Russell Wong

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Russell Wong
王盛德
Russell Wong in 2009
Other namesRussell Jan Tak Wong
OccupationActor
Websitewww.russellwong.com

Russell Wong (Chinese: 王盛德; pinyin: Wáng Shèngdé) is an American actor of film and television.

Early life and education

Wong attended Santa Monica City College and trained to be a dancer.[1]

Personal life

In 2003, Wong Married Hong Kong Fashion designer Flora Cheong-Leen. The couple divorced in 2012.

Wong is trained in the martial arts, particularly taekwondo, shoji ryu karate, and fu jow pai kung fu.[2]

Career

Wong is one of the first actors of Chinese descent to hold a leading role in a primetime American television series, portraying Jian-Wa with

made-for-television films followed by a 13-episode syndicated series. He has appeared in numerous films and series including Abel Ferrara's China Girl, New Jack City, The Joy Luck Club, Takedown, The Monkey King, Romeo Must Die, and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.[2]

In 2014, Wong finished shooting a horror series entitled Grace which was shot in Singapore for

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1985 The Musical Singer Russell
1986 Tai-Pan Gordon Chen
1987 Harry's Hong Kong Sergeant Lee Television film
1987 Gwai ma hau yuen Mr. Wong
1987 China Girl Yung Gan
1988 C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf Television film
1989 Eat a Bowl of Tea Ben Loy
1989 China White Bobby Chow
1990 China Cry Lam Cheng Shen
1991 New Jack City Park
1992 Xia ri qing ren Zeniger
1993 Geoffrey Beene 30 Man Short film
1993 The Joy Luck Club Lin Xiao
1994 Vanishing Son Jian-Wa Television film
1994 Zhong jin shu Ken Chan
1994 Vanishing Son II Jian-Wa Television film
1994 Vanishing Son III Jian-Wa Television film
1994 Vanishing Son IV Jian-Wa Television film
1998 The Prophecy II Danyeal Direct-to-video
2000 Takedown Tsutomi Shimomura
2000 Romeo Must Die Kai
2001 The Tracker Rick Tsung Television film
2004 Twisted Lieutenant Tong
2005 Inside Out Frank
2006 Undoing Leon
2006 Honor Ray
2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Ming Guo
2008 House of Wong The Man Short film
2008 Dim Sum Funeral Alexander
2009 The Sanctuary Patrick
2010 Color Me Love Zoe's Ex-husband
2011 What Women Want Peter
2011 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Bank CEO
2013 The Hong Kong Affair Edward Lim
2014 Light from the Dark Room Li Cheung
2016 Lost in the Pacific Gary Gao
2016 Contract to Kill Matthew Sharp Credited as "Russel Wong"
2017 The Jade Pendant Mr. Wong
2018 Forever Young General
2019 Escape Plan: The Extractors Wu Zhang
2019 Miss Boundless Yajin Short film
2021 Clifford the Big Red Dog Mr Yu

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1988 The Equalizer Narong Bansari Episode: "Riding the Elephant"
1989 21 Jump Street Locke Episode: "The Dragon and the Angel"
1989 Gideon Oliver Li Song Episode: "Tungs"
1995 Vanishing Son Jian-Wa 13 episodes
1997 Hawaii Five-O Nick Wong Unaired Pilot
1998 Touched by an Angel George 2 episodes
1998 Honolulu CRU Episode: "Pilot"
2001 The Monkey King Monkey King Miniseries
2003 Black Sash Tom Chang 8 episodes
2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lieutenant Arthur Chen Episode: "No Humans Involved"
2005 Just Legal District Attorney Episode: "Pilot"
2005 Commander in Chief Cabinet Member Episode: "First Disaster"
2006 Numb3rs Jeremy Wang Episode: "Undercurrents"
2010 Nikita Victor Han Episode: "Rough Trade"
2012 Hawaii 5-0 Kong Liang Episode: "Ohuna"
2013
Serangoon Road
Winston Episode: "Episode #1.10"
2014 Grace Roy Chan 4 episodes
2015 NCIS: New Orleans Cam Lin Episode: "The Walking Dead"
2017 Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Inspector Jin Episode: "Type A"
2018 Lucifer Vincent Green Episode: "High School Poppycock"
2018 Lethal Weapon Stan Episode: "Need to Know"
2019 Supergirl General Tan Episode: "Suspicious Minds"
2019 The Oath 4 episodes
2020 Westworld Brompton 3 episodes
2024 The Brothers Sun Byron Chien Episode: "Country boy"
2024 NCIS Feng Zhao Episode: "The Plan"

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2003 True Crime: Streets of LA Nick Kang Voice Role[4]
2007 Stranglehold Yung Gi Voice Role

References

  1. ^ "Actor Russell Wong: Scene Stealer 1/7 | Asian American Personalities | GoldSea". goldsea.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  2. ^ a b Entertainment, Martial Arts (2010-03-22). "Russell Wong". Martial Arts & Action Entertainment. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
  3. ^ Frater, Patrick (2014-03-07). "'Grace' Horror Series Underway at HBO Asia". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  4. ^ "Russell Wong (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 28 April 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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