Andy Wu (actor)

This article is about the Taiwanese actor. For the Japanese wrestler, see Andy Wu (wrestler).

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).

Andy Wu
吳岳擎
Wu in April 2020
Born	(1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 36) Taiwan
Alma mater	Tamkang University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2016–present

Early life and education

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 (zh), which features television dramas starring Q Place graduates,^[7] including Life Plan A and B and 1000 Walls in Dream (zh).^[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 (zh).^[12] That same year, he also landed a lead role as Shan Li-chien in The Outsiders (zh), a film adaptation of the 2004 television series of the same name.^[13]

In 2019, he starred in the romance series Brave to Love (zh) and Déjà vu (zh),^[14][15] followed by a leading role alongside Eleven Yao in the 2020 sci-fi series Amensalism (zh).^[16] In 2022, Wu had leading roles in the romance series Dear Adam (zh) and the LGBTQ-themed series My Tooth Your Love (zh),^[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]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	The Outsiders (zh)	Shan Li-chien (單立傑)	[13]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Life Plan A and B	Zhao Hui (趙輝)	Main role[8]
2017	1000 Walls in Dream (zh)	Lin Wen-pu (林文樸)	Main role[9]
	Love, Timeless	Li Ying-zhu (李英祝)	Special appearance[10]
	Jojo's World	Zhang Xiao-shuo (張曉碩)	Main role[11]
2018	Utopia For The 20s (zh)	Wu Ming-hung (吳名宏)	Guest role[21]
	Kira Kira in the life (zh)	Bin (阿斌)	Main role[12]
2019	Brave to Love (zh)	Zhao Song-gang (趙松岡)	Main role[14]
	Déjà vu (zh)	Wang Shi-yuan (王士元)	Main role[15]
	All Is Well (zh)	Liu Dong-jie (劉東杰)	Recurring role[22]
	Wait For The Sun Wait For You (zh)	Yue Qing (岳晴)	Guest role[23]
2020	Amensalism (zh)	Li Yao-qing (李耀青)	Main role[16]
2022	Dear Adam (zh)	Wei Jie (魏傑)	Main role[17]
	Mother (zh)	Johnny (強尼)	Cameo[24]
	Fairy In The House (zh)	Si Jue-li (釋覺勵)	Recurring role[24]
	Women in Taipei	Kuo An-ho's boyfriend	Cameo[19]
	My Tooth Your Love (zh)	Bai Lang (白朗)	Main role[18]