Matt Wu Chung-tien (Chinese: 吳中天; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngô͘ Tiong-thian; born July 5, 1981) is a Taiwanese actor, film director and screenwriter.
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吳中天 | |||||||||||
 Matt Wu in Feng Chia University, 2007 | |||||||||||
| Born | July 5, 1981 | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | National Taiwan University of Arts | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film director, screenwriter | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳中天 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴中天 | ||||||||||
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His short film Stairway (四十三階) won Best Asian Short Film Award at the 19th Busan International Film Festival in 2014.[1]
Personal life
editIn 2006, he co-wrote a book with Kingone Wang titled Men's Talk (型男Talk).[2]
Wu married actress Yang Zishan in 2015.[3] They met while starring in a 7-minute romantic drama in Taiwan as the 12th segment of the web series Female Zodiac Stories (清蜜星體驗女生版).[4]
Filmography
editFilm
editAs actor
edit| Year | English title | Mandarin title | Role | Notes |
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| 2006 | The Touch of Fate | 指間的重量 | Lee | Nominated—Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer |
| 2008 | Ballistic | 彈道 | Pang Ta-sung | |
| The Fatality | 絕魂印 | Stanley | ||
| The Taste of Orange Paste | 桔醬的滋味 | Tony | TV film Nominated—Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actor in a miniseries/TV film | |
| 2009 | Our Island, Our Dreams | 星月無盡 | ||
| Finding Shangri-La | 這兒是香格里拉 | Alex | ||
| Team of Miracle: We Will Rock You | 流浪漢世界盃 | |||
| Old Time Camera Shop | 舊情照相館 | TV film Nominated—Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actor in a miniseries/TV film | ||
| 2010 | Reign of Assassins | 劍雨 | ||
| 2011 | 10 10 | 十加十 | Segment 17: "The Singing Boy" (唱歌男孩) | |
| Make Up | 命運化妝師 | Nieh Cheng-fu | ||
| Road Less Traveled | 樂之路 | |||
| 2012 | Black & White Episode I: The Dawn of Assault | 痞子英雄首部曲:全面開戰 | ||
| Together | 甜．秘密 | |||
| 2013 | As the Winds Blow | 戀戀海灣 | Yuh | |
| 2013 | The Straits | 海峽 | ||
| 2014 | Sweet Alibis | 甜蜜殺機 | Wu Chung-tien Wu Chung-ti |
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| 2014 | My Geeky Nerdy Buddies | 大宅們 | Shou-cheng | |
| 2014 | Sway | 三城戀習曲 | Arthur Wei | |
| 2016 | Godspeed | 一路順風 | Hsiao-wu | |
| TBA | Sex Agogo | 72小時莎到你 |
As filmmaker
edit| Year | English title | Mandarin title | Role | Notes |
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| 2014 | Stairway | 四十三階 | Director, screenwriter | Short film |
| 2016 | One Night Only | 天亮之前 | Director |
Television
edit| Year | English title | Mandarin title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | Marmalade Boy | 橘子醬男孩 | Hsiao-ming | |
| 2001 | Blue Star | 藍星 | Mu Kei-wei | |
| 2002 | Rock and Roll | 搖滾沙士 | Kuang Yen | |
| 2002 | Spicy Teacher | 麻辣鮮師 | Kuo Chien-chung | |
| 2005 | Devil Beside You | 惡魔在身邊 | ||
| 2006 | Bump Off Lover | 愛殺17 | ||
| 2007 | Sweet Relationship | 美味關係 | ||
| 2008 | Letter 1949 | 我在1949，等你 | Edward | |
| 2010 | The Kite Soaring | 牽紙鷂的手 | Nominated—Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series | |
| 2011 | Innocence | 阿戇妹 | Prosecutor | |
| 2011 | Remember, About Us | 記得·我們有約 | Yang Wen-tai | |
| 2011 | Soldier: The Glorious Moment | 勇士們—光榮時刻 | Zhang Zizhong | |
| 2012 | Once Upon a Love | 原來愛.就是甜蜜 | Hsu Yeh |
References
edit- ^ Wang Ching-yi and Christie Chen (2014-10-12). "Taiwanese short film 'Stairway' wins Busan festival award". Focus Taiwan.
- ^ Yesasia.com Men's Talk 5 October 2006. ISBN 986-127-750-1
- ^ "Yang Zishan Marries Matt Wu". Yahoo! News. October 15, 2015.
- ^ Youtube.com 清蜜星體驗女生版 第12集 雙魚座
External links
edit- Matt Wu at IMDb
- Matt Wu at the Hong Kong Movie Database