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All You Should Know About Benedict Wong: Renowned British Actor

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Benedict Wong is a $4 million net-worth British actor. Benedict Wong has portrayed Wong in multiple Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including “Doctor Strange” (2016) and “Avengers: Endgame” (2019), as well as Kublai Khan on Netflix’s “Marco Polo” (2014-2016) and Master Lin on Syfy’s “Deadly Class” (2019).

Benedict has over 90 acting credits, including the films “Spy Game” (2001), “Dirty Pretty Things” (2002), “Shanghai” (2010), “Johnny English Reborn” (2011), “Prometheus” (2012), “Kick-Ass 2” (2013), “The Martian” (2015), “Annihilation” (2018), and “Nine Days” (2020), as well as the television series “The Bill” (1997; 2000; 2002), and many more.

Who is Benedict Wong?

Benedict Wong was born in Eccles, Lancashire, on July 3, 1971, to Hong Kong immigrant parents who had traveled through Ireland before arriving in England. He was raised in Eccles and attended Salford City College (formerly known as De La Salle Sixth Form College) in the Salford region. He subsequently attended Salford City College for two years to study performing arts.

How old is Benedict Wong?

The renowned actor is currently 52 years old.

What is Benedict Wong net worth?

Wong is a $4 million net-worth British actor.

What is Benedict Wong career?

Benedict Wong is a $4 million net-worth British actor. Benedict Wong has portrayed Wong in multiple Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including “Doctor Strange” (2016) and “Avengers: Endgame” (2019), as well as Kublai Khan on Netflix’s “Marco Polo” (2014-2016) and Master Lin on Syfy’s “Deadly Class” (2019).

Wong appeared in the BBC Radio play “Kai Mei Sauce,” written by his cousin, in 1993. Benedict made his screen debut in a 1992 episode of the BBC2 anthology series “Screenplay,” and later appeared in “Last of the Summer Wine,” “The Chief,” “Frank Stubbs Promotes,” “Cardiac Arrest,” “Hearts and Minds,” “Pie in the Sky,” “Cracker,” “The Bill,” and “Breakout.”

His first feature film, “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,” was released in 2001, and he followed it with “Wit” (2001), “Spy Game” (2001), “Dirty Pretty Things” (2002), “Code 46” (2003), “On a Clear Day” (2005), “A Cock and Bull Story” (2005), “Sunshine” (2007), “Grow Your Own” (2007), “Largo Winch” (2008), and “Moon” (2009).

Wong starred in the miniseries “Arabian Nights” (2000) and the TV film “Frankenstein” (2007), as well as cameo appearances on “Look Around You” (2002; 2005), “Eleventh Hour” (2006), and “The Peter Serafinowicz Show” (2008). From 2000 to 2002, he starred as Michael Wei in season 16 of ITV’s “The Bill” and as DS David Chiu in season 18.

Benedict had recurrent parts as Terry Cheung on BBC One’s “TLC” (2002) and Pete Cheng on BBC One’s “State of Play” (2003), and he played Errol Spears on BBC Choice/BBC Two’s “15 Storeys High” from 2002 to 2004.

Who is Benedict Wong married to?

Benedict and his wife, Sarah Pong, have two children, Russell and Benny. Wong is a supporter of the Manchester United Football Club.