Daniel Wu Neh-Tsu (Chinese: å ³å½¥ç¥–; pinyin: Wú Yà nzÇ"; born
September 30, 1974) is a Chinese-American actor, director and producer
based in Hong Kong. He is known as a "flexible and distinctive"
leading actor in the Chinese language film industry. Since his film
debut in 1998, he has been featured in over 60 films. He also stars in
the AMC martial arts drama series Into the Badlands.Wu was born in
Berkeley, California, and raised in Orinda, California. His parents,
Diana, a college professor and George Wu, a retired engineer, are
natives of Shanghai, China. His father immigrated to the United States
after the communist revolution in China in 1949 and met his mother in
New York, where she was a student. After marrying, they settled in
California. Wu has two older sisters, Greta and Gloria and an older
brother who died when he was two.Wu developed an interest in martial
arts when he saw Jet Li in The Shaolin Temple and Donnie Yen in Iron
Monkey, and consequently began studying wushu at age 11. His childhood
role model was Jackie Chan, a man who now considers Wu "like a son".
Wu attended the Head-Royce School in Oakland, California and later
majored in architecture at the University of Oregon. While there, he
founded the University of Oregon Wushu Club in 1994 and served as the
team's first coach. During this time, Wu also took film classes and
frequented local theaters, and came to enjoy the works of filmmakers
like Akira Kurosawa and Luc Besson, whom he describes as "men of
vision."
September 30, 1974) is a Chinese-American actor, director and producer
based in Hong Kong. He is known as a "flexible and distinctive"
leading actor in the Chinese language film industry. Since his film
debut in 1998, he has been featured in over 60 films. He also stars in
the AMC martial arts drama series Into the Badlands.Wu was born in
Berkeley, California, and raised in Orinda, California. His parents,
Diana, a college professor and George Wu, a retired engineer, are
natives of Shanghai, China. His father immigrated to the United States
after the communist revolution in China in 1949 and met his mother in
New York, where she was a student. After marrying, they settled in
California. Wu has two older sisters, Greta and Gloria and an older
brother who died when he was two.Wu developed an interest in martial
arts when he saw Jet Li in The Shaolin Temple and Donnie Yen in Iron
Monkey, and consequently began studying wushu at age 11. His childhood
role model was Jackie Chan, a man who now considers Wu "like a son".
Wu attended the Head-Royce School in Oakland, California and later
majored in architecture at the University of Oregon. While there, he
founded the University of Oregon Wushu Club in 1994 and served as the
team's first coach. During this time, Wu also took film classes and
frequented local theaters, and came to enjoy the works of filmmakers
like Akira Kurosawa and Luc Besson, whom he describes as "men of
vision."
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