Raymond K. Wong
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| Occupation | Writer and novelist |
| Genre | fiction |
| Literary movement | The Pacific Between |
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃健 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄健 | ||||||||||||
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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, directors Rob Marshall and Peter Yates in features and TV series such as Oscar-nominated Roommates and Emmy-winning series Sex and the City. As a writer, he is the author of the novel, The Pacific Between, which won a 2006 IPPY Book Award (Multicultural Adult Fiction). Other publications include the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Writers Post Journal, the Deepening, Stories of Strength, and his film 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 in Hong Kong, 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.
Publications
- The Pacific Between (2006) – Novel
- Better Safe Than Sorry (2007) – Short Story
- The Watch (2004) – Essay
- The Coins (2006) – Short Story
- Stories of Strength – Essay
- Ray's Rave Reviews (2003–present) – Movie Reviews
- I, the Author – Writer's Blog
Awards
- IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Award) (Multicultural Adult Fiction) – 2006
Stage
- South Pacific – Henry
- The Pirates of Penzance – Featured pirate
- Triumph of Love – Dimas
- The King and I – Lun Tha
Filmography
- Roommates (1995) – Deng
- Sex and the City (2004) – Featured
- The Extra (2010) - Featured
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- Living people
- American male film actors
- American male novelists
- American male television actors
- American novelists of Chinese descent
- Hong Kong emigrants to the United States
- University of Pittsburgh alumni