George Hu (Chinese: 胡宇威; pinyin: Hú Yǔwēi; born 24 July 1982)[1] is a Taiwanese-American actor, singer and martial artist based in Taiwan.
[3] He studied under Master Marlon Ma at NY Wutang Chinese Martial Arts Institute where he learned the fighting style of the long fist, praying mantis, and baji.
[5] In March 2005 he signed under Yang Dengkui's First Media Holdings Corporation and moved to Taiwan to pursue a career in acting.
In 2006 he made his acting debut as the second male lead alongside Wallace Huo in the idol drama Emerald on the Roof.
In late 2007 he moved to more mainstream idol drama Romantic Princess playing Taiwanese boyband Fahrenheit members Wu Chun and Calvin Chen.
In the summer of 2008, he starred alongside Rainie Yang and Jiro Wang from Fahrenheit in the idol drama ToGetHer as Jia Sen aka Ah Gan.
For this role he had to play a 20-year-old college student and swimming captain with the mind of an 8-year-old boy, and he also had to train his body to resemble a championship swimmer.
Also due to the popularity of the drama he and his co-stars later formed a five-member boy band called "Wu Hu Jiang" or "Tiger Team" in English.
His band "Wu Hu Jiang" ceased activity due to restructuring of their management company and he received little to no filming offers.
Due to the minimal work offers he received during this time his father had said to him that if he wanted to quit show business and return to New York it will be fine with his family, but he persisted and signed with Yang Dengkui's new management company Polyland International Entertainment in 2011.
[7] He received a lot of notice for his role as Lan Shi-da a cold but caring business family man.
After production of "Love Around" ended Hu took a few months off from acting, only focusing on advertisement work and to prep for his film debut.
In 2009 due to the popularity of K.O.3an Guo, George, alongside co-stars Benji, Bo Yan, Shao Xiang and Si Wei Hong Zheng, were formed into a five-member boy band called "Wu Hu Jiang" (武虎將 / Tiger Team).
Due to the members busy schedules with individual projects and restructuring of their agency the group's activities as a band ceased sometime in 2011 and officially disbanded in 2013.
On January 14, 2009, while on his way to the film set of K.O.3an Guo he was injured in a car accident when a taxi after running a yellow traffic light collided with his motorbike.