BD Wong
BD Wong in New York City, June 2008.
Chinese name	黃榮亮 (Traditional)
Chinese name	黄荣亮 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Huáng Róngliàng (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Wong4 Wing4 Loeng6 (Cantonese)
Birth name	Bradley Darryl Wong
Born	(1960-10-24) October 24, 1960 (age 51) San Francisco, California, USA
Other name(s)	Bradd D. Wong Bradd Wong B.D. Wong
Years active	1983-present
Partner(s)	Richie Jackson (1988-2004)
Children	Jackson Foo Wong (2000- ) Boaz Dov Wong (2000-2000)
Awards Theatre World Award 1988 M. Butterfly

Bradley Darryl "BD" Wong (born October 24, 1960) is an American actor, best known for his roles as Dr. George Huang on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as Father Ray Mukada on HBO's Oz, Henry Wu in the movie Jurassic Park, and for his Tony Award winning role as Song Liling in the Broadway production of M. Butterfly. He starred as Dr. Lee on NBC series Awake from March to May 2012.

Early life[link]

Wong was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Roberta Christine (née Leong), a telephone company supervisor, and William D. Wong.^[1] He is of Chinese descent.^[2] Wong attended Lincoln High School before attending San Francisco State University.

Career[link]

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,^[3] Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the same role.^[4] 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) and its direct-to-video sequel. 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 11 roles, at the McCarter Theatre at Princeton University. He brought the show to the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego the following year.^[5]

Wong announced his departure from the cast of Law & Order: SVU in July 2011, to join another NBC police drama, Awake where he currently portrays Dr. Johnathan Lee, a confrontational therapist of an LAPD detective (portrayed by Jason Issacs) who lives in two realities.^[6] Wong will guest star in an upcoming thirteenth season episode of Law & Order: SVU titled "Father Dearest" (which airs May 2, 2012).^[7]

Personal life[link]

Wong, began a long-term relationship with talent agent Richie Jackson in 1988.^[8] In 2000, Wong 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]

Filmography[link]

Television[link]

Video games[link]

Awards[link]

• 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^[9]

References[link]

External links[link]

• BD Wong at the Internet Broadway Database
• BD Wong at the Internet Movie Database
• BD Wong at the Internet Off-Broadway Database