Daniel Wu Neh-Tsu (Chinese: 吳彥祖; born September 30, 1974) is an American actor and filmmaker based in Hong Kong.

[4] A three-time Golden Horse Award winner, he also starred in the AMC martial arts drama series Into the Badlands and the Disney+ wuxia action comedy American Born Chinese.

His parents, Diana (née Liu),[1] a college professor, and George Wu, a retired engineer,[5] are natives of Shanghai, China.

[5][7] Wu developed an interest in martial arts when he saw Jet Li in The Shaolin Temple and Donnie Yen in Iron Monkey,[3] and consequently began studying wushu at age 11.

[11] During this time, Wu took film classes and frequented local theaters, and came to enjoy the works of filmmakers like Akira Kurosawa and Luc Besson, whom he describes as "men of vision.

Due to budgetary constraints, Wu participated in the search for funding for and distribution of, the film and recruited Jun Kung to create the soundtrack.

[21] During 2003, Wu took part as producer and creative director on MTV's Whatever Things!, a Jackass-styled program aired in Asia,[22] also featuring Sam Lee, Josie Ho, Terence Yin, and other celebrities.

[19] In 2005, Chinese media began to report that Wu had formed a boy band, Alive, with Terence Yin, Andrew Lin, and Conroy Chan.

[29] Wu and his bandmates posted information, updates, personal thoughts (including slamming Hong Kong Disneyland, for which they were spokespersons[30]), and the band's music, at their official website.

In 2018, he appeared in Tomb Raider, based upon the video game series of the same name, as Lara Croft's sidekick, Captain Lu Ren.

In April 2007, Wu re-launched his band's old website, AliveNotDead.com, with Terence Yin and RottenTomatoes.com founders Patrick Lee and Stephen Wang, as a place for filmmakers, musicians, and other artists to collaborate, receive exposure, network, and interact with fans.