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Template:Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor Template:Chinese name Wu Hsing-kuo (吳興國) is a Taiwanese actor of the silver screen and theater, known for both his performance of complex movie roles as much as for his innovative adaptations of Western classics into traditional Peking Opera.

Wu was trained in classical Peking Opera since the age of 11 in Taiwan's state-run Fu-Hsing Chinese Opera School, specializing in wu sheng (male martial) roles. He was admitted with honors into the Theatre Department of Chinese Culture University in Taipei, trained under master Chou Cheng-jung (Zhou Zheng-rong) and became leading dancer of Lin Hwai-min's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre.

In 1986, he and a group of enthusiastic friends founded the Contemporary Legend Theatre (當代傳奇劇場) in Taipei, seeking to revitalize traditional Chinese theatre by adapting Western classical plays to the style and techniques of Peking Opera. He was the leading actor and director of four Shakespeare adaptations, including the critically-acclaimed Kingdom of Desire (慾望城國), an adaptation of Macbeth, and King Lear (李爾在此), in which Wu plays all the parts.

In 1992, Wu was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in New York with Richard Schechner. That year, he was won the Hong Kong Film Award for best new actor.

Wu is currently artistic director of the Contemporary Legend Theatre, and continues to take on challenging roles in both the modern theatre and Chinese Opera. He crosses the fields of traditional opera, dance, modern theatre, cinema, and television.

Filmography

Master Swordsman Lu Xiaofeng (2001) - Ye Gucheng
The Accidental Spy (2001) - Lee Sang-Zen
The Soong Sisters (1997) - Chiang Kai-shek
Shanghai Grand (1996) - Fung King-Yiu
God of Gamblers Returns (1994) - Chao Siu Chi/'The Devil of Gamblers'
Red Rose White Rose (1994)
Rock n'Roll Cop (1994) - Captain Wong Kun
What Price Survival (1994) - Wang Ning
The Great Conqueror's Concubine (1994) - Yu Ziqi
Green Snake (1993) - Hsui Xien (Xu Xian), the scholar
Temptation of a Monk (1993) - General Shi Yan-sheng / Jing-yi
Shi ba (1993)

Awards

Nominated for Best Actor at the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards (1994) for his role in Temptation of a Monk

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 '''Wu Hsing-kuo''' (吳興國) is a [[Taiwan]]ese actor of the silver screen and theater, known for both his performance of complex movie roles as much as for his innovative adaptations of Western classics into traditional [[Peking Opera]].
-Wu was trained in classical [[Peking Opera]] since the age of 11 in [[Taiwan]]'s state-run Fu-Hsing Chinese Opera School, specializing in wu sheng (male martial) roles. He was admitted with honors into the Theatre Department of [[Chinese Culture University]] in [[Taipei]], trained under master Chou Cheng-jung (Zhou Zheng-rong) and became leading dancer of the [[Cloud Gate Dance Theatre]]. In 1986, he and a group of enthusiastic friends founded the Contemporary Legend Theatre (當代傳奇劇場), revitalizing traditional Chinese Opera by adapting Western classical plays to the style and techniques of [[Peking Opera]]. He was the leading actor and director of four [[Shakespeare]] adaptations, including the critically-acclaimed Kingdom of Desire (慾望城國), an adaptation of [[Macbeth]], and King Lear (李爾在此), in which Wu plays all the parts.
+Wu was trained in classical [[Peking Opera]] since the age of 11 in [[Taiwan]]'s state-run Fu-Hsing Chinese Opera School, specializing in ''wu sheng'' (male martial) roles. He was admitted with honors into the Theatre Department of [[Chinese Culture University]] in [[Taipei]], trained under master Chou Cheng-jung (Zhou Zheng-rong) and became leading dancer of [[Lin Hwai-min]]'s [[Cloud Gate Dance Theatre]].
+In 1986, he and a group of enthusiastic friends founded the Contemporary Legend Theatre (當代傳奇劇場) in [[Taipei]], seeking to revitalize traditional Chinese theatre by adapting Western classical plays to the style and techniques of [[Peking Opera]]. He was the leading actor and director of four [[Shakespeare]] adaptations, including the critically-acclaimed Kingdom of Desire (慾望城國), an adaptation of [[Macbeth]], and King Lear (李爾在此), in which Wu plays all the parts.
+In 1992, Wu was awarded a [[Fulbright Scholarship]] to study in New York with Richard Schechner. That year, he was won the Hong Kong Film Award for best new actor.
 Wu is currently artistic director of the Contemporary Legend Theatre, and continues to take on challenging roles in both the modern theatre and Chinese Opera. He crosses the fields of traditional opera, dance, modern theatre, cinema, and television.