Chris Wu
BIOGRAPHY
Chinese opera training, acrobatics and martial arts sit underneath every role Chris Wu plays, because the Taiwanese actor and singer trained at the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts. He began in music as a member of the idol group Super131, performing under the stage name Wu Zi Hao, and appeared on screen from 2012 in the series Sweet Sweet Bodyguard. After Super131 disbanded in 2014 he continued performing with former bandmates and later returned to work under the name Wu Cheng Yang. In 2017 he received the Model Star prize at the Asia Model Awards. He played the gang leader Tang Yi opposite Jake Hsu in the 2019 boys love series HIStory3: Trapped, which brought him attention outside Taiwan. His other screen credits include the films More Than Blue, Big Three Dragons, Your Name Engraved Herein and Organ Child, together with the series The Art of Position, Amensalism, Youngsters on Fire and What the Hell Is Love.
Tang Yi, Gang Boss Supreme
Say “HIStory3: Trapped” and I think of Chris Wu as the gang leader Tang Yi, opposite Jake Hsu’s police officer, in 2019. Cop and gang boss, the classic forbidden pairing, and the role that carried his name well beyond Taiwan. Fun coincidence: he and Jake Hsu share a 30 December birthday.
Built by Opera and Acrobatics
Here is what makes him different. He trained at the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts from the fifth grade through high school, in Peking opera, acrobatics, martial arts, gymnastics and classical dance, and performed traditional acrobatics more than a thousand times in Taiwan and abroad. These days he trains in extreme martial arts with a tricking base under the athlete Qi Xuan, teaches it to younger practitioners, and says his goal is a day with no fear left in the movement. Respect.
Two Names, One Performer
He started in music with the idol group Super131 as Wu Zi Hao, debuted on screen in Sweet Sweet Bodyguard in 2012 and came back as Wu Cheng Yang, winning the Model Star prize at the 2017 Asia Model Awards. His first solo mini concert came on 22 December 2019 at CLAPPER STUDIO in Taipei.
Your Chris Wu Starter Kit
Begin with HIStory3: Trapped for Tang Yi and Jake Hsu. Then try the film Your Name Engraved Herein or More Than Blue, and the series What the Hell Is Love.
PROFILE DETAILS
- Native Name
- 吳承洋
- Former / Birth Name
- 吳子浩 (Wu Zi Hao)
- Born
- (Age 36)
- Current Residence
- Taipei
- Gender
- Male
- Western Zodiac
- Capricorn ♑
- Nationality
- Debut
- 2012 · Sweet Sweet Bodyguard (2012)
- Years Active
- 2012 to present
- Languages
- Mandarin
- Skills
- Singing, Dancing, Acrobatics, Martial arts, Piano
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