This article is about the actor. For the Singaporean photographer, see Russel Wong.
Russell Wong
王盛德
Russell Wong in 2009
Born
March 1, 1963
Troy, New York
Other names
Russell Jan Tak Wong
Occupation(s)
Actor, martial artist
Russell Wong (Chinese: 王盛德; Jyutping: Wong4 Sing6 Dak1) is an American actor and martial artist best known for his roles in various films and television series. Born in New York, Wong attended Santa Monica City College while training to become a dancer. With the desire of becoming an actor, he moved to Hong Kong in 1983, where he learned Cantonese and martial arts.[1][2]
Outside film and television, he played the protagonist Nicholas Kang in the video game True Crime: Streets of LA (2003). He also lent his voice to the video game Stranglehold (2007).[8][9][10]
Early life and education
Wong attended Santa Monica City College and trained to be a dancer.[11]
Personal life
In 2003, Wong Married Hong Kong Fashion designer Flora Cheong-Leen. The couple divorced in 2012.
Wong is trained in the martial arts, particularly taekwondo, shoji ryu karate, and fu jow pai kung fu.[12]
In 2014, Wong finished shooting a horror series entitled Grace which was shot in Singapore for HBO Asia, and also directed by Serangoon Road co-director Tony Tilse.[13]
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