Bradley Darryl Wong, usually referred to as B.D. Wong, is an American actor who was born on October 24, 1960 in San Francisco, California. His debut role was in No Big Deal in 1983.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000703/ Wong has also appeared in films and television shows such as Jurassic Park, in 1993, and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, in 1999.http://www.fandango.com/b.d.wong/biographies/p77242http://www.fandango.com/b.d.wong/filmography/p77242?sort=release-date&srtste=sorted_up
B.D. Wong received Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Clarence Derwent, and Theatre World awards for his role in the 1988 Broadway production of M. Butterfly,. B.D. Wong was the first actor to receive all five of these awards for a single role in a Broadway show.http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/bd-wong/bio/141031
B. D. Wong Career
B.D. Wong's debut role was in No Big Deal in 1983.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000703/ His debut on Broadway was in 1988 with his performance in M. Butterfly.http://www.roycecarlton.com/speaker/BD-Wong-Biography For this role, B.D. Wong shortened his name to just initials. He did this in order to the heighten the ambiguity of his character's gender.http://www.goldsea.com/Personalities/Inspiring/wongbd.html B.D. Wong won Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Clarence Derwent, and Teatre World Awards for this performance. Additional performances by B.D. Wong in later years included Karate Kid II in 1986, Jurassic Park in 1993, Seven Years in Tibet in 1997, and Mulan in 1998.http://www.fandango.com/b.d.wong/filmography/p77242?sort=release-date&srtste=sorted_up. B.D. Wong also appeared in additional Broadway plays, including You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown in 1999 and Pacific Overtures in 2004.http://www.roycecarlton.com/speaker/BD-Wong-Biography
Wong has also had several guest appearances and recurring roles on television. He starred in All-American Girl and had recurring roles on Oz and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.http://www.fandango.com/b.d.wong/biographies/p77242 In 2003, B.D. Wong released the book Following Foo: The Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man. The book focused on the challenges he and his partner Richie Jackson had to go through to reach parenthood.http://www.roycecarlton.com/speaker/BD-Wong-Biography
B. D. Wong Career Timeline
1983: No Big Deal
1986: Karate Kid II
1987: Double Switch
1988: M. Butterfly
1991: Father of the Bride
1993: Jurassic Park
1994 - 1995: All-American Girl
1995: Father of the Bride Part 2
1996: The X-Files
1997: Seven Years in Tibet
1997: Oz
1998: Mulan
1999: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
2001-2010: Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
2002: The Salton Sea
2002: Kim Possible
2004: Mulan 2
2004-2005: Pacific Overtures
2005: Kingdom Hearts 2
2007: Marco Polo http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000703/
Quotes
"I was no longer blinking an eyelash about my sexual orientation because I had a human experience — parenthood — that transcended my fear of being judged" — B.D. Wong to the Daily Pennsylvanianhttp://www.goldsea.com/Personalities/Inspiring/wongbd.html
