Biography
Benedict Wong is an English actor. He was born on 3 July 1971 in Eccles, Greater Manchester, and studied performing arts at De La Salle Sixth Form College in Salford. He began his career on stage before making his screen debut in the early 1990s.
Wong's early film and television roles include Guo Yi in Dirty Pretty Things (2002), for which he received a British Independent Film Award nomination, and appearances in the BBC sitcom 15 Storeys High (2002–2004). He later played Ravel in Prometheus (2012).
He gained wider recognition for playing Kublai Khan in the series Marco Polo (2014–2016), Bruce Ng in The Martian (2015), and Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from Doctor Strange (2016) onwards. Wong received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his performance in Nine Days (2020) and appeared as Marcus in Weapons (2025).
