... for recognition for achievements as an actor, college lecturer, gay parent and author
As well as acting, BD Wong has something of a second career as a keynote speaker and activist
Contact information for Universities and organisations wishing to hire BD Wong as a Keynote Speaker.
The East West Player Organization
The Asian-American Legal Defense and Education Fund
The Association of Asian-Pacific American Artists
The Coro Foundation
The Chinese Performing Arts Foundation
The Asian AIDS Project
The Asian Pacific Council.
Wong is on the Board of Advisors for CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment), an active member of Drama Desk, and a participant in the PFAD (Principal For A Day) scheme, which lets public minded New Yorkers help to improve the education of the city's 1.1 million public school students.
His many awards include:
Winner, 2005 Lambda Profile Award (2005)
Presented t the second annual Lambda at the Nasher celebration
Press Release
Winner, 2004 Visionary Award (2004)
Presented by the East West Players at the 38th Visionary Awards Dinner and Silent Auction
Winner, Rémy X.O Excellence Award (December 1, 2003)
Third Annual Concert of Excellence
Collective Winner, Best Poetry Award (2003)
2003 Audies Awards for The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Winner, the Davidson/Valenti Award (2003)
14th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Ceremony
Winner, aMedia 2001 Ammy Awards (2001)
Best Actor in a Televised Production (for Oz)
Honouree, 1999 Drama League Awards (1999)
65th Drama League Awards
BD Wong among some 60 actors honored for their contributions to the 1998-99 New York theatre season
Winner, Business Category (1997)
1997 Audies Awards for The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Winner, Jimmie Award for Arts Advocacy (1991)
1991 Jimmie Award, Association of Asian- Pacific American Artists
Winner, Recipient Arts in Leadership Award (1991)
Coro Foundation, San Francisco
Winner, Drama Desk Award (1988)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for M. Butterfly
Winner, Outer Critics Circle Award (1988)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for M. Butterfly
Winner, Theatre World Award (1988)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for M. Butterfly
Winner, Tony Award (1988)
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for M. Butterfly
Awards for M. Butterfly was no small victory for Wong. Fellow nominees for these awards in 1988 included veteran actor Michael Gough (perhaps best known for playing Alfred in the Batman films of the 1980s and 1990s) and American cult actor John Malkovitch.