Daniel Wu

49 · Born: Sep 30, 1974

Personal Details

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Born Sep 30, 1974 Berkeley, California, USA

Parents

Diana Wu
George Wu

Biography

Daniel Wu is a Chinese-American actor, director, and producer. Since his film debut in 1998, he has been featured in over 60 films. He was awarded Best Supporting Actor for his role in "New Police Story", and was awarded Best New Director for his mockumentary, "The Heavenly Kings". Currently, he is most well-known for his role as Sunny in the AMC action series "Into the Badlands".

Career

acting

2024

2023

American Born Chinese

American Born Chinese as Sun Wukong / The Monkey King

2022

Westworld as Jay

2021

Reminiscence as Saint Joe

2020

Caught in Time as Falcon Zhang

2018

Tomb Raider as Lu Ren

2017

Wished as Daniel Li

Geostorm as Cheng Long

2016

Warcraft as Gul'dan

Sky on Fire as Chong Tin-Po

2015

Go Away Mr. Tumor

Go Away Mr. Tumor as Doctor Liang

Into the Badlands

Into the Badlands as Sunny

2014

Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2

Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2 as Fang Qihong

That Demon Within

That Demon Within as Dave Wong

Overheard 3 as Joe

2013

Europa Report as William Xu

2012

Inseparable as Li

Tai Chi Hero as Mad Monk

The Last Supper

The Last Supper as Xiang Yu

Chinese Zodiac as Hospital Doctor

The Man with the Iron Fists

The Man with the Iron Fists as Poison Dagger

2011

Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Don't Go Breaking My Heart as Fang Qihong

Beginning of the Great Revival

Beginning of the Great Revival as Hu Shi

2010

Triple Tap as Inspector Jerry Chong

Hot Summer Days

Hot Summer Days as Sushi Master

2009

Shinjuku Incident

Shinjuku Incident as Jie

2007

Blood Brothers as Feng

Protégé as Nick

2006

Ye yan as Crown Prince Wu Luan

The Heavenly Kings

The Heavenly Kings as Daniel Wu

2005

House of Fury as Jason

Divergence as Koo

Lung do kei yuen

Lung do kei yuen as Hung Lang

2004

One Nite in Mongkok

One Nite in Mongkok as Lai-fu

Enter the Phoenix

Enter the Phoenix as Georgie Hung Chi-Kit

New Police Story

New Police Story as Joe Kwan

The Twins Effect II

The Twins Effect II as Wei Liao

2003

Night Corridor as Sam Yuen

2002

Naked Weapon as Jack Chen

2001

Chung chong ging chaat

Chung chong ging chaat as Inspector Chau Chung

Ji fat faan fat

Ji fat faan fat as Mike

2000

2000 AD as Benny

1999

Gen-X Cops as Daniel

1998

City of Glass as David Hui

Young & Dangerous: The Prequel

Young & Dangerous: The Prequel as Big Head

appearances

2001

Hong Kong Superstars

Hong Kong Superstars

directing

2006

The Heavenly Kings

The Heavenly Kings as Director, Writer