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 ''

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''s 25 Most Beautiful People in 2007.

Career

Raymond K. Wong began his career as an Information Technology Consultant. He later became a

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actor and has worked with

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, Julianne Moore,

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, directors Rob Marshall and

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in features and TV series such as Oscar-nominated ''

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'' 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 ''

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'', the ''Writers Post Journal'', the ''Deepening'', ''

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'', and his film column has appeared in ''Actors Ink'', Talk Entertainment,

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.com,

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.com, and

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.com.

Personal life

Ray, a

Chinese American Chinese Americans are Americans of Han Chinese ancestry. Chinese Americans constitute a subgroup of East Asian Americans which also constitute a subgroup of Asian Americans. Many Chinese Americans along with their ancestors trace lineage from ...

, was born as Raymond Kin Wong. He grew up in Hong Kong, and graduated from the

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with honor. Later, he studied Creative Writing at

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

. 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 * ''

'' – 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

* ''

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'' – Henry * '' The Pirates of Penzance'' – Featured pirate * '' Triumph of Love'' – Dimas * ''

The King and I ''The King and I'' is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the childre ...

'' – Lun Tha

Filmography

* ''

'' (1995) – Deng * '' Sex and the City'' (2004) – Featured * '' The Extra'' (2010) - Featured

External links

* *
Independent Publishers Book Award

Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Raymond K. Year of birth missing (living people) 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