Wu Xiubo

Xiubo Wu (Chinese: 吴秀波; pinyin: Wú Xiù Bō), (born 5 September 1968), is a Chinese actor, singer, musician, recording artist, and producer. Considered to be one of the best actors in China, he is perhaps best known as Xinjie Liu, the protagonist of Before the Dawn, for which he has received one Favorite Male TV Star award.Other prominent dramas include The Bottom Drawer, Sword&Spy, To the Oak, The Brotherhood, Road May Say, and Invincible Love. As of December 2010, he is one of the highest paid actors in a drama series on China television.

Early life

Xiubo was born and brought up in Beijing, China. The younger child in his family, Xiubo has a half-blooded elder brother, who is a physicist. Xiubo’s mother is a pharmacist, and his father was a diplomat, passed away in 2007. During his schooldays, under the pressure of his excellent elder brother, he found that he would rather immerse himself in art, such as painting and drawing or singing, than attend further studies. In 1984, he enrolled at Central Academy of Drama, from which he graduated in 1987. From 1988 to 1995, he worked at China Railway Modern Drama Troupe, engaging in the literary and art field as a drama actor. In 1988, he received a national award for the sketch comedy. Despite his success, Xiubo tired of repeating the same roles day after day. Since he already started to do a part-time job as a singer in the most famous bar in Beijing, he decided to become a full-time musician in 1995. Xiubo has displayed his musical and literary talents in music producing and poetry writing since he was 17. From 1995 to 2000, he was a quite popular singer in Beijing, performing his own original works only. In 2000, his music album, “War of Love” was released, including 10 original songs all written by himself. After finishing this album in 2000, he decided to make a precipitous journey from singer to entrepreneur, experiencing a different life.

Career

In 2002, after several years in repertory, he was spotted by Jian Zhang, a drama investor, who invited him to go back to the show business. He made his first drama series debut as a detective in Crime Investigate at the end of 2002. From then on, he has gone to enjoy a long career, playing different characters with entirely different mannerisms in different drama series. In the meantime, he also worked as drama producer and music producer for several dramas series he has involved in as an actor, such as the anti-one Tianzhuo Lv in A Special Road (2004) and the lead role Yi Luo in Road May Say (2006).

Music

Xiubo has displayed his musical and literary talents in music producing and poetry writing since he was 17. From 1995 to 2000, he was a quite popular singer in Beijing, performing his own original works only. In 2000, his music album, “War of Love” was released, including 10 original songs all written by himself. He has displayed his musical talents in episodes of several series as well.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Please Forgive Me	Tian Xu	the leading role
2010	Chase	Tianshu Liu	the leading role
2010	Before The Dawn	Xinjie Liu	the leading role
2010	Shanghai, Shanghai	Yecheng Gu	Male two
2009	Invincible Love	Yonhkang Xie	the leading role
2009	Unconscious	Shaofeng Ding	the leading role
2009	Sword & Spy	Tao Fang	the leading role
2009	Wedding Gown	Yang Jiao	the leading role
2008	Behind the Gentle	Chengyun Jiang
2008	Brothers	Shan Jin	the leading role
2008	To The Oak	Kai Kang	the leading role

Awards

Awards
Year	Film	Category	Notes
2010	50 China Charisma Award
2010	The Dawn	Most Popular Actor	2010 National Drama Festival
2010	Sword & Spy	Most Favorite Actor	Jiangsu TV Channel
2009	Sword & Spy	Best Actor	Orient Movie Channel
2009	Sword & Spy	Most Popular Actor for the South	Southern Television(referred to as TVS)