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Jason Wong (born 24 March 1986) is a British actor. He has appeared in television shows including ''
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'' (2021), as well as feature films such as ''The Gentlemen'' (2019), ''
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'' (2023) and '' Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves'' (2023).


Early life

Wong was born in London, England to a Chinese Malaysian father and a Singaporean mother. He grew up in Harrow Road, West London, and graduated from the
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. Before this he attended North Westminster Community School, a comprehensive which has since shut down.


Career

In 2012, Wong was cast on the
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series ''Missing''. In 2014, he co-starred in the feature film ''Jarhead 2: Field of Fire''. Wong also starred in the crime-drama ''Panic'' with
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, released in 2016, and has appeared in the crime drama ''Strangers,'' broadcast on ITV in 2018. He appeared in the
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miniseries ''
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'', released in the spring of 2019, and played the role of Phuc in ''The Gentlemen'', which was theatrically released in 2020. He joined BBC's ''
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'' in 2021 for Series 24 only as regular Adam Yuen. On 13 May 2021, Wong was cast as Dralas in '' Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves''. Jason Wong starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in ‘The Covenant’, director Guy Ritchie’s most critically acclaimed film to date. Shortly after, Wong was cast as the lead antagonist Nile the Scorpio assassin in the much-anticipated third season of “Alex Rider” on Amazon Prime for Sony pictures. In 2025, he will join Jason Statham on screen for the third time in ‘Mutiny’. 2025 will also see his fourth collaboration with Guy Ritchie ‘In the Grey’.


Filmography


Film


Television


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* * * Living people 1986 births 21st-century English male actors Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama English male film actors English male television actors English people of Chinese descent English people of Malaysian descent English people of Singaporean descent Male actors from London {{UK-screen-actor-stub