Sunday, September 21, 2008

Raymond K. Wong

Raymond Kin Wong is an American actor and writer.

He is the author of the award-winning novel, ''The Pacific Between''. He was also named as one of ''Pittsburgh Magazine'''s 25 Most Beautiful People in 2007.

Career


Raymond K. Wong began his career as an Information Technology Consultant. He later became a Screen Actors Guild actor and has worked with Peter Falk, Julianne Moore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rob Marshall and Peter Yates in features and TV shows such as '''' and ''Sex and the City''.

As a writer, he is the author of the novel, ''The Pacific Between'', which won a 2006 IPPY Book Award . Other publications include the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', the ''Writers Post Journal'', the ''Deepening'', ''Stories of Strength'', and his movie column has appeared in ''Actors Ink'', Talk Entertainment, Cleveland.com, Boston.com, and Cincinnati.com.

Personal life


Ray, a Chinese American, was born as Raymond Kin Wong. He grew up and lived in Hong Kong until the age of 18 and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with honor. Later, he studied Creative Writing at UCLA. He became interested in acting and writing in college.

In 1997, Ray became a US citizen.

Publications


* ''The Pacific Between'' - Novel
* ''Better Safe Than Sorry'' - Short Story
* ''The Watch'' - Essay
* ''The Coins'' - Short Story
* ''Stories of Strength'' - Essay
* ''Ray's Rave Reviews'' - Movie Reviews
* ''I, the Author'' - Writer's Blog

Awards


* IPPY Independent Publishers Book Award - 2006

Stage


* '''' - Henry
* ''The Pirates of Penzance'' - Featured pirate
* ''Triumph of Love'' - Dimas
* ''The King and I'' - Lun Tha

Filmography


* '''' - Deng
* ''Sex and the City'' - Featured
* ''What She Doesn't Know'' - Featured

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