Chinese-American actor and model Daniel Wu has been called a popularizer of martial arts in cinema. The performer is a recognized master. The artist has also successfully realized himself in directing and producing.
Jackie Chan became the idol for Daniel Wu Yin-Cho. From an early age, the child enjoyed watching films with the participation of the artist and dreamed of becoming the same hero.
The path to the heights
The biography of the future star began in 1974. The boy was born in the town of Berkeley on September 30. In addition to the son, two daughters, Gloria and Greta, the elder sisters of the future celebrity, grew up in the family.
They decided to bring up their son in the best traditions of China so that he would become a real man. The boy studied martial arts from the age of 8.
Interest flared up with renewed vigor after watching "Shaolin Temple" with the participation of Jet Li. He trained with pleasure, his parents found the best teachers for his son. At 11, the study of wushu began.
After graduating from Head Royce School, Wu decided to continue his education at the University of Oregon. In his dreams, he was a successful architect. The student did not stop doing what he loved. He opened the wushu section. Daniel was able to captivate not only fellow students, but also senior students.
During his studies, Wu studied in an acting class, often visited local theaters. In 1997, Wu came to Hong Kong together. The sister invited her brother to attend a fashion show. Attention was drawn to the colorful guy immediately. He received an offer to work as a model. The young man liked the idea. A successful career began on the podium.
The beginning of a career in cinema
It was there that Daniel was spotted by director Yongfan. He invited the young man to participate in the film "Handsome". Even the applicant, who had not dreamed of a career in cinema, was entrusted with the main role.
Sam Fi is a police officer. Outwardly, the guy looks like a real heartthrob. However, the first impression is deceiving. Failures are the constant companions of a handsome man in amorous affairs. He was disappointed in love for a long time.
The premiere of the film was successful. Wu received a new invitation to the film "Glass City". Again he played the main character, his namesake. According to the script, he learned from the news about the death of his father in a disaster. Together with him is a woman, with whom the deceased has a long-standing feeling. The son's task is to find out the story of their love.
The beginning artist was invited to premieres, he participated in presentations, various shows. At one of these events, an acquaintance with the idol of the rising star Jackie Chan took place. The famous actor and martial artist managed to convince a colleague of the need to experiment. He persuaded Wu to try his hand at various genres.
Daniel liked the idol's advice. He played in the theater, was involved in producing, continued to act and even organized a group with which he recorded several albums.
Bright takeoff
In 1999, the artist co-starred with Jackie Chan in the action movie Magnificent. This time, his character is the assistant photographer. In the same period, work began on a new film project "Police of the Future". Again with his idol, Wu starred in the film as Daniel, the assistant to the head of the Japanese mafia.
According to the scenario, Akator steals jet fuel for sale to terrorists. Local gangster Daniel helps him in this matter. The police department forms a squad to counter crime and eliminate the head of the yakuza.
In the character of Sina Zhigang, the actor appeared in the melodrama "Peony Gazebo" in 2001. The action of the film takes place since the thirties. Jade, a talented performer of Chinese opera, is bored with living in a palace. She meets an independent Lan, who works as a teacher at a local school. The girl is amazed by Jade's vocals. Together, the girlfriends remain after the ruin of the rich man. The romance between Lan and Inspector Sin separates them.
Daniel successfully played the main character in the musical "Beijing Rock". Michael Wu spent a long time away from his native Hong Kong. His father called him from the United States. At home, Wu dreams of a career as a musician. However, creativity does not improve even over time. Michael meets a local rock band. He decides to go on tour with her to find inspiration.
In 2002, the artist took part in the work on the thriller Bare Weapon. CIA officer Jack Chen became his hero. Having begun an investigation into the mysterious murder of the head of the local mafia, he finds out that girls all over the world disappear and are taken to a mysterious island, turning them into superkillers.
New works
A new hit was his work in the adventure film with elements of the comedy "Around the World in 80 Days" in 2004. In it, Wu played the leader of the "Black Scorpions", who fought Passepartout, embodied on the screen by Jackie Chan.
In New Police Story, the characters Wu and Chan again found themselves on opposite sides of the rule of law. And again the victory was for the positive character.
In the action comedy movie House of Fury, Daniel played Jason, an undercover secret service agent.
In the 2011 historical film "Making a Party," fans saw the star as Ho Chi. In 2012, in the film about martial arts "Iron Fist", the artist reincarnated as a man with a poisoned dagger.
Daniel became the commander of the spaceship, William Xue, in the sci-fi project Europe in 2013. In the series Desert of Death, the actor got the main character, Sunny. The basis for the idea of the script for the telenovela was a Chinese fairy tale.
Off screen
In the 2016 fantasy action movie Warcraft, Wu played Gul'dan, an orcish warlock wielding fel magic.
The actor admits that he never believed in the predestination of fate and is not going to believe. Seriously, he studied only as an architect, and for years improved himself exclusively in martial arts.
Daniel is the face of several well-known brands. He created his own clothing collection. The celebrity communicates with fans on the Internet, he has over several million subscribers. Currently, the performer does not plan to end his career in cinema.
In 2018, he starred in The Adventures of Lara Croft. On-screen, viewers saw Wu as the captain of the Endurance ship, Lou Ren.
The artist is also successful in his personal life. In early April 2010, model, actress and VJ Lisa Celesner and Laniel Wu became husband and wife. On the second day of June 2013, they had a child, daughter Raven.
