Benedict Wong is a British actor and screenwriter who has taken part in more than 50 film projects to date. The actor is best known for his roles as Kublai Khan in the Netflix television series Marco Polo, Bruce Eun in the Ridley Scott's The Martian, and Wong in Marvel's Doctor Strange.
Biography of the actor
Benedict Wong was born on July 3, 1971 in Eccles, Greater Manchester in northwest England. The Wong family are emigrants from Hong Kong who came to England via Ireland.
The future famous actor spent his childhood in the City of Salford - a large area with the status of a city in the county of Greater Manchester.
He received his acting education at Salford City College, completing a two-year course. During his studies, the future actor worked as a ticket collector at the Green Room Theater, which still works to this day.
No information was passed on to the press or the public about the actor's personal life. It is only known that the actor is still not married.
Benidict Wong's career
Benedict Wong's creative career began in 1993, when he began acting on stage and took part in the BBC Radio's play Kai Mei Seasoning. He also starred alongside Sean Locke on the sitcom Fifteen-Story and Dr. Franklin Fu in the second season of Absurd Science.
At the very beginning of his career, the actor managed to play many bright and notable roles on TV, in such series as "Pure English Murder", "Indian Summer", "Pie in the Sky", "Arab Adventures", etc. Among the roles in full-length films at the initial stage of their careers stand out "Smack, smack, bang," with Stellan Skarsgard, "Spy Games" with Brad Pitt and "Dirty Charms" with Chiwetel Ejiofor.
In 2007, Richard Laxton's Do It Yourself movie was released, in which Benedict Wong played the main role. And in 2012, he starred in Ridley Scott's long-awaited space tape "Prometheus", and later took part in another tape of this filmmaker and producer, "The Martian." Subsequently, in 2016, this picture grossed the largest box office at the box office, becoming the main film of the year.
Also in 2016, Marvel's superhero blockbuster Doctor Strange was released, in which Benedict Wong played the role of a librarian who became Doctor Strange's main comrade in arms. As the film became successful, the actor managed to sign a contract to shoot the sequel to the story of Doctor Strange, "Avengers: Infinity War."
Benedict Wong's achievements
Throughout his acting career, Benedict Wong was twice awarded prestigious awards:
- In 2003, he was nominated for the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in Dirty Delights;
- In 2013, he was nominated for the West End Frame Award for Best Performance in a theatrical production of Chimerica.
And the film "The Martian" with the participation of Benedict Wong was nominated for an Oscar as the best film and has a Golden Globe.
