orn and raised in San Francisco, California, Wong is the only actor ever to have received all five major New York Theater awards for a single role.  For his performance in “M. Butterfly,” his Broadway debut, he received the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Theater World Award, the Clarence Derwent Award, and the Tony Award.

 

BD is in his eighth season on the top-rated series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit where he appears as Dr. George Huang, a forensic psychiatrist and expert on the criminal mind.

 

Wong gained notice as a cast regular on HBO’s critically acclaimed series Oz, playing the resilient prison priest Father Ray for the show’s five-season run.  His other television credits include a starring role in ABC’s All-American Girl and HBO’s telefilm And the Band Played On, as well as guest-starring roles on Welcome to New York, Chicago Hope, The X-Files, Bless This House and Shannon’s Deal and the Hallmark Mini Series, MARCO POLO.

 

Wong has also appeared in more than 20 feature films, including Jurassic Park, The Freshman, Father of the Bride (1 & 2), Seven Years in Tibet, Executive Decision, The Salton Sea and Stay. Wong can also be heard as the voice of Shang in the Disney animated films Mulan and Mulan II.

 

Wong’s additional New York theater credits include “The Tempest,” “A Language of Their Own,” “As Thousands Cheer,” and the Broadway musical revival of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” in a critically acclaimed performance as Linus and the Roundabout Theatre’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Pacific Overtures,” for which he received a Drama League nomination for distinguished performance.   He recently produced and directed “The Yellow Wood” for NYMF.

 

Wong published his first book, Following Foo: the electronic adventures of the Chestnut Man (Harper Entertainment), which chronicles his son Jackson’s struggle for life after he was born 11 weeks premature.

 

Community service recognitions from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Asian AIDS Project, GLAAD, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Association of Asian-Pacific American Artists, East/West Players, Second Generation. Board member: Actors’ Fund of America

 

Wong currently resides in New York City.