BD WONG

BD Wong’s many films include HEART OF STONE, BIRD BOX, JURASSIC WORLD, JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM, JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION, FOCUS, STAY, MULAN (1 & 2), THE SALTON SEA, SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET, FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1 & 2), and JURASSIC PARK. He received the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Theater World, Clarence Derwent, and Tony Awards for his Broadway debut in the play M. BUTTERFLY. He played FBI Forensic Psychiatrist George Huang for 11 seasons on LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, prison chaplain Ray Mukada on HBO's OZ, “whiterose” in MR. ROBOT (Emmy and Critic’s Choice nominations), Prof. Hugo Strange in GOTHAM, and Nora's chill Dad, Wally, in AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS. He also appeared as Margaret Cho’s older brother, Stuart, in America's first Asian-American family on ALL-AMERICAN GIRL, and as well as in the television film adaptations of THE NORMAL HEART and AND THE BAND PLAYED ON. Broadway includes the revivals of YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN and PACIFIC OVERTURES. Other theater includes THE GREAT LEAP (Atlantic Theater, A.C.T), THE ORPHAN OF ZHAO (A.C.T., La Jolla Playhouse), HERRINGBONE (American Music Theater Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, McCarter Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse). He directed the World Premiere of MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS, the new musical which he co-wrote with composer Wayne Barker, at The Ogunquit Playhouse and YES, I CAN SAY THAT at Primary Stages starring Judy Gold. He is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Following Foo: (the electronic adventures of the Chestnut Man) (Harper Entertainment). He has been recognized by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Asian American Journalists Association, Asian AIDS Project, GLAAD, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, The Anti-Violence Project, Lambda Legal, Museum of Chinese in America, and Marriage Equality New York. He sits on the Board of Trustees of The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors’ Fund), American Conservatory Theatre, and Rosie’s Theater Kids. @wongbd