Monday, October 24, 2011

Born On This Day- October 24th... B D Wong

B.D. Wong won all 5 major Theatre Awards for his role in M. Butterfly in 1988, but he was passed over by director David Cronenberg for the film version in 1993. I have admired his work on Oz & Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He appeared in Father of the Bride & Father of the Bride Part II, as Howard Weinstein, a flamboyant assistant to Martin Short's equally flamboyant character, Franck.



Wong had been in a long-term relationship with talent agent Richie Jackson  In 2000, Wong had twin sons: Boaz Dov, who died 90 minutes after birth, & Jackson Foo Wong. They were born through a surrogate, using Wong's sperm & an egg donated by Jackson's sister. In 2003, Wong wrote a memoir about his experiences with surrogacy titled Following Foo: the Electronic Adventures of the Chestnut Man. Wong and Jackson ended their relationship in 2004.

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