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2 [[caption-width-right:350: "See this? This is my ass-kicking face."]]
3->''"I wanted to show the world that Chinese people are tough."''
4-->Wu Jing on why he conceived the ''Wolf Warriors'' film series.
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6Wu Jing (born 吴京, 3 April 1974 in Beijing, China), also known as Jacky Wu, is a Chinese actor who has starred in numerous action films in Hong Kong.
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8Wu is an accomplished martial artist and started his career in his teens, with his first starring role being the protagonist of ''Tai Chi Boxer'' (1996). Ever since his career in acting took off, Wu had starred - and fought - Creator/YuenBiao, Creator/SammoHung, Creator/DonnieYen, Creator/NicholasTse, Creator/AndyLau and various prominent megastars of Hong Kong. While Wu had plenty of film roles in the early 2000s, his StarMakingRole as the ruthless assassin, Jack in ''Film/ShaPoLang'' made him typecast as villains and killers later on in his career.
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10Afterwards, Wu Jing then became known for starring in and directing a number of patriotic Chinese military films, his most well known ones being the ''Wolf Warriors'' movies.
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12!!''Tropes Associated with this Performer''
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14* ActingForTwo: In ''Film/TwinsMission''.
15* CelebrityCameo: In ''The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'', ''The Breakup Guru'' and ''Badges of Fury''. Those movies are released ''after'' 2005 when Wu Jing is famous for his villainous role in ''SPL''.
16* ChronicallyKilledActor: Tends to die a lot in his villainous roles.
17* DyeingForYourArt: He dyed his hair blonde for ''Film/ShaPoLang'', blue for ''Film/FatalMove'', and shaved his head for ''[[Film/ZuWarriorsFromTheMagicMountain Legend of Zu]]'' and ''Film/{{Shaolin}}''.
18* PunnyName: Not him, but his children. He named his sons "Wu You" (No worries) and "Wu Lv" (No concerns).
19* YouLookFamiliar: Wu Jing appears in both ''Film/ShaPoLang'' and ''Film/ShaPoLangIIATimeForConsequences'' as different characters.
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22!!''Wu Jing's Notable Films''
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24* ''Film/ShaPoLang'' as Jack
25* ''Film/FatalContact'' as Ko Kong
26* ''Film/LegendaryAssassin'' as Bo Tong-lam
27* ''Film/FatalMove'' as Tin-hung
28* ''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor'' as Assassin #1 (Cameo)
29* ''Film/{{Shaolin}}'' as Jing Neng
30* ''Film/WolfWarrior'' as Leng Feng, also director
31** ''Film/WolfWarrior2''
32* ''Film/ShaPoLangIIATimeForConsequences'' as Kit
33* ''Film/TheWanderingEarth'' and ''Wandering Earth II'' as Liu Peiqiang
34* ''Film/ZuWarriorsFromTheMagicMountain'' as Ying (only in the 2001 sequel)
35* ''Film/Meg2TheTrench'' as Jiuming Zhang

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