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Biography

Age 79

Also known asWu Yu-Sheng, Wu Yu-Shen, Wu Yao-Shen, John Y. S. Woo, John Y. Woo, Ng Yue-Sum, 吳宇森, John WooGenderMaleBorn22/09/1946Born inGuangzhou, Guangdong Province, ChinaWikidataQ55432 ↗TMDb#11401 ↗

Filmography52 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2026	Twist & Shoot: Mister SuzukiMovie	Self	80
2022	The King of Wuxia Part 2Movie	Self	76
2022	The King of Wuxia Part 1Movie	Self	76
2022	大侠胡金铨Series	self	76
2017	John Travolta, le miraculé d'HollywoodMovie	Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)	71
2016	Ken SanMovie	Self	70
2012	VoiceSeries	—	66
2011	Beginning of the Great RevivalMovie	Lin Sen	65
2011	Kurosawa's WayMovie	Self	65
2010	Mission: Remarkable - 40 Years of Creating the ImpossibleMovie	Self	64
2009	How Bruce Lee Changed the WorldMovie	Self	63
2009	The Founding of a RepublicMovie	Liu Wenhui	63
2009	The Founding of a RepublicMovie	National Army Officers	63
2007	Bokura no JidaiSeries	—	61
2007	The Light and The Dark: The Making of Face/OffMovie	Self	61
2006	Be My GuestSeries	—	60
2005	A Century of Light and ShadowSeries	Self	59
2004	Crossings: John WooMovie	Self	58
2003	Cinema Hong Kong: Kung FuMovie	Self	57
2003	Cinema Hong Kong: Wu XiaMovie	Self	57
2003	The Master: Chang Cheh DocumentaryMovie	—	57
2003	Chop Socky: Cinema Hong KongMovie	Self	57
2002	The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the MoviesMovie	Self - Interviewee	56
2001	Mission: ImprobableMovie	John Woo	55
1999	Kurosawa: The Last EmperorMovie	Self	53
1998	Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese CinemaMovie	Self	52
1997	Task ForceMovie	Police Chief	51
1994	Cinema of VengeanceMovie	Self (uncredited)	48
1993	Film ohne Fesseln - Das neue Hongkong KinoMovie	Self	47
1992	Twin DragonsMovie	Priest	46
1992	Hard BoiledMovie	Mr. Woo	46
1991	The BanquetMovie	Man on Stairs	45
1991	Once a ThiefMovie	Stanley Wu	45
1990	Bullet in the HeadMovie	Policeman	44
1990	Rebel from ChinaMovie	Kwong	44
1989	Celebrity Talk ShowSeries	吴宇森	43
1989	Sunset in ParisMovie	Maggie's uncle	43
1988	I Love MariaMovie	—	42
1987	The Thirty Million Dollar RushMovie	Ling's Husband	41
1986	A Better TomorrowMovie	Inspector Wu	40
1985	Happy Union 2Movie	—	39
1985	Love, Lone FlowerMovie	—	39
1982	Plain Jane to the RescueMovie	Self	36
1980	From Riches to RagsMovie	[cameo]	34
1979	Itchy FingersMovie	Triad Boss on Lorry	33
1978	Follow the StarMovie	Miss Chen's Father	32
1976	Hand of DeathMovie	Zhang Yi	30
1974	The Young DragonsMovie	Message Deliverer	28
1974	Young Lovers on Flying WheelsMovie	Man at Bike Reclaim Centre	28
1973	The MandarinMovie	—	27
1969	Dead KnotMovie	Boy	23
1962	Golden Horse AwardsSeries	Self	16