[5] Despite censorship of Taiwanese Hokkien at the time, Wu heard the dialect at a young age, as many of his classmates spoke it.

[3] Wu worked as a supervisor in a printing factory, but lost his job after a superior discovered that he was communicating to colleagues the number of vacation days allowed per year under the provisions of the Labor Standards Act [zh].

[3] Wu later became a member of Golden Bough Theatre [zh],[6] and also worked as a choreographer for Flux Waves Dance Theater.

[1][10] Wu's performance in the film Seven Days in Heaven [zh] resulted in a Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010.

[12] Wu was cast as Peng Feng in Lin Fu-ching's debut feature film Jumping Boy [zh], released later that year.