Talented and handsome Asian-American performer of New York and L.A. theater and quirky character actor of film and TV. Wong is best known for his acclaimed performance as Song Liling in his Broadway debut, "M. Butterfly" (1988), as a male Chinese spy who successfully poses as a woman in a 25-year relationship with a French diplomat. His mesmerizing performance won an array of richly deserved awards including the 1988 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor, the Drama Desk Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theater World Award. Wong's subsequent film and TV roles have been much less challenging and distinguished, sometimes just barely transcending stereotypes through the sheer force of his engaging personality and impeccable craft.Wong has played a genetic engineering entrepreneur, an East Asian gangster, a loyal assistant, and a fey caterer's helper variously in Sidney Lumet's "Family Business" (1989), "The Freshman" (1990), "Mystery Date" and "Father of the Bride" (both 1991). Wong also appeared fleetingly as biogeneticist Dr. Wu in Steven Spielberg's sci-fi epic "Jurassic Park" (1993). He fared better in a memorable guest appearance on John Sayles' short-lived TV series, "Shannon's Deal" (NBC, 1991). Wong also registered as the lover of Sir Ian McKellen in the acclaimed TV adaptation of "And the Band Played On" (HBO, 1993).
Wong proved himself more than capable to the task of joining a TV comedy ensemble with "All-American Girl" (ABC, 1994-95), the first sitcom to deal with the Asian-American experience. As the relatively mild-mannered, accommodating older brother of the pugnaciously assimilated Margaret Cho, his character was the favorite child of their traditional Korean mother.
Profession(s):
Actor, singer, dancer
Sometimes Credited As:
Brad Wong
Bradd D Wong
Bradd Wong
Bradley Darrell Wong
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play "M. Butterfly" 1998
Clarence Derwent Award "M. Butterfly" 1988
Outer Critics Circle Award Best Supporting Actor "M. Butterfly" 1988
Theatre World Award "M. Butterfly" 1988
Tony Featured Actor in a Play "M. Butterfly" 1988
2005 Cast opposite Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts in the Marc Forster thriller "Stay"
2002 Joined the cast of the NBC crime drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" as Dr. George Huang
1999 Played Linus in Broadway revival of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"
1998 Voiced Captain Li Shang in the animated Disney feature "Mulan"
1997 - 2003 Had regular role of Father Ray Mukada, the prison chaplain, on the HBO series "Oz"
1994 Debut as a TV series regular, playing Stuart, the older brother of Margaret Cho, on ABC's "All-American Girl"
1990 TV-movie debut as B.D. Wong, "Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston" for CBS
1989 Appeared off-Broadway as Ariel in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" starring Frank Langella
1989 First feature as B.D. Wong, Sidney Lumet's "Family Business"
1988 Broadway debut, as Song Liling, in David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly" with John Lithgow; billed as B.D. Wong
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"
1987 Appeared as Brad Wong on the syndicated series, "Hard Copy"
1987 TV-movie debut (as Bradd D. Wong), "Double Switch", on ABC's "Disney Sunday Movie"
1986 TV series debut (billed as Bradd Wong), "Blacke's Magic"
1986 Film debut (billed as Bradd Wong), "The Karate Kid Part II"
1982 Professional stage debut, "Androcles and the Lion", at Town Hall in NYC
Raised in San Francisco
Moved to L.A. and did guest spots on TV and bit parts in features
Appeared in an all Asian-American production of "A Chorus Line" at East/West Players in LA
