Andy Asook Wong is a young Chinese actor in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 who has a leading role in the drama Ride with the Devil

Ride with the Devil (TV series)

Ride with the Devil is a New Zealand drama airing at 11pm each Tuesday night on TVNZ's TV2.The story is about two great racing fans - Kurt Williams and Lin Jin . Williams is a local kiwi while Lin is a rich exchange student from Beijing, China...

. Wong's interest in acting began in high school, where he was involved in various school musical and drama projects. He has now moved to Sydney and is studying Actuarial Studies.

His first professional role was that of Chow Yeoh, Li Mei’s fiancé from China in the popular New Zealand drama Shortland Street. Wong was subsequently cast in No. 2, by Toa Fraser, which was featured at the Sundance film festival in the US, then was screened around the world in various film festivals. More recently he played a small part in a New Zealand/Singapore co-production called The Tattooist

The Tattooist

The Tattooist is a 2007 New Zealand film directed by Peter Burger and starring American actor Jason Behr and New Zealand actors Nathaniel Lees, Michael Hurst and Robbie Magasiva among others...

alongside American actor Jason Behr

Jason Behr

Jason Nathaniel Behr is an American film and television actor. He first starred in the American television series Roswell, for which he was twice nominated for a Saturn Award, followed by roles in the films The Shipping News and the American remake of the Japanese horror film The Grudge...

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He is now studying part II of the Actuarial Control Cycle at Macquarie University

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