking about his personal life, BD Wong was in a relationship with Richie Jackson from 1988 to 2004; they are the parents of twin sons – one of whom passed away right after birth. Their sons were born through a surrogate mother, and Wong wrote about that experience in his autobiographical book “Following Foo: The Electronic Adventures Of The Chestnut Man”. He is also known as a supporter of LGBT, as well as he works with many charities, including Materials for the Arts, Ali Forney Center, among others.



Net Worth $8 Million
Date Of Birth October 24, 1960
Place Of Birth San Francisco, California, USA
Height 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
Profession Actor, Soundtrack
Education San Francisco State University
Nationality American
Children Boaz Dov Wong, Jackson Foo Wong
Parents William D. Wong, Roberta Christine Leong
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/bd_wonghttp://www.twitter.com/bd_wong
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000703
Awards Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Theatre World Award, GLAAD Media Davidson/Valentini Award, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Debut Performance, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, Theatre World Award, Drama Desk Awa…
Nominations Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor, Visiting Production, Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series, Outer Crit…
Movies Jurassic World, Jurassic Park, Mulan, Focus, Mulan II, Seven Years in Tibet, Executive Decision, Slappy and the Stinkers, Father of the Bride, The Salton Sea, Mystery Date, Father of the Bride Part II, White Frog, The Karate Kid Part II, The Normal Heart, The Substitute 2: School’s Out, Men of War, …
TV Shows Awake, Oz, All-American Girl, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Awake, Oz, All-American Girl, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Quote
1 “It is always, always, always one of the harder things to do for me. I remain on “SVU” because it is an incredible opportunity. It affords me also the additional opportunity of doing [stage work]. I am really grateful for the opportunity to do that because it’s pretty rare I think, and I also choose to live in New York, and it’s been really great that way.” When asked about balancing TV work with stage work.
Fact
1 He is left-handed.
2 In 2012, Wong’s former partner Richie Jackson married Jordan Roth, one of the most powerful producers on Broadway (Roth is the president of Jujamcyn Theaters, and his successful shows have included The Book of Mormon, Clybourne Park, and Spring Awakening). The New York Times column covering the wedding said that Jackson Foo Wong, the then-12-year-old son of B. D. Wong and Richie Jackson, calls Wong “Dad,” Richie Jackson “Daddy,” and Roth “Daddy Jordan.” The article also clarified that Richie Jackson and Jordan Roth have custody of the boy on weekdays and Wong has him every weekend, and the whole family eats a Friday-night (Shabbat) dinner together every week.
3 Award of Merit for voice-over in “The No Name Painting Association” at the Best Shorts Competition 2013.
4 Starring on Broadway in a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Pacific Overtures”. [December 2004]
5 Starring in the La Jolla Playhouse’s production of “Herringbone”. He plays 11 roles in this one-man show. Actor/director Roger Rees directs. [August 2009]
6 Chosen by Goldsea Asian American Daily as one of the “100 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time”.
7 In 1999, Wong and his then-partner, Richie Jackson, hired a surrogate mother to bear their child. Wong provided the sperm and Jackson’s sister provided the ovum. The mother gave birth to a set of male twins on May 28, 2000. One, Boaz Dov Wong, died at birth as a result of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome; the other, Jackson Foo Wong, was adopted by the couple. The couple later broke up; however, they still share joint custody of Jackson Foo. Wong later wrote a book about the experience entitled “Following Foo: the Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man”.
8 Graduated from San Francisco State University.
9 His former partner is Richie Jackson.
10 Nominated for the 1989 Helen Hayes Award for his work in “M. Butterfly” (Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production).
11 Won Broadway’s 1988 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role – Play) for creating the role of Song Liling in “M. Butterfly.”
12 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.
13 He and his partner welcomed their son, Jackson Foo Wong, on 28 May, 2000.
14 May 2003: published “Following Foo: the Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man”, a memoir detailing the journey that he and longtime life partner, Richie Jackson, made towards parenthood with the assistance of a surrogate mother.

Actor

Title Year Status Character
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2001-2015 TV Series Dr. George Huang
Lego Jurassic World 2015 Video Game Dr. Henry Wu (voice)
Jurassic World 2015 Dr. Henry Wu
Nurse Jackie 2015 TV Series Doctor Wu
Madam Secretary 2015 TV Series Brent Rosen
Focus 2015/II Liyuan
NCIS: New Orleans 2015 TV Series Navy Lieutenant Commander Dr. Gabriel Lin
The Normal Heart 2014 TV Movie Buzzy
Awake 2012 TV Series Dr. John Lee
White Frog 2012 Oliver Young
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ 2007 Video Game Captain Li Shang (English version, voice)
Marco Polo 2007 TV Movie Pedro
Ira & Abby 2006 Party Guest
Falling for Grace 2006 Stephen
Kingdom Hearts II 2005 Video Game Captain Li Shang (English version, voice)
Stay 2005/I Dr. Ren
Mulan II 2004 Video Shang (voice)
Century City 2004 TV Series U.S. Attorney Matthew Chin
Oz 1997-2003 TV Series Father Ray Mukada
Kim Possible 2002 TV Series Agent Will Du
The Salton Sea 2002 Bubba
Jackie Chan Adventures 2001 TV Series Gangster 2
Welcome to New York 2000 TV Series Dennis
Chicago Hope 1999 TV Series Dr. Kai Chang
Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney’s ‘Mulan’ 1998 TV Movie Captain Li Shang (voice)
Mulan 1998 Shang (voice, as B.D. Wong)
The Substitute 2: School’s Out 1998 TV Movie Warren Drummond
Slappy and the Stinkers 1998 Morgan Brinway
Seven Years in Tibet 1997 Ngawang Jigme
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1995-1997 TV Series Aladdin Genie The Wolf
Joe’s Apartment 1996 Cockroach (voice)
The X-Files 1996 TV Series Det. Glen Chao
Executive Decision 1996 Louie (as B. D. Wong)
Father of the Bride Part II 1995 Howard Weinstein
Bless This House 1995 TV Series Johnny Chen
Dazzle 1995 TV Movie Teng
Kalamazoo 1995 Short Justin
All-American Girl 1994-1995 TV Series Dr. Stuart Kim
ABC Afterschool Specials 1994 TV Series Johnny Angel
Men of War 1994 Po
The Ref 1994 Dr. Wong, Marriage Counselor (uncredited)
And the Band Played On 1993 TV Movie Kico Govantes
Jurassic Park 1993 Wu (as B. D. Wong)
The Lounge People 1992 Billy
Father of the Bride 1991 Howard Weinstein
Mystery Date 1991 James Lew
Shannon’s Deal 1991 TV Series Kee Sung
Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston 1990 TV Movie Kim Tan
The Freshman 1990 Edward
Family Business 1989 Jimmy Chiu
Crash Course 1988 TV Movie Kichi (as Bradd Wong)
Forever, Lulu 1987 Man on Street with Boom Box (uncredited)
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color 1987 TV Series Waiter
The Karate Kid Part II 1986 Boy on Street (as Bradd Wong)
Simon & Simon 1986 TV Series Counterboy
No Big Deal 1983 TV Movie Miss Karnisian’s Class (as Bradd Wong)
Untitled Jurassic World Sequel 2018 filming Dr. Henry Wu
Gotham 2016-2017 TV Series Hugo Strange Dr. Hugo Strange
The Space Between Us 2017/I Tom Chen
Mr. Robot 2015-2017 TV Series Whiterose
Lego Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape 2016 TV Series Dr. Wu (2016) (voice)

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Oz 2002 TV Series performer – 1 episode
The 53rd Annual Tony Awards 1999 TV Special performer: “Happiness”
Slappy and the Stinkers 1998 performer: “When I Was a Lad”, “I Am the Captain of the Pinafore” – uncredited

Self

Title Year Status Character
Mr. Robot Digital After Show 2016 TV Series Himself
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 2016 TV Series Himself
Welcome to ‘Jurassic World’ 2015 Video documentary Himself
Nature 2015 TV Series documentary Narrator
East of Main Street: Taking the Lead 2015 Documentary Himself
It Could Be Worse 2014 TV Mini-Series Himself
The Colbert Report 2014 TV Series Himself
Showing Up 2014 Documentary Himself
To Be Takei 2014 Documentary Himself
The No Name Painting Association 2013 Documentary short Shi Zhenyu (voice)
Margo Rose Ferderer Reports 2010 TV Series Himself
American Masters 2009 TV Series documentary Himself
2008 Asian Excellence Awards 2008 TV Movie documentary
Hollywood Chinese 2007 Documentary Himself
2006 Asian Excellence Awards 2006 TV Special Himself – Nominee
The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch 2005 Documentary Himself
Miss USA 2004 TV Special Himself – Celebrity Judge
I Love the ’80s 2002 TV Series documentary Himself
The 53rd Annual Tony Awards 1999 TV Special Himself – Presenter & Performer
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 1998 TV Series Himself
The West 1996 TV Series documentary Himself
Lauren Hutton and… 1996 TV Series Himself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1995 TV Series Himself
The 1994 Annual Diversity Awards 1994 TV Special Himself
Escape from China 1992 Documentary Zhang Boli (voice)
Alive from Off Center 1991 TV Series Himself
The 43rd Annual Tony Awards 1989 TV Special Himself – Presenter
The 42nd Annual Tony Awards 1988 TV Special Himself – Winner & Performer (as B.D. Wong)

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix 2017 Video Game Captain Li Shang
An Unsafe Place: Making ‘Men of War’ 2016 Video documentary short Po
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix 2014 Video Game Captain Li Shang
Spotlight on Broadway 2013 TV Series Song Liling
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Honor to Us All 1998 Video short

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Gold Derby TV Award Gold Derby Awards Drama Guest Actor Mr. Robot (2015)
2013 Award of Merit Best Shorts Competition Voice-Over Talent The No Name Painting Association (2013)
2003 Davidson/Valentini Award GLAAD Media Awards

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Critics’ Choice TV Award Critics Choice Television Awards Best Guest Actor/Actress in a Drama Series Mr. Robot (2015)

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