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Benedict Wong (born 3 July 1971) is an English actor. He began his career on stage before starring in the film Dirty Pretty Things (2002), which earned him a British Independent Film Award nomination, and the BBC sitcom 15 Storeys High (2002–2004). Roles followed this in the films On a Clear Day (2005), Sunshine, Grow Your Own (both 2007), and Moon (2009), the CBBC series Spirit Warriors (2010). Wong gained further recognition in the 2010s for his roles as Kublai Khan in the Netflix series Marco Polo (2014–2016), Bruce Ng in the film The Martian (2015), and Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since the film Doctor Strange (2016). He has since starred in the Syfy series Deadly Class (2019). His performance in the film Nine Days(2020) earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Since 2024, he has had a main role in the Netflix series 3 Body Problem and appeared in Weapons (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Benedict Wong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The novel beings in a dystopian future California where the U.S. government has abandoned virtually all its functions to private franchise corporations and the landscape is dotted with autonomous quasi-national city-state suburbs. Hiro Protagonist is delivering pizza for the Mafia. A brilliant hacker, Hiro has trouble working jobs that require restraint and cooperation. He carries samurai swords because he feels people fail to take him seriously enough when he carries guns. He is given a critically late pizza and wrecks his car trying to cut through a neighborhood rather than bring down the consequences of a late pizza upon himself and the mob. A 15-year-old courier who calls herself Y.T. offers to finish his delivery for him, thus earning a favor from both Hiro and the Mafia.
