Wu 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.
Wu 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 - Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse, Andy Lau and various prominent megastars of Hong Kong. While Wu had plenty of film roles in the early 2000s, his Star-Making Role as the ruthless assassin, Jack in Sha Po Lang made him typecast as villains and killers later on in his career.
Afterwards, 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.
Tropes Associated with this Performer
- Acting for Two: In Twins Mission.
- Celebrity Cameo: 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.
- Chronically Killed Actor: Tends to die a lot in his villainous roles.
- Dyeing for Your Art: He dyed his hair blonde for Sha Po Lang, blue for Fatal Move, and shaved his head for Legend of Zu and Shaolin.
- Punny Name: Not him, but his children. He named his sons "Wu You" (No worries) and "Wu Lv" (No concerns).
- You Look Familiar: Wu Jing appears in both Sha Po Lang and Sha Po Lang II: A Time For Consequences as different characters.
Wu Jing's Notable Films
- Sha Po Lang as Jack
- Fatal Contact as Ko Kong
- Legendary Assassin as Bo Tong-lam
- Fatal Move as Tin-hung
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor as Assassin #1 (Cameo)
- Shaolin as Jing Neng
- Wolf Warrior as Leng Feng, also director
- Sha Po Lang II: A Time For Consequences as Kit
- The Wandering Earth and Wandering Earth II as Liu Peiqiang
- Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain as Ying (only in the 2001 sequel)
- Meg 2: The Trench as Jiuming Zhang
