Biography
British actor Benedict Wong made a career, removing in numerous films and serials. The natural talent of the artist did not disappear from the eye of the director, and at the beginning of the path on television, he received many suggestions about the shooting. But he knows not only by movies, the man has once again played on the theater stage, where she conquered not one thousand spectators.Childhood and youth
Benedict was sworn in the summer of 1971 in Manchester, in the north-west of England, by nationality he is Chinese. Parents emigrated from Hong Kong through Ireland to the UK before the birth of the son. The family settled in the city of City of Salford, the first years of the boy's biography were gone there.
Instructing Acting Wong began after school. Having received the certificate of maturity, entered the city college of Solford, where two-year courses were held. And in order to make a living, settled in the Green Room theater, which works and now, the guy sold tickets on ideas.
Personal life
Wong prefers not to advertise the details of personal life. According to some data, the actor's wife does not have, about children it is unknown. At the same time, it actively uses social networks, leads pages in "Instagram" and "Twitter", regularly publishes the photos on which one and colleagues on the set. Many of his subscribers note that the artist had a more tightened figure (height 183 cm, 78 kg weight), and in recent years recovered noticeably.Films
The debut of the artist on the stage took place in 1993, the performance took place on the BBC Radio, the script for the play "Seasoning Kai Men" wrote Kevin Wong. In the youth, Benedict infrequently appeared on television, but until the 2000th managed to appear in the series "Scenario", "India Summer", "Pure English killing", "Escape" and in a number of other paintings. True glory came to Vong a little later. In 2002, he was offered a major role in the TV series "Fifteenetting", where the Shaun Lok entered the main acting. There, the man was shot 2 years and well established himself.
In addition, Benedict was remembered by the audience in two seasons of the British comedy satirical show "Absurdic Nature". It parods popular science and informative programs. Each episode is devoted to a separate chemical element, cultural and social phenomenon or scientific discipline. Wong appeared in the 2nd episode of the 1st season as Dr. Franklin Fu, Plastic Surgeon, one of the creators of "Mediboma".
In the main acting, Benedict came in the film "Make yourself" in 2007. He found himself in the center of the plot, where the measured and boring life of a small village on the outskirts of England violates the family of refugees, which unexpectedly gets a plot of land under her own garden. Critics appreciated the picture, and the audience noted the talent of Benedict and his ability to easily reincarnate in comedy heroes.
Further, a couple of standing tapes appeared in the artist filmography. In the film "Shanghai", he played Yoo Whale, in the TV series "Warriors of the Spirit" - a character named Lee, and in 2012 appeared in the long-awaited film "Prometheus" in the image of the pilot Ravel. Initially, the American scientific fiction picture of the director Ridley Scott was conceived as covered to "Alien", but later transformed into an independent project, which became the first in the trilogy of the prequel.
After that, the list of the works of Benedict was evenly replenished with serials and full-length ribbons. In 2014, Wong appeared in the "Victim" detective, in 2016 - in the superhero militant "Dr. Strandzh", and another year - in the fantastic multi-sized picture "Electric dreams Philip K. Dick". In 2018, he also got into the films "Annigilation" and "Avengers: the war of infinity."
Benedict Wong now
Wong and is now filming the cinema, 2019 became no less productive for him than previous ones. The films "History David Copperfield" and "Gemini" with his participation came to the rental. The man was starred in the 1st season of the series "Academy of Death". The audience took the ribbon positively, and initially the channel was planned to continue, but for unknown reasons at the last moment changed this decision.In the career of Wong there is not only roles in films. In 2019, he voiced the characters in the cartoons "Dark Crystal: the era of resistance" and "Lady and Tragging".
Filmography
- 1992 - "Scenario"
- 1993 - "Indian Summer"
- 1997 - "Pure English murder"
- 2001 - "Epilogue"
- 2002-2004 - "Fifteenetting"
- 2007 - "Make yourself"
- 2010 - "Shanghai"
- 2013 - "not those guys"
- 2016 - "Dr. Strung"
- 2017 - "Electric Dreams Philip K. Dick"
- 2018 - "Avengers: the war of infinity"
- 2019 - "Avengers: Final"
- 2019 - "History of David Copperfield"
- 2019 - "Gemini"
- 2019 - "Academy of Death"