Leonard Wu is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Orus in the
Netflix
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television drama series ''
Marco Polo
Marco Polo (, , ; 8 January 1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known as ''Book of the Marv ...
'' (2016), Shiwei Chen in the drama television series ''
Bosch'' (2018), Kinuba in the action film ''
Alita: Battle Angel'' (2019) and Ryuzo in the video game ''
Ghost of Tsushima
''Ghost of Tsushima'' is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The player controls Jin Sakai, samurai on a quest to protect Tsushima Island during the first Mongol ...
'' (2020).
Early life
Wu was born in
Washington, D.C.
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to Chinese parents. Wu graduated from the
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
with a
BA degree in English.
Career
From 2004 to 2013, he has appeared in a series of short films which lasted for nine years.
He has appeared in various television shows, including ''
NCIS'' and ''
Bones
A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, an ...
'' and several feature films including ''
While She Was Out
''While She Was Out'' is a 2008 American thriller film starring Kim Basinger and Lukas Haas. Basinger plays a suburban housewife who is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs. It was wr ...
'' opposite
Kim Basinger
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, and ''
17 Again''.
In 2016, he portrayed Orus in the second and final season of the
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...
drama television series ''
Marco Polo
Marco Polo (, , ; 8 January 1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known as ''Book of the Marv ...
''.
In his interview on ''
Cliche Magazine'', he stated that "Orus is a fierce and loyal warrior intent on bringing long-held traditions back to the people of Mongolia."
In 2019, he portrayed Kinuba in the science-fiction action film ''
Alita: Battle Angel''.
In 2020, he then went on to provide the voice and motion-capture of Ryuzo, a leader of the Straw Hat ronin who is a childhood friend of the main character,
Daisuke Tsuji
is an American actor. He was born in Kuwait. Tsuji is best known for his performance as Jin Sakai in the video game ''Ghost of Tsushima'' (2020) and as the Crown Prince in the TV series ''The Man in the High Castle'' (2015–2019).
Early life
...
's character, in the
PlayStation 4
The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 in February 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013, in North America, November 29, 2013 in ...
video game ''
Ghost of Tsushima
''Ghost of Tsushima'' is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The player controls Jin Sakai, samurai on a quest to protect Tsushima Island during the first Mongol ...
''.
Wu has recently appeared on the gritty feature film based on the New York gang warfare of the 1990s, ''
Revenge of the Green Dragons
''Revenge of the Green Dragons'' is a 2014 crime drama film directed by Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo, written by Michael Di Jiacomo and Andrew Loo, with Martin Scorsese as an executive producer. The film stars Justin Chon, Kevin Wu, Harry Shum Jr., ...
'', from director
Andrew Lau
Andrew Lau Wai-keung ( zh, t=劉偉強, born 4 April 1960) is a Hong Kong film director, producer, and cinematographer. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wong ...
.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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1986 births
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
American male video game actors
American male actors of Chinese descent
American people of Chinese descent
Male actors of Chinese descent
21st-century American male actors
Male actors from Washington, D.C.
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Living people