Benedict Wong Short biography
Benedict Wong is a British actor who has appeared in film, television, and stage. He is best known for his roles as Kublai Khan in Netflix's 'Marco Polo' and Bruce Ng in 'The Martian'. He portrays Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making his first appearance in 'Doctor Strange'.
Wong was born on 3 July 1971 in Eccles, England, to parents who had emigrated from Hong Kong. He attended De La Salle Sixth Form College on Weaste Lane, Salford, after leaving high school. He took a two-year performing arts course at Salford City College.
Wong's first role was in a 1993 BBC Radio play called 'Kai Mei Sauce', written by Kevin Wong. He appeared as Errol Spears alongside Sean Lock in the situation comedy '15 Storeys High' and Franklin Fu in the second series of 'Look Around You'.
In 2014, Wong played the role of Kublai Khan in the Netflix series 'Marco Polo', which on 7 January 2015 was renewed by Netflix for a 10-episode second series.
Wong co-starred as Wong in the superhero film 'Doctor Strange' in 2016 and reprised the crossover film 'Avengers: Infinity War', which was one of the big breakthroughs in his career. He again reprised his role in 'Avengers: Endgame'.
In 2016, he appeared in 'Hated in the Nation', an anthology series Black Mirror episode, playing Shaun Li, an agent with the National Crime Agency. The following year, he voiced the character of Alex Yu in Arkane Studios' game, Prey.
Wong performed the voice of the Skeksis general skekVar in the Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance in 2019.
