Biography
The American actor and film director Daniel Wu is a representative of the Chinese nationality, which was awarded the 41st Golden Horse Awards award. After a successful debut on television, he starred in several dozen movies and became the producer of paintings called "Night Corridor".Childhood and youth
Daniel Wu Yin-Cho was born on September 30, 1974 in the California Town of Berkeley, and his childhood was held in the educated large family. Father George after the Chinese Communist Revolution immigrated to the United States of America and was a single engineer in New York.
It was there that he met a native Shanghai, who became his wife, and after the wedding, the pair had a senior son and two daughters, as well as the baby Daniel, who was fascinated by the acting game.
True, before you dedicate your own biography of cinema, Wu was interested in martial arts and studied the style of Shaolin Monastery. In parallel with the classes, he watched Chinese films, the idols of his childhood were Jet Lee and Jackie Chan.
In the years of study at school, Wu received good assessments, and it helped to enter the faculty of architecture to the State University of Oregon. In parallel with the development of the new profession, he was engaged in the acting studio and went to the films of such directories as Akira Kurosava and Luke Veson, and in his free time he organized a section of martial arts and, according to students and teachers, was a good coach.
After receiving the Higher Education, Daniel went to the parent of the parents, in order to observe how the UK reports China Hong Kong. Left there is not for a while, he began working the model and was spotted by photographer and a film crewer Jonfan.
Personal life
About the personal life of Daniel Wu in the media of information is not enough, but it is known that his wife is Lisa Celesner - American actress and model.The pair together starred in the film "Inseparable" and acquired real estate in Shanghai, Beijing and Oaklana, and in June 2013 they had a raven, the first of the children.
Films
In the late 1990s, Wu debuted in Chinese cinema, but the ignorance of the words of the Cantonese dialect strongly complicated the shooting process. Despite this disadvantage, he received roles in the films "Glass City", "Handsome" and "Young and Dangerous" and signed a contract with Jackie Chan, and also received a nomination for 18th Hong Kong Film Awards.
The turning point in a professional biography for Wu became the action movie "Police of the Future", where he in the image of the assistant Boss Yakuza showed himself as a master of martial arts, and then he was criticized for participating in the scenes of a sexual nature, which appeared in the police officer's artistic ribbon on the task and They were invented by the producers Ki Wong and Bowie Lau.
In 2003, after participating in the melodrama "Pion Arbor" and the musical drama "Peking Rock", the actor began to receive the main roles. His "debut" took place in the horror film shown by the Night Corridor.
After this outstanding and ambiguous work, Daniel appeared on the stage of the theater and read a monologue on the Cantonese dialect in the interpretation of the Fairy Tale "Happy Prince". And then he was recognized as the best actor for the criminal thriller "One Night in Mongok" and starred in the role of Georgie Hongha in the Hong Kong picture "Operation" Phoenix ".
In addition, in the mid-2000s, FU filmography was replenished with many projects, including the shooting of Jules Verne "around the world for 80 days", and then in his "instagram" announced the creation of a pop group, where, in addition to him, several more participated Chinese guys.
In 2006, taking members of his own musical team as actors, Daniel became a director and screenwriter, who submitted to the audience a semi-duded picture of The Heavenly Kings, or "Heavenly Kings". He managed to combine this responsible work with the shooting in the militant "kill the emperor", after which played the role of the Sushi Master in the Romantic Comedy "Warm Summer Days".
In the subsequent creative period, films "Creating a Party", "Last Dinner" and "Armor of God - 3: The Mission of Zodiac appeared in the filmmaker. From 2015 to 2018, he played in the TV series "in the Dead Desert", and also became a member of the adventure fantasy based on books and a series of Games "Varcraft".
Daniel Wu now
After Daniel Wu along with Alicia Vicander, Dominic West and Walton Goggins starred in the popular American picture "Tomb Raider: Lara Croft", in his filmography appeared a criminal fighter "caught in time", the premiere of which was scheduled for 2019-2020.At the same time, the actor became the producer of television series "in the Dead Desert" and was nominated for the Actor in Television Award. Now he is working on the role of the director on the film "Beast Day", and also participates in photo shoots for the glossy magazine Vogue.
Filmography
- 1999 - "Magnificent"
- 1999 - "Police of the Future"
- 2001 - "Pion Arbor"
- 2002 - "Nude Weapon"
- 2004 - "Around the World for 80 days"
- 2006 - "Heavenly Kings"
- 2009 - "Incident in Shinjuku"
- 2011 - "Creating a Party"
- 2012 - "Armor of God 3: Mission Zodiac"
- 2013 - "Europe"
- 2015 - 2018 - "In the Desert of Death"
- 2016 - "Varcraft"
- 2018 - "Tomb Raider: Lara Croft"