Garrett Wang
Full name: Garrett Richard Wang.
Chinese name: Wang Yi Chung
Born: December 15th, 1968
Height: 5'11
Siblings: One sister, Laura.
Education: Went to a high school in Memphis, Tennessee. Admitted into UCLA at the age of 16.Majored in East Asian Studies. By his 3rd year at university, he began to consider acting as a career and began to take acting lessons.
Hobbies and interests: Tennis, writing, painting and snowboarding.
Awards: Named one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" (1997) and named one of the "20 Coolest Bachelors" by E! Entertainment Television.
Biography:
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Born in Riverside, California to Chinese immigrant parents, Wang spent his formative years on the move. He lived in Indiana, Bermuda and Tennessee. He moved to Los Angeles and attended UCLA where he majored in Asian Studies and dabbled in theatre. He credits UCLA theatre professor Jenny Roudtree as a key influence in his development as an actor. "Jenny was responsible for my first breakthrough," he explains. "She inspired me to go beyond the status quo."
Wang, in his first performance outside of college, garnered unprecedented critical acclaim for his portrayal of John Lee in the lead of Chay Yew's "Porcelain" at Burbage Theatre. Despite a busy schedule, Garrett has continued to perform in various staged readings such as "Model Minority" for the Los Angeles Theatre Centre, "Woman Warrior" for the Mark Taper Forum and "A Language of Their Own" for the Intiman Theatre.
Prior to joining the cast of "Star Trek: Voyager", Garrett guest starred in the premiere episode of the ABC series "All American Girl" starring Margaret Cho. "I believe that I now have a huge responsibility in being one of the very small number of Asian Americans appearing on television regularly," Wang explains. "My goal now is to do the best job possible playing Harry Kim and to begin repaying my parents for the unaccountable financial support they have given me throughout the years."
Wang recently appeared in two independent feature films "Ivory Towers" and "Hundred Percent". In 1997, he was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" by People Magazine. Additionally, E! Entertainment Television has selected Garrett as one of the "20 Coolest Bachelors" in the country.
Credits:
Television:
"All American Girl" (1994)
"Star Trek: Voyager" (1995-2001)
as Raymond
as Ensign Harry Kim
as unknown
as unknown
as Troy Tashima
as Mark
as Paul
Film:
"Flesh Suitcase" (1995)
"Angry Cafe" (1995)
"100%" (1997)
"Ivory Towers" (1999)
"Pinata" (2000)
Theatre:
"Porcelain"
"Model Minority"
"Woman Warrior"
"A Language of Their Own"
Did you know?
* He speaks Mandarin Chinese.
* His favourite comics when he was younger were X-Men, Daredevil and Iron Fist.
* He's into Japanese anime.
* He supports the American Cancer Society.
* His favourite movies are Highlander, Reservoir Dogs, Hollywood Shuffle and Miller's Crossing.
* His favourite TV shows are Seinfeld, Quantum Leap and Dream On.
* His favourite music group is the Smashing Pumpkins.
* His first commercial appearance was in a Burger King ad.
* Whilst filming a scene in the hallway between Seven and Harry in an episode of Voyager, Wang accidently grabbed Jeri Ryan's breast instead of grabbing her elbow. Much to Wang's embarrassment, the crew decided to put post-it notes everywhere labelled "elbow" and "not elbow".
Catch him in:
"Pinata"
Catch Garrett in this summer's "Pinata", also starring Nicholas Brennon of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fame!
Click the photo to the right to go to the official "Pinata" site.
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