Biography
Russell Wong is an American actor. Born in Troy, New York, he attended Santa Monica City College while training as a dancer. He moved to Hong Kong in 1983, where he learned Cantonese and martial arts, making his film debut in The Musical Singer (1985). His first English-language film was Tai-Pan (1986).
Wong gained a lead role in the television series Vanishing Son (1994), regarded as one of the first American dramatic series to feature an Asian lead. He starred opposite Jet Li in Romeo Must Die (2000) and reunited with Li as Ming Guo in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). He has appeared in guest and recurring roles in series including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Hawaii Five-0 (2010), Lucifer (2016), Supergirl (2015) and Westworld (2016).
Wong is the brother of actor Michael Wong.
