Andy Wu (actor)
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14 November 1989
Andy Wu | |
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吳岳擎 | |
 Wu in April 2020 | |
| Born | Wu Yue-qing 14 November 1989 Taiwan |
| Alma mater | Tamkang University |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2016–present |
Andy Wu Yue-qing (Chinese: 吳岳擎; born 14 November 1989) is a Taiwanese actor. Making his debut with the melodrama Life Plan A and B (2016), Wu secured starring roles in the television series Jojo's World (2017), Amensalism (2020), and Dear Adam (2022), as well as in the romance film The Outsiders (2018).
Wu was born on 14 November 1989 in Taiwan.[1] His father hails from Hualien, and he grew up in Hualien City from primary school through high school.[2] His family moved to Taipei after Wu enrolled at Tamkang University.[2] Wu was obese as a child, weighing over 98 kg, and only began to lose weight during his university years.[3] He graduated with a bachelor's degree in International Business.[1][4] After graduation, Wu worked as a model, a bartender, a salesman, a shopkeeper at an accessories store, and at a department store before discovering the Q Place acting workshop and auditioning for it.[5]
Career
In 2015, he joined Wang Shaudi's acting workshop, Q Place, graduating as part of the second cohort.[1][6] He made his debut with leading roles in the affiliated Q Series, which features television dramas starring Q Place graduates,[7] including Life Plan A and B and 1000 Walls in Dream.[8][9] Following his debut, Wu began his television acting career and made a special appearance in Love, Timeless.[10] He starred as Zhang Xiao-shuo in the 2017 romance series Jojo's World,[11] followed by another leading role in the 2018 drama series Kira Kira in the life.[12] That same year, he also landed a lead role as Shan Li-chien in The Outsiders, a film adaptation of the 2004 television series of the same name.[13]
In 2019, he starred in the romance series Brave to Love and Déjà vu,[14][15] followed by a leading role alongside Eleven Yao in the 2020 sci-fi series Amensalism.[16] In 2022, Wu had leading roles in the romance series Dear Adam and the LGBTQ-themed series My Tooth Your Love,[17][18] and made a cameo appearance as Eleven Yao's character's boyfriend in the Disney+ series Women in Taipei.[19] In 2023, he released his first photo book Andy.[20]