- Garrett Wang
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birthname = Garrett Richard Wang
birthdate = birth date and age|1968|12|15
location =Riverside, California , U.S.
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homepage =Garrett Richard Wang (born
December 15 ,1968 ; Chinese name: zh-tp|t=|p=Wáng Yǐzhān) is aChinese American actor . Wang is best known for his role in "" as Ensign Harry Kim.Biography
Early life
Wang was born in
Riverside, California , to Chineseimmigrant parents who moved toIndiana and then toBermuda . He has a sister named Laura.Wang graduated from
Harding Academy High School inMemphis, Tennessee . Wang then moved toLos Angeles to attend UCLA to studyAsian culture where he was encouraged by a professor to studytheatre .Career
Wang is best known for his role as Ensign Harry Kim on "Voyager" which ran from 1995 to 2001. He was keen to participate in a new role for the 2007 fan production "", saying, "it’s always more challenging for an actor to play a bad guy." [ cite news | url = http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/19255.html | title = Let There Be Lights: "Of Gods and Men" Shoots | publisher = startrek.com | date =
July 12 2006 ]Wang also made an appearance in the television series "All American Girl" episode "Submission:Impossible" #1.2 as Raymond Han. (He also dated the show's star
Margaret Cho for a time.)Wang has repeatedly stated that he intends to pursue other projects outside of acting because, as he said in a 2005 interview with "
Esquire ", "sometimes talent does not measure up to ambition, so you have to seek alternative options."Wang is also briefly seen in
Rage Against the Machine 's music video "Sleep Now in the Fire".Filmography
External links
*imdb name|id=0910897|name=Garrett Wang
* [http://geekson.com/archives/archiveepisodes/2006/episode111406.htm Interview about his career and views on Star Trek (GeeksOn)]
* [http://groups.myspace.com/garrettwang Garrett Wang Myspace Group]References
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