Wu Jing

Actor

Popular As Wu Jing (actor)

Birthday April 3, 1974

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Beijing, China

Age 49 years old

Nationality China

Height 1.75 m

#22281 Most Popular

1974

Wu Jing, also known as Jacky Wu, (born 3 April 1974) is a Chinese actor, director and martial artist best known for his roles in various martial arts films such as Tai Chi Boxer, Fatal Contact, the Sha Po Lang films, and as Leng Feng in Wolf Warrior, its sequel Wolf Warrior 2, and most recently The Battle at Lake Changjin.

Wu Jing is one of the most profitable actors in China and his movies are often the highest grossed films in China.

1995

In April 1995, Wu was spotted by martial arts choreographer Yuen Woo-ping, Wu played Hawkman / Jackie in 1996 film Tai Chi Boxer, his first Hong Kong film debut.

Since then Wu has appeared in numerous mainland Chinese wuxia television series.

2003

He also worked with choreographer and director Lau Kar-leung in 2003 film Drunken Monkey.

2005

Wu achieved success in Hong Kong action cinema for his role as a vicious assassin in 2005 film SPL: Sha Po Lang.

2006

In 2006, Wu continued his move into Hong Kong cinema by starring in the film Fatal Contact.

2007

Wu is the male lead in 2007 film Twins Mission, starring the Twins duo.

He also worked on the police action film Invisible Target which was released in July 2007.

2008

In March 2008, Wu made his directorial debut, alongside action choreographer Nicky Li, on his film Legendary Assassin.

Wu played the Assassin in The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor his American film debut.

2011

Wu played Jing Neng in 2011 martial arts film Shaolin alongside Nicholas Tse, Andy Lau and Jackie Chan.

2012

Wu Jing and Xie Nan's relationship began in 2012 and they got married in 2014.

2014

On 25 August 2014, Wu Jing's wife gave birth to a son Wu Suowei (吴所谓) (also named as Wu You (吴滺)).

2015

Wu reprised a different role as Chan Chi-kit in the 2015 Hong Kong action film SPL II: A Time for Consequences.

2017

Wu directed and starred in the action war film Wolf Warrior and its 2017 sequel Wolf Warrior 2.

The latter film has become a hit at the Chinese summer box office and became the highest-grossing film in China.

2018

On 24 September 2018, they had a second son Wu Lü (吴律).

2019

Wu ranked first on the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2019 and 23rd in 2020.

In 2019, Wu starred in hit film The Wandering Earth, based on a novella of the same name by Liu Cixin.

When he discovered that the production team lacked funds to complete the film, he invested his own money to make up for the shortfall.

The film ended up grossing US$700 million worldwide, including US$691 million in China but only 9 million for the rest of the world combined.

It became China's third highest-grossing film of all time, 2019's third highest-grossing film worldwide, the second highest-grossing non-English film to date, and one of the top 20 highest-grossing science fiction films to date.