Tony Wu (actor)

Tony Wu Tsz Tung (Chinese: 胡子彤; born 16 April 1992) is a Hong Kong actor and baseball player best known for his debut role in the sports film Weeds on Fire (2016), which earned him Best New Performer in the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Tony Wu
胡子彤
Wu in July 2020
Born	Wu Tsz Tung (1992-04-16) 16 April 1992 (age 32) Hong Kong
Alma mater	Hong Kong Baptist University College of International Education
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2016–present

Biography

Wu was born on 16 April 1992, in Hong Kong.^[1] He became interested in baseball at a young age and was selected as a member of the Hong Kong Youth Olympics representative team at the age of 10.^[2] He had his secondary education at Christian Alliance Cheng Wing Gee College and participated in the 2010 Asian Games and 2014 Asian Games.^[1][3] After graduation, he attended the Hong Kong Baptist University College of International Education to pursue an associate's degree and continued to play baseball in the Hong Kong team.^[4][3]

In 2016, Wu auditioned and won his debut role as Fan Chun-wai, a troublemaking baseball player, in the sports film Weeds on Fire.^[5] He won Best New Performer in the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards with his performance.^[6] He was selected to join the Hong Kong team once again in the 2018 Asian Games,^[3] but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with a film project.^[7] He also landed a major role in Sunny Chan's first feature film Men On The Dragon [zh].^[8] In 2020, Wu received his first major television role in the ViuTV drama series Who Sells Bricks in Hong Kong [zh].^[9] From 2021 to 2022, he was cast in a lead role in the drama film I Still Remember [zh] and anthology film Septet: The Story of Hong Kong.^[10][11] He also appeared in the action thriller films Raging Fire,^[12] Detective vs Sleuths,^[13] sports film Zero to Hero,^[14] and sci-fi film Warriors of Future.^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Weeds on Fire	Fan Chun-wai (范進威)	[5]
2017	Never Too Late [zh]	Fai (輝)	[1]
2018	A Beautiful Moment [zh]	Assistant	[1]
	Men On The Dragon [zh]	William	[8]
2019	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III	Cantonese voice dub[15]
2021	I Still Remember [zh]	Lee Chi Hang (李志行)	[10]
	Elisa's Day [zh]	Man Wai (文偉)	[12]
	Raging Fire	Law Kim-wah (羅劍華)	[12]
	Zero to Hero	Train Tung (火車東)	[14]
	Anita	Calvin Choy	[12]
2022	Chilli Laugh Story	Wendy's son	[16]
	Septet: The Story of Hong Kong	Unnamed protagonist	[11]
	Detective vs Sleuths	Tsang Cheuk Tung (曾卓彤)	[13]
	Warriors of Future	Wong Hoi-yeung (汪海洋)	[1]
2023	Cyber Heist	Tom	[17]
	Tales from the Occult：Body and Soul [zh]	Sake	[18]
	Endless Battle [zh]	Anson Lung	[19]
	The Goldfinger	Mr. Lo (羅公子)	[12]
2024	The Lyricist Wannabe	Chris Lee	[20]
	Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In	Twelfth Master (十二少)	[21]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Guardian Angel	Jack Fok	Guest role[22]
2019	Stained [zh]	Lo Siu-fung (魯少鋒)	Recurring role[23]
2020	Who Sells Bricks in Hong Kong [zh]	Lau Man Fai (劉文輝)	Main role[9]
2023	Killing Procedures [zh]	Jersey	Recurring role[24]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2016	53rd Golden Horse Awards	Best New Performer	Weeds on Fire	Nominated	[25]
2017	2017 Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild Awards	Best New Performer		Won	[26]
	11th Asian Film Awards	Best Newcomer		Nominated	[27]
	36th Hong Kong Film Awards	Best New Performer		Won	[6]

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External links

• Tony Wu at IMDb