Biography

Stanley Wong is a director, actor, producer and writer from the New Orleans area. As a character actor, he is best known for his memorable turn as The Quant in the Oscar-winning THE BIG SHORT, opposite Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell. He also played the character Roman in the blockbuster 21 & 22 JUMP STREET series alongside Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum.

As a director, Stanley has been a prolific short filmmaker. He was selected for the Armed With A Camera Fellowship for HAND FART, which won the Audience Award at the Nashville Film Festival and earned the prestigious honor of being a Vimeo Staff Pick. Stanley also starred in, produced, edited, and co-wrote the story for STEVE CHONG FINDS OUT THAT SUICIDE IS A BAD IDEA, which won the Audience Award at the Asian American International Film Festival and was nominated for best feature at the New Orleans Film Festival. As a writer, Stanley and co-writer Patrick T. Dorsey placed 3rd in the Slamdance Screenplay Competition with the horror feature THE CAUSEWAY.

During the pandemic, he decided to direct his first feature, FUTURE DATE, a dystopian sci-fi indie comedy that is currently in post-production (Stanley is also co-lead).