Wu Yanzu

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Daniel Wu, born on September 30, 1974 in San Francisco, USA, is an actor, director and producer of Chinese film and television. He graduated from the University of Oregon.

In 1998, he entered the performing arts circle for his first film "the love of a beautiful young man"; in the same year, he was nominated for the best new actor of the 18th Hong Kong Film Awards for his artistic film "the city of glass". In 2001, he starred in the literary film "a dream in the garden". In 2003, he was the first producer and starred in the thriller "demon night corridor", and was nominated for the best actor of the 40th Golden Horse Award for the film. In 2004, Guan Zu received wide attention for his role in the action film "new police story", and won the best supporting actor award of the 41st Golden Horse Award for his role. In 2005, he was first nominated for best actor in the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards for his action film night in Mongkok.

In 2006, he directed his first film "Four Heavenly Kings", which won the new director award of the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards. In 2007, he played Ali in the crime film the disciples. Since 2009, he has starred in a series of police and bandit films called "eavesdropping". In 2010, he supervised and starred in the love film "dream", and was nominated for the best actor of the 46th Golden Horse Award for the second time. In 2011, he played the architect Fang Qihong in the romantic film single men and women. In 2014, he starred in the crime film "magic police" and was nominated for the best actor of the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards for the second time. In the same year, he starred in his first American drama "wasteland" series. In 2015, he starred in the inspirational film "go away! Cancer king. In 2016, he played Guldan in the fantasy film Warcraft. In 2018, Wu Yanzu's design work "Mulan square" was shortlisted for the Royal Institute of Architects Award; in the same year, he played Lu Ren in the action film "Tomb Raider: the battle of origin". In 2020, he will play Zhang Falcon in the police and bandit film "Chuyu".

Early experience

Wu was born in Berkeley, California, and grew up in Olinda. At the age of six, Wu became interested in martial arts after watching the kung fu movie Shaolin Temple. When he was 11 years old, he began to practice martial arts with a Beijing artist as his teacher. His mother asked him to teach him the master. Before that, his mother worried that he would learn kung fu and fight with others, but in the end, she couldn't resist his enthusiasm for martial arts. When he was in high school, he was also rebellious. He often skated in the street and listened to punk, heavy metal, rap and other underground music. He liked fighting more than learning. It was not until his mother was hospitalized with a heart attack that all this changed completely. During his mother's illness, Wu studied hard at school during the day and went to the hospital to accompany his mother after class. For this reason, he even learned simple Qigong therapy to assist his mother's treatment.

In 1993, Wu studied in the Department of architecture at the University of Oregon in the United States and won a minor scholarship in architecture. In 1994, Wu won the second place in California martial art competitions and ranked second on the west coast of the United States. At the same time, Wu established the Chinese Martial Arts Association of Oregon University and became the first coach. He received more than 20 apprentices and taught for five years. In 1995, Wu went to Shichahai martial arts school with his master to participate in training, and won the fifth place in Changquan group and the sixth place in Taijiquan group of Beijing international martial arts competition.

In 1997, after graduation, he went to Hong Kong for a trip, and then began to work as a model at his sister's suggestion. Four months later, director Yang Fan contacted him to become an actor in his next film after seeing the Costume Advertisement shot by Wu Yanzu, who said he had no acting experience and refused. Later, Yang Fan called Wu every day and convinced him.

Acting experience

In 1998, Wu Yanzu was selected by director Yang Fan to make his first film "love of a beautiful young man", in which he played the handsome policeman Sam. in October of the same year, Wu Yanzu was selected by Zhang wanting to play in the romantic film "city of glass", and was nominated as the best new actor for the 18th Hong Kong Film Awards.

On February 13, 1999, the love comedy "glass bottle" co starred by Wu Yanzu, Jackie Chan and Shu Qi was released; on June 13, the action film "special police new human" was released; in the same year, the action film "purple rain storm" was released, playing Zhou Shijie, a terrorist named DORT who became a police undercover after amnesia.

In 2000, he cooperated with Director Lin Chaoxian for the first time and appeared in the police and bandit action film "repackaged police"; in November of the same year, Wu Yanzu cooperated with Director Yang Fan again and partnered with Wang Zuxian in the literary film "a dream in the garden", in which he played the handsome teacher Xing Zhigang.

In 2001, he cooperated with Gu Tianle for the first time and starred in the action film "the pupil of the beast", in which He Chong was an introverted character; on October 25, the youth love film "Beijing Music and road" directed by Zhang wanting was released, in which Wu Yanzu played Michael who loved music.

In 2002, Wu worked with Yang Qianyi for the first time and starred in the love comedy Xinzha junior sister; in the same year, he played the self-confident and stubborn creative director Zhuoke in the science fiction love film "want to fly" directed by Zhang Aijia; on June 14, the horror action film "face changing infatuation" was released; on November 15, the action film "naked agent" starring Li Meiqi was released and released in the film He plays jack, the commander of the ad hoc group.

In March 2003, he once again co starred with Yang Qianyi in the comedy "Xinzha junior sister 2"; on August 21, the thriller "demon night corridor", which was produced and starred by Wu Yanzu for the first time, was released. In the film, he challenged one person to play two roles, playing a pair of twin brothers, Yuan Sen and ah Hong, with complex contrast and miserable background. He was also shortlisted in the 40th Taiwan Film Golden Horse In November, he starred in the ancient costume comedy "Hua Kui Du Shiniang".

In February 2004, he cooperated with Cecilia Cheung to play in the action drama night in Mongkok directed by Er Dongsheng, in which he played a killer named Laifu. He also nominated the best actor for the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards and the 10th Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Award. On April 8, Wu Yanzu played the handsome Georgie hung in the comedy big man loves beauty On September 24, the new police story, a crime action film co starred with Jackie Chan, was released. In the film, Wu Yanzu played Guan Zu, a villain with twisted personality, cruelty and arrogance, and won the best supporting actor award in the 41st Golden Horse Award of Taiwan film for his role, which also won him high attention and popularity.

In 2005, he co starred with Liang Jiahui and Zheng Xiuwen in the love film "song of everlasting regret", which was adapted from the novel of the same name. In the film, he played the gentle but helpless cumminson. In the same year, he co starred with mainland directors for the first time in the costume drama "Banquet" directed by Feng Xiaogang, in which he played the role of Prince wuluan Make up your look.

On April 20, 2006, his first film, four heavenly kings, was released. He also won the new director award of the 26th Hong Kong Film Awards and the best new director award of the 7th Chinese Film Media Awards.

On February 13, 2007, the crime drama "disciples" directed by Wu Yanzu and ER Dongsheng was released, in which he played Li Zhili, a police undercover who is also good and evil; on August 16, the action film "Paradise mouth" supervised by John Woo was released, in which Wu Yanzu played a Feng who changed from a poor boy to a high-class person. In 2008, Wu Yanzu and Lin Jianyue set up the brokerage company of revolution Talent Management Ltd.

On April 2, 2009, the action film "Shinjuku Incident" co starred with Jackie Chan was released. The film was directed by Er Dongsheng. This is the fourth time that Wu cooperated with ER Dongsheng. In the film, he played ah Jie, a kind and cowardly gang leader who fell into the underworld. On July 24, the police and bandit action film "eavesdropping storm" co starred with Liu Qingyun and Gu Tianle was released The box office of Hong Kong Police and bandit film broke through 10 million on the first day after screening, making it the first Hong Kong Police and bandit film showing more than 10 million on the first day in the mainland. Wu Yanzu plays Lin Yixiang, an Internet genius.

On February 11, 2010, the love film "love in the city" co starred by Wu Yanzu and Xu ruozhen and many other artists was released, in which he played the silent sushi Fu. On April 30, the love film "dream" starring Yuan Quan, Wu Yanzu's partner, played Mike, a software engineer with autism, and nominated for the best actor of the 46th Golden Horse Award for his role On July 2, the action film king of guns, CO starring with Gu Tianle and Li Bingbing, was released, in which Wu Yanzu played the thoughtful police officer Zhuang Ziwei.

In March 2011, Wu Yanzu and Feng Delun co founded a breakthrough film production company, and signed a five-year cooperation agreement with Huayi Brothers. On March 31, the urban love film single men and women, starring Gu Tianle and Gao Yuanyuan, was released. The architect Fang Qihong in the film is a "Martian man" who lives a simple life and is very dedicated to love and work Hu Shiyi plays in the historical film "the great cause of the founding of the party" directed by Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin

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