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B.D. Wong (; born October 24, 1962) is an American actor who has had roles in All American Girl, Oz, Jurassic Park
and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He has also had guest appearances on The X-Files and Sesame Street. His Broadway debut performance was in M. Butterfly. Wong is the only actor to be honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award and Theater World Award for the same performance. He is openly gay and was presented the Davidson/Valentini Award at the 14th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.

He also portrayed U.S. Army Special Operations Sergent Louie in Executive Decision
. In 2005, Wong directed the film Social Grace, starring Margaret Cho.

Personal life

Born in San Francisco as Bradley Darryl Wong, he attended Lincoln High School before graduating from San Francisco State University. He is currently on the board of advisors for Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE).

He and his partner Richie Jackson hired a surrogate mother to bear their child. Jackson's sister provided the ovum. The boy, Jackson Foo Wong, was one of a set of twins born on May 28, 2000. The child's twin, Boaz Dov Wong, died at birth, the result of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. Wong wrote a book, Following Foo: the Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man, about the experience.

Broadway Productions

Children of Art Special Benefit (2005) Performer
Pacific Overtures Revival (2004) Reciter
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown Revival (1999) Linus
Face Value (1993) Randall Lee
M. Butterfly (1988) Song Liling

Awards

Tony Award (1988) Best Featured Actor in a Play M. Butterfly
Drama Desk Award (1988) Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play [
Theatre World Award (1988) M. Butterfly

Filmography

Stay
(2005) .... Dr. Ren
Social Grace (2005) .... Stephen
Mulan II
(2004) (Voice) .... Captain Li Shang
Century City (2004) TV Series .... U.S. Attorney Matthew Chin
Kim Possible (2002) (Voice) TV Series.... Agent Will Du
The Salton Sea
(2002) .... Bubba
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) TV Series .... Dr. George Huang
Welcome to New York (2000) TV Series .... Dennis
Chicago Hope (1999) TV Series .... Dr. Kai Chang
Mulan
(1998) (Voice) .... Captain Li Shang
The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998) .... Warren Drummond
Slappy and the Stinkers (1998) .... Morgan Brinway
Seven Years in Tibet
(1997) .... Ngawang Jigme
Oz (1997) TV Series .... Father Ray Mukada
Joe's Apartment
(1996) .... Cockroach
The X-Files (1996) TV Series .... Det. Glen Chao
Executive Decision
(1996) .... Sergeant Louie
Father of the Bride Part II
(1995) ... Howard Weinstein
Bless This House (1995) TV Series .... Johnny Chen
Dazzle (1995) (TV) .... Teng
Kalamazoo (1995) .... Justin
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) (Voice) TV Series .... The Wolf
Magical Make-Over (1994) (TV) .... Johnny Angel
All-American Girl (1994) TV Series .... Stuart
Men of War (1994) .... Po
The Ref
(1994) .... Dr. Wong, Marriage Counselor
And the Band Played On (1993) (TV) .... Kico Govantes
Jurassic Park
(1993) .... Henry Wu
The Lounge People (1992) .... Billy
Father of the Bride (1991) .... Howard Weinstein
Mistery Date (1991) .... James Lew
The Freshman (1990) .... Edward
Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston (1990) (TV) .... Kim Tan
Family Business (1989) .... Jimmy Chiu, Adam's MIT Prof
Crash Course (1988) (TV) .... Kichi
Double Switch (1987) (TV) .... Waiter
The Karate Kid, Part II
(1987) .... Boy on Street
Simon and Simon (1986) TV Series .... Photo Shop Clerk
No Big Deal (1983) (TV) .... Miss Karnisian's Class

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