Chinese Actor
Leo Wu (Wu Lei) Chinese Actor
BioData
Wu Lei
- First Name: Lei
- Surname: Wu
- Anglicised Name: Leo Wu
- DoB: 26 December 1999 (26)
- PoB: Shanghai, China
- Height: 1.82 m
- Civil Status: Single
- Education: Beijing Film Academy
- Occupation: Model, Movie Producer, Director, Actor
- Work Period: 2002 – present
- Agency: Wu Lei Studio
Dramas & Films
- Pal Inn (2015)
- Nirvana in Fire (2015)
- The Legend of Qin (2015)
- The Whirlwind (Tornado) Girl 1 (2015)
- The Whirlwind (Tornado) Girl 2 (2016)
- The Classic of Mountains and Seas (2016)
- Far Away Love (2016)
- Magic Star (2017)
- Fights Breaks Sphere (2018)
- Asura (2018)
- Tomb of the Sea (2018)
- Adoring (2019)
- Chinese Bestiary/The Promise Keeper/Guardians of the Ancient Oath (2020)
- Crossfire (2020)
- The Long Ballad (2021)
- Faith Makes Great (2021)
- Our Times (2021)
- Upcoming Summer (2021)
- My Country, My Parents (2021)
- Love Like The Galaxy (2022)
- Love Like The Galaxy 2 (2022)
- Nothing But You (2023)
- During The Blizzard/Amidst A Snowstorm of Love (2024)
- Dwelling By The West Lake (2024)
- Northwest Years (2024)
- Donji Island (2025)
- The One (TBA)
Facts & Factoids:
- Wu Lei shoot a commercial at the age of 2 for a health product.
- At the young age of 18, Wu Lei is already multi-awarded
- He has had his own studio since 2016 at the age of 17 called Wu Lei Studio.
- Fandom: Lei Mi.
- Wu Lei’s favourite colour is green.
- He loves hotpot.
- Leo entered Beijing Film Academy as the topnotcher over 30,000 students from all over China
- He is an action man. He plays basketball, cycles all over China, is a proficient horse rider, and does physical fitness.
- He likes playing badminton with his staff between takes during filming.
- Wu Lei started as a very able child actor that he gained the sobriquet of China’s “Nation’s Little Brother”
- Wu Lei starred as the lead in Asura, which has an extremely disappointing box-office result. It was pulled down from cinemas after only two days in a make-over for a reissue.
- 5 Sept 2018 – Wu Lei would be away for at least 11 days as he is heading off to his Freshman military training. Be safe!
- 15 May 2021: Though it has not been officially confirmed yet, Leo is to star opposite Zhao Lu Si in Love Like The Galaxy which will start filming in mid-July 2021 in Hengdian.
- 7 June 2021: It was confirmed that he will be leading Love like the Galaxy with Zhao Lu Si.
- Wu Lei stars opposite Zhou Yu tong in Nothing But You.
- Wu Lei was blown away by the sound of the church organ playing, he said he would like to be married with the organ music playing.
- 8 August 2022: There is an insidious rumour that Wu Lei is dating Xiang Han Zhi, a co-star in Our Time. It was denied by Leo’s official fan club, Lei Mi, but the gossip just won’t die down.
- Wu Lei once said that his ideal girl is someone who has straight hair, fine eyebrows, big eyes, is thin and has a height between 150 – 180 cm.
- 6 November 2022: Chinese American TV Festival-Golden Angel Award (CATF) awarded Wu Lei as one of the Outstanding Actors from China for his role as Ling Buyi in Love Like The Galaxy.
- 24 January 2023: Wu Lei is about to leave for Finland to shoot part of During The Blizzard drama he is starring opposite Zhao Jin Mai.
- 13 January 2024: Wu Lei received Quality Actors award at today’s Weibo Night 2023.
- 24 June 2024: Wu Lei attends the booting ceremony for the film Dongji Island which he stars alongside Zhu Yi Long.
Endorsements As At 15 November 2023
- ZEGNA : Global Brand Spokesperson
- Voge: Global Brand Ambassador
- Huawei: Heath & Fitness Global Spokesperson
- XDS: Global Brand Spokesperson
- PEAK: Global Brand Spokesperson
- Peterson’s Lab: Mask Global Ambassador
- Bulgari: Brand Ambassador
- Panasonic: Brand Spokespersons for Washing Machine
- Pepsi: Spokesperson
- Leng Suan Ling: Brand Spokesperson
- OMO; Greater China Brand Spokesperson
- LHP: Brand Spokesperson
- Bear Electric: Brand Spokesperson
- Lay’s: Brand Spokesperson
- Snickers: Brand Spokesperson
- 1664: Brand Spokesperson
- Guangming UBest: Brand Spokesperson
- WildAid: WildAid Ambassador
- 14 July 2025: Wu Lei was announced as Global Brand Ambassador for Burberry.