Benedict Wong is a British actor and screenwriter who to date has taken part in more than 50 film projects. The most famous actor brought such roles as Kublai Khan in the television series from Netflix "Marco Polo", Bruce Eun in the film directed by Ridley Scott "The Martian", and Wong in the film from Marvel's "Doctor Strange".
Actor Biography
Benedict Wong was born July 3, 1971 in Eccles, in Greater Manchester, located in northwestern England. The Wong family are emigrants from Hong Kong who came to England through Ireland.
The future famous actor spent his childhood in the City of Salford - a large area with city status in the county of Greater Manchester.
He received his acting education at Salford City College, completing two-year courses. During his studies, the future actor worked as a ticketer at the Green Room Theater, which continues to this day.
Information about the personal life of the actor was not transmitted to the press and the public. It is only known that the actor is still not married.
Benidict Wong's career
The beginning of Benedict Wong’s creative career dates back to 1993, when he began playing on the stage and took part in the BBC radio show “Kai Mei Seasoning”. He also played a prominent role with Sean Lock in the sitcom "Fifteen-story Building" and Dr. Franklin Fu in the second season of the series "Absurd Natural History."
At the very beginning of his career, the actor managed to play many bright and noticeable roles on TV in such series as “Purely English Killing”, “Indian Summer”, “Pie in the Sky”, “Arab Adventures” and others. Among the roles in full-length films at the initial stage of their career 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 a major role. And in 2012, he starred in Ridley Scott's long-awaited space film "Prometheus", and later took part in another film of this film director and producer "Martian". Subsequently, in 2016, this picture gathered the largest box office at the box office, becoming the main film of the year.
Also in 2016, a superhero blockbuster from Marvel - “Doctor Strange” was released, in which Benedict Wong played the role of the librarian, who became the main combat friend of Dr. Strange. As the film became successful, the actor managed to sign a contract to shoot the continuation of the story about Doctor Strange "Avengers: Infinity War."
