Garrett Wang
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Garrett Richard Wang (born December 15, 1968, height 5' 11" (1,80 m)) is an American actor. Wang is best known for his role in Star Trek: Voyager as Ensign Harry Kim. Early life Wang was born in Riverside, California, to Chinese immigrant parents who moved to Indiana and then to Bermuda, Memphis, Tennessee and then back to California. He moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in 2008. Wang graduated from Harding Academy High School in Memphis, Tennessee. Wang then moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA to major in pre-med. He switched majors multiple times, going from Biology to Political Science to History to Economics and finally Asian Studies with all his upper division electives in Theater. 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 Star Trek: Of Gods and Men, saying, "itโs always more challenging for an actor to play the bad guy." Wang also made an appearance in the television series All American Girl episode "Submission:Impossible" as Raymond Han. In 2010 Wang was named the Director of the Trek Track for Dragon Con. Wang recently participated at the Calgary Expo 2012 Comicon, interviewing Stan Lee and being present at a booth among other exhibitors, as well as being a surprise speaker at TNG Exposed. Star Trek From early childhood on, actor Garrett Wang was a science fiction fan, in particular Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica. Wang watched all the Star Trek films that came out in the theaters but never really got into Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) prior to working on Voyager. The first season one TNG episode he watched was "Code of Honor", which Garrett says is widely considered by all Trek writers to be the worst episode of Star Trek ever produced. On three separate occasions (in a span of a year and a half) he tried to watch TNG again and it was always a repeat of "Code of Honor". Wang considers this a good thing, as he believes if he was a huge fan of TNG, he might have been so nervous during his auditions for Voyager that he might have ended up losing the role altogether.
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Credits
- 2024 ยทTo the Journey - Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyageras Self
- 2022 ยทThe Shuttlepod Showas Self
- 2020 ยทMonster Force Zeroas Host
- 2020 ยทStar Trek Dayas Self
- 2020 ยทStar Trek: Lower Decksas Harry Kim (voice)
- 2020 ยทUnbelievable!!!!!as Dr. Charles Hunter
- 2014 ยทAlongside Nightas Major Chin
- 2013 ยทThe Captains Close Upas Self
- 2012 ยทRock Jocksas Outgoing Crew Captain
- 2010 ยทActs of Violenceas Todd
- 2007 ยทStar Trek: Of Gods and Menas Commander Garan
- 2007 ยทStar Trek: Beyond the Final Frontieras Self
- 2006 ยท40 Years of Star Trekas Self
- 2005 ยทInto the Westas Chow-Ping Yen
- 2005 ยทAmerican Dad!as Chinese Man (voice)
- 2002 ยทSurvival Islandas Paul
- 1999 ยทThe Auteur Theoryas Mike Wong / God
- 1999 ยทStar Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontieras Harry Kim
- 1998 ยทHundred Percentas Troy Tashima
- 1998 ยทIvory Toweras Mark
- 1995 ยทFlesh Suitcaseas
- 1995 ยทE! Inside Star Trek: Voyageras Himself
- 1995 ยทStar Trek: Voyageras Harry Kim
- 1995 ยทLaunch of Star Trek: Voyageras Himself
- 1995 ยทStar Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventureas Self
- 1994 ยทAll-American Girlas Raymond Han