Benedict Wong
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Wong in 2023 | |||||||||||||
| Born | 3 July 1971 Eccles, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Actor | ||||||||||||
| Years active | 1992–present | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 王漢斌 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 王汉斌 | ||||||||||||
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Benedict Wong (born 3 July 1971) is an English actor. He began his career on stage before starring in the film Dirty Pretty Things (2002), which earned him a British Independent Film Award nomination, and the BBC sitcom 15 Storeys High (2002–2004). This was followed by roles in the films On a Clear Day (2005), Sunshine, Grow Your Own (both 2007), and Moon (2009), and the CBBC series Spirit Warriors (2010).
Wong gained further recognition in the 2010s for his roles as Kublai Khan in the Netflix series Marco Polo (2014–2016), Bruce Ng in the film The Martian (2015), and Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe media franchise since the film Doctor Strange (2016). He has since starred in the Syfy series Deadly Class (2019). His performance in the film Nine Days (2020) earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Since 2024, he has a main role in the Netflix series 3 Body Problem.