While most audience members may only be familiar with Benedict Wong’s work as the MCU's current Sorcerer Supreme, a role he'll return to in this month's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, he actually has a film career that has spanned decades. Born in England, Wong's career began in the early 90s shortly after he graduated from Salford City College with a short stint on the BBC Radio series Kai Mei Sauce. Following years of being a character actor, Hollywood started to take notice of his talent, with later television appearances including the British police procedural The Bill, Netflix’s Marco Polo, and the criminally underrated Syfy series, Deadly Class, which was based on the comic book of the same name.

While Wong’s film career started out with minor roles in everything ranging from buddy comedies to psychological thrillers, he eventually found his groove in the sci-fi genre. Starting with Danny Boyle’s 2007 sleeper outer-space hit Sunshine, which also included his future MCU co-star Chris Evans, Wong’s career thrived in the world of cinematic science fiction, animation, and superheroes. He went on to be part of action blockbusters like 2013’s Hummingbird, Ang Lee’s Gemini Man with Will Smith, and, of course, his breakthrough role as Wong in 2016’s Doctor Strange alongside Benedict Cumberbatch. Here’s a look at the rest of Benedict Wong’s best movies, ranked.

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9 Grow Your Own (2007)

In this British comedy directed by Richard Laxton, Benedict Wong stars alongside John Henshaw, Eddie Marsan, and Olivia Colman as a group of suburbanite gardeners who must learn to share their neighborhood once a group of refugees receives plots of nearby land. Grow Your Own was widely praised for its comedic timing and themes of tolerance, reminiscent of 1989's The War of the Roses film with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner, but with an ensemble cast. According to co-writer Carl Hunter, the film is actually based on a true story. Hunter came up with the plot after becoming involved with the Merseyside community group "Art in Action," where he worked with a number of refugees who had relocated to Liverpool.

8 Sunshine (2007)

Hollywood director Danny Boyle helmed one of the most intense outer space films every created in 2007's Sunshine. An all-star cast that included Benedict Wong, Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, and Chris Evans played a group of astronauts who were sent on a Hail Mary mission to reignite the dying Sun. Part sci-fi adventure and part psychological thriller, Sunshine featured Wong in the role of Trey, the navigator of the team's spaceship, Icarus II. In order to help the cast prepare for their roles, as reported by Cinema Blend, Boyle had them live together ahead of filming and learn about subjects related to their characters' lives in the movie.

7 The Martian (2015)

Based on the novel The Martian by Andy Weir, this science fiction film starred Matt Damon in the lead role of Mark Watney, a botanist who accidentally gets left behind on Mars following a NASA exploration mission. The Martian also starred Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Kate Mara, Sebastian Stan, and Benedict Wong as Bruce Ng, the director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The film was a hit at the box office, with critics and audiences alike praising the realistic storyline and nuanced acting choices of Damon and company, which helped the film score the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy in 2015.

6 Prometheus (2012)

One of the more recent entries in the Alien franchise, Prometheus serves as a quasi-prequel to the hit sci-fi film series. Director Ridley Scott returns to lead a new team of unsuspecting spaceship crew members, which includes Noomi Rapace, Idris Elba, Charlize Theron, and Michael Fassbender. Benedict Wong stars as Ravel, one of the crews' pilots, along with Emun Elliott. What separates Prometheus from the rest of the franchise is that the true villain of the film isn't the usual alien creature, but someone much closer to home, making their motives all the more nefarious.

5 Annihilation (2018)

Wong makes a return to science fiction psychological horror films in a film written and directed by Alex Garland, but based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer. The mostly female cast of Annihilation includes Hollywood powerhouses like Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, and Gina Rodriguez as a team of scientists who investigate a quarantined zone created by an alien presence called the Shimmer. The cast also includes future MCU Moon Knight actor Oscar Isaac and Benedict Wong as Lomax, the interviewer of Portman's character after she returns from the Shimmer. While the film is heavy on CGI special effects, it also features an underlying commentary on depression and grief, and how they can sometimes lead to an individuals' own self-destruction.

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4 Avengers: Infinity War/Avengers: Endgame (2018/2019)

Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame were the final chapters of Phase Three in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, culminating a decade of storylines and character arcs. They also became two of the highest-grossing box office films of all time. As the Avengers desperately work to stop the intergalactic villain Thanos from wiping out half of the universe, dozens of characters come together to share the screen — including Benedict Wong's Doctor Strange sidekick, Wong. Although Wong appeared just briefly in both installments, he was instrumental to the story. In Infinity War, he teams up with Iron Man and Bruce Banner to take on Thanos' lieutenants when they invade New York. At the end of Endgame, he helps Doctor Strange teleport all the resurrected heroes to Captain America's side in the final showdown with Thanos and his army.

3 Gemini Man (2019)

In this action thriller directed by Ang Lee, Gemini Man, Will Smith stars as Henry Brogan, a retiring hitman who soon finds himself targeted by a younger clone of himself while on the run from a corrupt military organization. Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Benedict Wong play colleagues of Smith's character. Per GQ, the film notably spent almost 20 years in limbo, as the studio couldn't decide on a director nor a leading man.

2 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

This entry in the MCU's Phase Four introduces a new hero, Shang-Chi, played by Simu Liu. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings meshes the mystical and martial arts in an explosive take on the origins of a new superhero. With a predominantly Asian cast, Liu was joined by Awkwafina, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung, and Benedict Wong, who reprises his role as Wong. However, this time around he's inherited the role of Sorcerer Supreme following Stephen Strange's demise during "The Snap." Wong acts as a sort of guide and mentor to Shang-Chi and his friends in their fight to save Ta Lo, an otherworldly dimension filled with Chinese mythological creatures.

1 Doctor Strange (2016)

The MCU leaped into the realm of mystical arts in 2016's Doctor Strange, introducing us to not only Benedict Cumberbatch's Stephen Strange, the arrogant neurosurgeon turned Sorcerer Supreme, but Benedict Wong's Wong. In the comics, Wong was traditionally depicted as Strange's Asian manservant, but filmmakers wanted to elevate the role to avoid racial stereotypes. They made Wong a master of the mystic arts himself, as well as the protector of the invaluable relics and books housed in the Sanctum Sanctorum.