Benedict Wong


Benedict Wong is a Chinese British actor who has appeared on stage, film and television. Wong is known for portraying Kublai Khan in Netflix's Marco Polo and Bruce Ng in The Martian.
Wong portrays Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making his first appearance in Doctor Strange and later in ' and '.

Early life and education

Wong was born in Eccles, Lancashire, England, to parents who had emigrated from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom via Ireland. He was brought up in Salford and is a supporter of Manchester United. He attended De La Salle Sixth Form College on Weaste Lane, Salford after leaving high school. He took a two-year performing arts course at Salford City College.

Career

His first role was in a 1993 BBC Radio play called Kai Mei Sauce, written by Kevin Wong. He appeared as Errol Spears alongside Sean Lock in the situation comedy 15 Storeys High, and as Franklin Fu in the second series of Look Around You.
In 2007, Wong starred in the feature film Grow Your Own.
Wong went on to appear in the second episode of Series 4 of the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd, playing the character Prime, a previous Countdown contestant who had won the sixteenth Countdown teapot when he was known as Harold Tong. Wong also appeared in the film Shanghai playing the character Juso Kita and the BBC series Spirit Warriors in the role of Li.
In 2012, Wong appeared in the Ridley Scott film Prometheus as ship's pilot Ravel.
In 2013, Wong was cast in the lead role of #aww: The Arrest of Ai WeiWei at the Hampstead Theatre. Shortly after, the Almeida Theatre announced that Wong had joined the cast of the play Chimerica.
Also in 2013, Wong played the role of gangster Lau in the BBC Two comedy-drama The Wrong Mans.
In 2014, Wong played the role of Kublai Khan in the Netflix series Marco Polo, which on 7 January 2015 was renewed by Netflix for a 10-episode second series.
The next year, he appeared in another Ridley Scott science fiction film, playing the director of the Jet Propulsion Lab, Bruce Ng in The Martian. In 2016, he co-starred as Wong in the superhero film Doctor Strange and later reprised the role in the crossover films ' and '.
In 2016, he appeared in "Hated in the Nation", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror, playing Shaun Li, an agent with the National Crime Agency.
In 2017, he voiced the character of Alex Yu in Arkane Studios's game, Prey. He also starred in "", a promotional short film prequel to Blade Runner 2049 directed by Luke Scott and co-starring Jared Leto.
He appeared as the scientist Lomax in the 2018 science fiction horror film Annihilation.
In 2019, he performed the voice of the Skeksis general skekVar in the Netflix series .
In 2020, he appeared as a Necromancer in Taika Waititi’s ‘What We Do In The Shadows”.

Awards

In 2003, Wong was nominated at the British Independent Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Guo Yi in Dirty Pretty Things.
In 2013, Wong was nominated for the West End Frame award for Best Dramatic Performance 2013, for his role as Zhang Lin in Chimerica.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Kiss Kiss Pat Proudence
2001WitFellow 2
2001Spy GameTran
2002Dirty Pretty ThingsGuo Yi
2003Code 46Medic
2005On a Clear DayChan
2005A Cock and Bull StoryEd
2007SunshineTrey
2007Grow Your OwnKung Sang
2008Largo WinchWilliam Kwan
2009MoonThompson
2010ShanghaiJuso Kita
2011The LadyKarma Phuntsho
2011Johnny English RebornChi Han Ly
2012PrometheusRavel
2013HummingbirdMr Choy
2013Kick-Ass 2Mr Kim
2015The MartianBruce Ng
2016Doctor StrangeWong
2018AnnihilationLomax
2018'Wong
2019'Wong
2019The Personal History of David CopperfieldMr Wickfield
2019Gemini ManBaron
2019Lady and the TrampBullVoice
2020Nine DaysKyo

Television

Video games

Theatre