# David Wu (American actor)

David Wu (Cantonese: Ng Dai-Wai, simplified Chinese: 吴大维; traditional Chinese: 吳大維; pinyin: Wú Dàwéi; born Southbridge, Massachusetts, 2 October 1966), also known by the nickname Wu-Man, is a Chinese American film actor, TV personality and formerly MTV Asia and Channel V video jockey.

## Early life

Wu grew up in Taiwan, but attended high school in America. He graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle.

## MTV and TV host

Wu never had academic talent. Leveraging his family connections, he became known on Channel V as the host of "Go West," a TV show on that taught Chinese people how to speak both formal and informal English. Wu would often combine English sayings such as "Don't have a cow man" and "What's up" into his conversations leaving the audience stunned and breathless that someone of Chinese descent was able to speak English.
Wu's selling point was his ability as a Chinese to speak English, a feat very rare in the 80s and 90s. However, the influx of other Asians in America made Wu irrelevant by the turn of the century.

## Acting career

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1985 | The Young and Old Wanderers | |
| 1986 | Pom Pom Strikes Back | Doctor |
| 1987 | The Game They Call Sex | Burglar |
| 1987 | Kung Fu Kids IV | |
| 1988 | My Dream Is Yours | 7-11 manager |
| 1988 | Starry Is the Night | Cheung Tien-On |
| 1989 | Perfect Match | David Shek |
| 1989 | Lost Souls (1989 film) [zh] | Chao Te-Chu |
| 1990 | Tiger Cage 2 | David |
| 1990 | Goodbye Hero | Jerome |
| 1990 | A Tale from the East | Huang Zhin |
| 1990 | Middle Man (皇家师姐V之中间人 pinyin Zhong jian ren) | David Ng |
| 1990 | Return Engagement | David |
| 1991 | Robotrix | Chou |
| 1991 | The Banquet | Jogger |
| 1991 | Lover at Large | Leung Ho |
| 1991 | Sisters of the World Unite (1991 film) [zh] | Ray |
| 1992 | Evil Black Magic | Wai |
| 1992 | The Unleaded Love | Peter |
| 1992 | Let Me Speak Up | |
| 1992 | Spirit of the Dragon (Television Series) | Bruce Lee |
| 1993 | Treasure Island | Polo |
| 1993 | Cohabitation | |
| 1993 | Finale in Blood [zh] | Ma Kuang Shen |
| 1993 | Farewell My Concubine | Red Guard |
| 1993 | Young Wisely 1 | |
| 1994 | One of the Lucky Ones | |
| 1994 | Let's Go Slam Dunk (男兒当入樽) | Ng Koon Nam |
| 1994 | I Have a Date with Spring | Karl Sum |
| 1994 | Young Wisely 2 | |
| 1995 | Full Throttle | David Kwan |
| 1995 | Passion Unbounded | Officer Shek Dai Hung / Daai Wai |
| 1996 | Hu-Du-Men | Director Lam |
| 1996 | Temptress Moon | Jing Yun |
| 1996 | July 13th | Alan Kwok Ka Lun |
| 1998 | Restless (夏日情动 pinyin Xiari Qingdong) | Lead role playing Chinese-American visiting Beijing with grandfather's ashes |
| 2000 | When I Fall in Love - with Both | Tung |
| 2000 | Devils on the Doorstep | Major Gao |
| 2003 | Hidden Track | Joe |
| 2004 | Waiting Alone | One-Take Liu |
| 2008 | Five Bullets (5颗子弹) | |
| 2008 | Ha! Ha! Ha! (哈哈哈) | |
| 2008 | The One Man Olympics (一个人的奥林匹克) | |
| 2008 | Gun of Mercy | |
| 2010 | You Deserve To Be Single (活该你单身) | Xiao Feng |
| 2010 | My Belle Boss (我的美女老板) | Cousin |
| 2011 | I Phone You (爱封了) | Yu Guanghao |
| 2014 | Live a Love (2014 film) [zh] | |
| 2014 | Bull Brothers | |
| 2015 | Love, At First | |
| 2016 | Papa | Boss Du |
| 2017 | Wished | Angus Yao |
| 2017 | A Chinese Odyssey: Love You a Million Years [zh] (Television Series) | |
| 2019 | The Legend of White Snake (2019) [zh] (Television Series) | |