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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 One actor who has made a name for himself on Broadway and in theaters is scheduled to speak at CSUB.<\/p>\n
BD Wong is scheduled to be a guest speaker at CSUB on Nov. 5. Wong got his start in the entertainment industry about 40 years ago, when he was discovered in 1988 on Broadway.<\/p>\n
Watch 17 News, After Sunrise and more local news free on your smart TV. Click to learn more about KGET+ <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI got my very big break when I got my first Broadway show \u2018M. Butterfly\u2019 and I felt the door really opening in that moment,\u201d said Wong.<\/p>\n The award-winning actor has been in dozens of films since, including the blockbuster hit \u201cJurassic Park\u201d in 1993, where he played Dr. Henry Wu.<\/p>\n \u201cI was in the first Jurassic Park movie, which was kind of a historic movie in some ways because of what it was bringing to the table at that time, and that has stuck with me in that franchise with this character, that I played over 30 years now,\u201d said Wong.<\/p>\n Wong reprised his role in three \u201cJurassic World\u201d movies.<\/p>\n Along the way he\u2019s also starred as Dr. George Huang on NBC\u2019s \u201cLaw & Order: SVU.\u201d Wong left the show in 2015 to pursue other projects, but teased he may not be done yet.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m dipping my toe in the water of being invited to recur on \u2018Law & Order SVU,\u2019 so if you\u2019re an \u2018SVU\u2019 fan, you should keep an eye out for me because I\u2019ll be sticking my head in the door here and there, I think. You heard it here first actually,\u201d said Wong.<\/p>\n Beyond the big acting gigs, Wong has found happiness talking with college students across the country, about the barriers he faced as a gay Asian-American man in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n