Anthony Brandon Wong
Actor
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Nume real: Anthony Brandon Wong
Data si locul nasterii: 12.05.1965, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Zodie: Taur
Inaltime: 1.68 m
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Anthony Brandon Wong is an award-winning actor who has played a wide range of roles in numerous films, more than 30 hit television programs, and over thirty stage productions in the US, Canada, Asia, Europe, Australia and Africa. He is best known to international audiences for his role as 'Ghost', the Zen Buddhist assassin in "The Matrix Reloaded", "The Matrix Revolutions", and as the lead character (alongside Jada Pinkett Smith) in the "Enter the Matrix" video game, all written and directed by The Wachowski Brothers. He also worked with Dennis Quaid, Hugh Laurie, Tyrese Gibson and Giovanni Ribisi in the Twentieth Century Fox action picture "Flight of the Phoenix", filmed in the deserts of Namibia, Africa.In 2011, Wong will be seen in the Steven Soderbergh movie "Haywire", alongside Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Ewan McGregor, Channing Tatum, Bill Paxton, Michael Fassbender and Gina Carano. Wong filmed the role of 'Jiang' in Dublin, Barcelona and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Wong will also be seen in 2011 as 'Asian Elvis' opposite Gary Oldman and Christian Slater in the comedy "Guns, Girls and Gambling", which was shot in Salt Lake City, Utah.Other notable film credits include the lead male role in Clara Law's "Floating Life" as a womanizing Hong Kong stockbroker who realizes the error of his philandering ways, the villainous Chinatown crime lord Peter Cho in the Australian comedy "Crooked Business" and the films "Little Fish" (opposite Cate Blanchett), "Lilian's Story" (starring Toni Collette), "Till There Was You" (starring Mark Harmon and Jeroen Krabbe), and "Seeing Red" (opposite David Wenham, 'Faramir' in "The Lord of the Rings").Wong played the series regular role of 'Tasuke Kogo' in ABC Family's "Samurai Girl", father of the title character and one of Japan's most powerful businessmen. In the BBC's "Secrets of the Forbidden City" he played the principal character of real life 15th Century Chinese Emperor Yongle, the visionary but despotic leader who built the world-famous Forbidden City.He also played the lead role of Hirohito opposite Caspar Van Dien ("Starship Troopers") in the US martial arts TV movie "Mask of the Ninja" (Spike TV). His many television credits include "Glee" (in the Series 2 episode "Grilled Cheesus"), "The Unit" (as a Thai prince facing death threats), "NCIS" (as Navy Doctor Russell Nguyen), the Francis Ford Coppola produced "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (playing a Hong Kong detective), Disney Channel's "Jumping Ship" (as a modern-day pirate), "All Saints" (as a journalist who loses his partner), "Water Rats" (as a compulsive gambler), "Xena Warrior Princess" "Cassidy", "The Boys from the Bush", "Home and Away", "A Country Practice", "The Alice" and the HBO pilot "1%", written by Michael Tolkin ("The Player") and directed by Emmy award winning director Alan Taylor ("The Sopranos").Wong also played the series regular roles of 'Mek', a heroic scientist on "Spellbinder 2", filmed in Poland, China and Australia, opposite Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood") and 'Lee', a political revolutionary in "Embassy", filmed in Melbourne and Fiji.He played the role of Gerald in the Internet series "The Booth at the End", opposite Xander Berkeley ("24" and "Nikita"), produced by Michael Eisner.In 1992, he won the Victorian Green Room Best Actor Award (theatre) for his performance as a Filipino transvestite in "Sex Diary of an Infidel", which also netted him a Sydney Critics Circle Award nomination. He also scored Green Room Award nominations for his stage work in "The Temple" as a cocaine-addicted paraplegic and in "The Language of the Gods" as an Indonesian priest with magical powers. He played the lead role of a Malaysian king in the Melbourne Theatre Company production of "Coup d'etat", and portrayed an Aboriginal hip-hop artist, a Lebanese tough guy, an African schoolgirl and a New Zealand-born Samoan boxer in the acclaimed stage production of "Fast Cars and Tractor Engines" (Urban Theatre Projects, Sydney). More recently, he starred in the circus theatre spectacular "Shanghai Lady Killer", written by renown Australian director and screenwriter Tony Ayres ("The Home Song Stories").Wong is an accomplished singer in cabaret, having performed in shows at Hollywood's renown cabaret venues M Bar and Gardenia Lounge, and sung in the Australian musicals "Rasputin" directed by Emmy award winning director Stephen Hopkins), and "And It's Got a Lovely Backyard".He is also a writer (journalism, plays) and comedian (credits include the hit Australian comedy stage show "Wog-a-rama", the sit-com "Acropolis Now" and stand up).He is also a much sought after acting teacher and coach, who has taught at Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Arts (alumni include Cate Blanchett, Mel Gibson and Judy Davis), Actors Centre Australia (where Hugh Jackman and Naomi Watts studied), West Australian Academy of Performing Arts, 16th Street Studios Melbourne and the Australian Theatre for Young People.Wong trained in many different acting techniques (Meisner, Strasberg, Improvisation, Asian theatre methods) and with many acclaimed acting teachers including world-renown acting coach Ivana Chubbuck, who has worked with Halle Berry, Brad Pitt, Jake Gyllenhaal, Charlize Theron, Jim Carrey, Terrence Howard, Catherine Keener, Kate Hudson and hundreds of other A List actors.
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Filmografie completa - Actor / Regizor / Producator
1. Haywire
(Cursa pentru supravieţuire) (2011) - Jiang
2. Beowulf: Mapping the Journey
(2008) - Ghost (as Anthony Wong)
3. Creating the Ultimate Beowulf
(2008) - Ghost (as Anthony Wong)
4. The Matrix: Path of Neo
(2005) - Ghost (archive footage) (as Anthony Wong)
5. Little Fish
(2005) - Mr. Chan (as Anthony Wong)
6. Making 'Enter the Matrix'
(2003) - Himself (as Anthony Wong)
7. The Matrix Reloaded
(2003) - Ghost (as Anthony Wong)
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8. Enter the Matrix
(2003) - Ghost (voice) (as Anthony Wong)
9. The Matrix Revolutions
(2003) - Ghost (as Anthony Wong)
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10. Jumping Ship
(2001) - Frakes (as Anthony Wong)
11. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(2000) - Barry Tong (as Anthony Wong)
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Stiati ca...
1. He has worked as a journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald newspapers
2. He graduated from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia with a Bachelor of Arts (Major in Political Science) in 1986.
3. Audtioned for the role of Tank in The Matrix, but lost out to Marcus Chong.
4. He is an avid tennis player and food-lover, and enjoys the professional hobby of writing restaurant reviews.
2. He graduated from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia with a Bachelor of Arts (Major in Political Science) in 1986.
3. Audtioned for the role of Tank in The Matrix, but lost out to Marcus Chong.
4. He is an avid tennis player and food-lover, and enjoys the professional hobby of writing restaurant reviews.
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Box Office Romania
| 1. | Omu' de la Zoo | $8,310 |
| 2. | Super 8 | $9,334 |
| 3. | Transformers 3 | $1.2M |
| 4. | Şefi de coşmar | $129,421 |
| 5. | Planeta Maimuţelor:... | $160,120 |
| 6. | Kung Fu Panda 2 | $780,766 |
| 7. | Profa rea, dar buuună | $22,520 |
| 8. | Noapte de Groază | $21,744 |
| 9. | Piraţii din Caraibe... | $2.3M |
Box Office SUA
| 1. | The Help | $137M |
| 2. | Rise of the Planet of... | $168M |
| 3. | Our Idiot Brother | $21.3M |
| 4. | Spy Kids: All the... | $34.2M |
| 5. | Colombiana | $29.7M |
| 6. | Shark Night 3D | $14.7M |
| 7. | Contagion | $22,4M |
| 8. | The Debt | $21.9M |
| 9. | Apollo 18 | $14.9M |
| 10. | Warrior | $5.24M |
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MAN ON A LEDGE - ziua în care totul se schimbă
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO - Florile Răului
UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING - Vampire is the new vampire!
J. EDGAR sau "The portrait of a gentleman"
JACK AND JILL sau Nu te supăra, frate!
CASA CONSPIRATIVA sau "Ultima răsuflare a inocenţei"
HABEMUS PAPAM sau "Darwin vincit"
MAN ON A LEDGE - ziua în care totul se schimbă
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATOO - Florile Răului
UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING - Vampire is the new vampire!
J. EDGAR sau "The portrait of a gentleman"
JACK AND JILL sau Nu te supăra, frate!
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