Vanness Wu

Vanness Wu (simplified Chinese: 吴建豪; traditional Chinese: 吳建豪; pinyin: Wú Jiànháo) is a Taiwanese American actor, singer, director, producer based in Asia. He was born on August 7, 1978, in Santa Monica, United States, and speaks fluent English and Mandarin. Before becoming an actor he worked as a telemarketer. As a member of Taiwanese boyband F4, he has appeared on three albums. He has also released three solo albums, and collaborated with Korean star Kangta to produce one album, "Scandal." He has also been featured on singles by Beyoncé and Coco Lee. Wu has also appeared in several dramas for Taiwanese television both with and without other members of F4, and has starred in three motion pictures. Currently, he is filming a Hong Kong film tentatively named Super Chef or Kung Fu Chef.[1] Wu has directed two music videos off his "V.DUBB" album, as well as a video for Nike's "This is Love" campaign in Hong Kong. He was also executive producer with Terry Tye Lee on the Nike track, "She's Not Sorry." Vanness descended upon Shanghai on November 3, 2008 and performed with rapper/producer Kanye West for his final installment of the Glow in the Dark Tour. Wu opened the concert for Kanye with a 30 minute performance which he showcased his new songs and performed new versions of his old hits. Van Ness ended the performance with "Good Life" alongside Kanye.