George Hu

George Hu (born 24 July 1982) is an American-born actor and singer based in Taiwan.

He speaks fluent English, Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien.

George Hu was born in New York City on 24 July 1982, to parents of Taiwanese descent.

Eldest of a two children family, he has a sister who is two years younger and a mother and father who all currently still reside in New York.

When he was seven, he began training in Chinese martial arts.

His mother who had martial arts training herself was a huge influence on him learning martial arts.

He studied under Master Marlon Ma at NY Wutang Chinese Martial Arts Institute where he learned the fighting style of the long fist, praying mantis, and baji.

He participated in several martial arts competitions in the US and has won several competitions such as 1995 S. Henry Cho America Open, Shi Fu Yang Shu-Ton Martial Arts Association of Ohio Chinese Martial Arts Tournament, Huang Chien Liang U.S.C.K.F, and Wushu Kung Fu Federation.

When he was 17, he was appointed as an instructor at Wutang.

He attended St. John's University located in Queens, New York, graduating in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in Computer Graphic Design.

While visiting family and friends in Taiwan after graduating from college he was scouted and asked to audition for a talent agency.

Besides martial arts, he also enjoys playing the viola and electric guitar.

In March 2005 he signed under Yang Dengkui's First Media Holdings Corporation and moved to Taiwan to pursue a career in acting.

He lived at his uncle's house and shared a bedroom with his cousin when he first moved to Taiwan.

As he was unfamiliar with the Chinese language, could only spoke a few words and couldn't read or write Chinese, he spent his entire first year in Taiwan learning basic Chinese and memorizing the lines to his first drama Emerald on the Roof.

In 2006 he made his acting debut as the second male lead alongside Wallace Huo in the idol drama Emerald on the Roof.

As his Chinese pronunciation wasn't fluent his voice was dubbed by a voice actor in the drama.

His next drama in 2007, a pre-war China comedy, romance, and action drama Love at First Fight starred mostly the same cast from Emerald on the Roof with the addition of Hong Kong actress/singer Miriam Yeung as the female lead.

His voice was once again dubbed in both Mandarin and Cantonese for this drama.

In late 2007 he moved to more mainstream idol drama Romantic Princess playing Taiwanese boyband Fahrenheit members Wu Chun and Calvin Chen.

This is the first drama his real voice can be heard.

That same year he also had a minimal role in the second installment of popular Taiwanese idol K.O. drama franchise The X-Family starring alongside the rest of the other Fahrenheit members.

In early 2008 he once again played Wu Chun's younger brother in a supporting role for the idol drama Hot Shot working alongside popular Taiwanese idols Jerry Yan and Show Luo.

In the summer of 2008, he starred alongside Rainie Yang and Jiro Wang from Fahrenheit in the idol drama ToGetHer as Jia Sen aka Ah Gan.

The drama was aired in early 2009.

For this role he had to play a 20-year-old college student and swimming captain with the mind of an 8-year-old boy, and he also had to train his body to resemble a championship swimmer.

In early 2009 till early 2010 he starred in his first leading role for the 3rd installment of the K.O. drama franchise K.O.3an Guo as a modern version of Chinese historical general Guan Yu.

The drama was filmed as it aired.

During the beginning filming period of K.O.3an Guo he was involved in a traffic accident while on his way to the film set.

His left leg was injured, and he relied on crutches or a wheelchair to get around for three months.

Because of his injury he was not able to perform much of his martial arts stunts for the early episodes of the drama.

Also due to the popularity of the drama he and his co-stars later formed a five-member boy band called "Wu Hu Jiang" or "Tiger Team" in English.

His band "Wu Hu Jiang" ceased activity due to restructuring of their management company and he received little to no filming offers.

His only work during this period was in a minor role for the idol drama "Me & My Brothers".

Since 2011, he has been signed to Yang Deng-kui's management company Polyland International Entertainment.

Due to the minimal work offers he received during this time his father had said to him that if he wanted to quit show business and return to New York it will be fine with his family, but he persisted and signed with Yang Dengkui's new management company Polyland International Entertainment in 2011.

His first role under Polyland's management was as the lead in 2011's Hayate the Combat Butler based on the popular Japanese manga of the same name, with Korean actress Park Shin-hye as the female lead.

The turning point in his career came in late 2012 starring as the male lead alongside Annie Chen as the female lead in SETTV's romance drama Love, Now.

In an interview for LETV he stated that he had accepted the project during the early stages of development and without even knowing the story line or seeing a script to the project in order to re-establish his presence in Taiwan since he had been filming dramas in Mainland China for the past year.

He received a lot of notice for his role as Lan Shi-da a cold but caring business family man.