BD Wong was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He made his
Broadway debut in "M. Butterfly." He is the only actor to be honored
with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award,
Clarence Derwent Award, and Theater
World Award for the same performance. He starred in the television
series
All American Girl (1994),
and has made guest appearances on
Sesamstraße (1969) and
Akte X: Die unheimlichen Fälle des FBI (1993). He was in the
off-Broadway musical revival of "As Thousands Cheer" and followed with
a critically acclaimed performance as "Linus" in the revival of "You're
a Good Man, Charlie Brown," returned to SVU, and is now starring in the
revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Pacific
Overtures."