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Date of Birth: B.D. Wong24 October 1960Left-handed. May 2003: published "Following Foo: the electronic adventures of the Chestnut Man", a memoire detailing the journey that he and longtime life partner, Richie Jackson, made towards parenthood with the assistance of a surrogate mother. He and his partner welcomed their son, Jackson Foo Wong, on 28 May, 2000. Chose to go by his initials while playing his breakthrough role, M. Butterfly. The title character's gender is ambiguous, and he decided that using his initials instead of his full name would make it difficult to guess whether he was a man or a woman, thus adding to the androgyny of the character he was playing. ... Won Broadway's 1988 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for creating the role of Song Liling in "M. Butterfly." Nominated for the 1989 Helen Hayes Award for his work in "M. Butterfly" (Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production). His former partner is Richie Jackson Graduated from San Francisco State University. In 1999, Wong and his then-partner, Richie Jackson, hired a surrogate mother to bear their child. Wong provided the sperm and Jackson's sister provided the ovum. The mother gave birth to a set of male twins on May 28, 2000. One, Boaz Dov Wong, died at birth as a result of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome; the other, Jackson Foo Wong, was adopted by the couple. The couple later broke up however they still share joint custody of Jackson Foo. Wong later wrote a book about the experience entitled Following Foo: the Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man. Chosen by Goldsea Asian American Daily as one of the "100 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time". His was one the morphed faces in the Michael Jackson "Black or White" video. Is good at mathematics. Read more At this site you can watch B.D. Wong movies online for free.
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