Benedict Wong

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Biography

British actors of Chinese descent

  • Primary profession
  • Actor·writer·producer
  • Country
  • United Kingdom
  • Nationality
  • British
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 03 July 1971
  • Place of birth
  • Manchester
  • Knows language
  • English language

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Frequently appears in space-themed movies. As of 2015, has appeared in four of them: Sunshine , Moon , Prometheus and The Martian .

His parents emigrated from Hong Kong to the UK via Ireland.

Took a two-year performing arts course at Salford City College.

Fan of Manchester United.

Worked as an usher at Manchesters now defunct Green Room Theatre.

Was brought up in Salford.

Quotes

Khan let Polo be his eyes and ears. He was the first one to build a,bridge between East and West.

In Kazahkstan, you would drive five hours outside the city to where,roads sort of stop being roads, and it was just in the mountains and,deathly quiet. And you could only really hear the clumping of the,horses, and it was a sort of a beautiful silence. Like it enveloped,you.

I feel like we are reintroducing historical figures, with the explorer,Marco Polo and the grandson of Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, the ruler of,the Mongol empire, the trading place that everybody wanted to get,involved in.

Occasionally, when you do a take, and - what I kind of sort of like is,asking for a PPB - Personal Play Back.

We watched a lot of Hong Kong action movies in my house when I was,growing up.

Kublai noticed this uncommon perception that Marco Polo has, with the,idea to explain and talk about his country so vividly that he can see,it.

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