B.D. Wong came to my school today for Asian Pacific American Heritage Week. He’s a pleasant guy. Much more interesting in person than on the screen. Unbelievably casual and funny, and much more intelligent than his roles typically display. He’s about the only attractive Asian-American male I’ve seen on TV, which understandably, means something to me living here (take it for what you will).
Taken from: http://www.glbtq.com/arts/wong_bd.html
The only actor to win the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Clarence Derwent Award, and the Theater World Award for the same performance, Asian-American actor B. D. Wong came to prominence with his extraordinary performance in the title role of David Hwang's M. Butterfly (1988).
Wong's film roles have varied from a campy caterer in The Father of the Bride (1991) to a geneticist in Jurassic Park (1993) and a member of an elite anti-terrorist unit in Executive Decision (1996). He was happy to supply the voice of Captain Li Shang in the Disney animated feature Mulan (1998) because the story was one Wong had learned as a child from his parents. He repeated the role in the 2004 sequel Mulan II.
Wong has also appeared in the off-Broadway production of the Irving Berlin-Moss Hart musical As Thousands Cheer (1998) and as Linus in the Broadway revival of the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999). He has made dozens of guest appearances on television series such as Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Chicago Hope, Sesame Street, and The X-Files.
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