Benedict Wong
Benedict Wong (born June 3, 1971 in Salford , Greater Manchester ) is a British actor .
Life
Wong grew up in Salford, Greater Manchester , and attended Salford College there . His parents are from Hong Kong and immigrated to England via Ireland .
From 1993/94 Wong appeared in professional productions, but was limited to clichéd Chinese supporting roles for a long time due to his origins . In 1998 and 1999 he starred in several Shakespeare plays at the new Globe Theater in London .
He had his breakthrough in 2002 with the police series The Bill , Britcom 15 Storeys High and especially the film Dirty Little Tricks , for which he received a BIFA nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Since then, Wong has also been involved in major Hollywood productions such as Prometheus . He also still plays theater, such as Laertes in Hamlet in the Young Vic in 2012, the lead role in #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei in the Hampstead Theater in 2013 , and the dissident Zhang Lin in Chimerica in the Almeida Theater .
Since 2014 he can be seen in the Netflix series Marco Polo , where he plays the leading role of the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan . For the role, he gained over 30 pounds (about 14 kg). In 2016 he took over the role of Dr. Stephen Strange's ally Wong in the Marvel comic book adaptation Doctor Strange .
In 2018 he was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.
Filmography (selection)
- 1995: Night Watch (TV movie)
- 1997: Supply & Demand (TV movie)
- 1997: Breakout (TV movie)
- 2001: Wit (TV movie)
- 2001: Spy Game - The Final Countdown (Spy Game)
- 2001: Double Happiness (short film)
- 2002: Dirty Pretty Things (Dirty Pretty Things)
- 2002: The Bill (TV series, five episodes)
- 2002–2004: 15 Storeys High (TV series, twelve episodes)
- 2003: Murder on Page One ( State of Play , TV series, six episodes)
- 2005: On a Clear Day
- 2007: Sunshine
- 2008: Largo Winch - Deadly Legacy (Largo Winch)
- 2009: Moon
- 2010: Shanghai
- 2011: The Lady
- 2011: Johnny English - now all the more! (Johnny English Reborn)
- 2012: Prometheus - Dark Signs (Prometheus)
- 2013: Kick-Ass 2
- 2013: Redemption - Hour of Retribution (Hummingbird)
- 2013: The Wrong Mans ( The Wrong Mans , TV series, three episodes)
- 2014–2016: Marco Polo (TV series)
- 2015: The Martian - Save Mark Watney (The Martian)
- 2016: Doctor Strange
- 2016: Black Mirror (TV series, episode 3x06)
- 2017: 2036: Nexus Dawn (short film)
- 2017: Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (TV series, episode 1x02)
- 2018 extinction (annihilation)
- 2018: Avengers: Infinity War
- since 2018: Deadly Class (TV series)
- 2019: Avengers: Endgame
- 2019: The Personal History of David Copperfield
- 2019: Gemini Man
- 2019: Susi und Tramp ( Lady and the Tramp , voice of Bull )
- since 2019: The Dark Crystal: era of resistance ( The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance , TV series)
- 2020: Nine Days
Web links
- Benedict Wong in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The Independent : Benedict Wong, 'I'm the go-to guy for victims of torture' , July 28, 2013
- ↑ Previous Production Archive | Shakespeare's Globe. Retrieved June 27, 2019 (UK English).
- ↑ The Guardian : Benedict Wong: 'Television is reflecting an era that has passed, it's wrong'
- ↑ zap2it: Netflix's 'Marco Polo': Benedict Wong gained 30 pounds to play Kublai Khan
- ↑ 'The Martian' Actor Nabs Key 'Doctor Strange' Role (Exclusive) , accessed April 11, 2016.
- ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Wong, Benedict |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd June 1971 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Salford , Greater Manchester , England, United Kingdom |