Wu Gang (actor)

Wu Gang (born 9 December 1962) is a Chinese actor.[1] He is known for his roles in Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker (1994), and Iron Man (2009) for which he won both Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor and Shanghai Film Critics Award for Best Actor.

For the traditional Chinese folklore figure, see Wu Gang. For locations, see Wugang (disambiguation).

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wu.

Wu Gang
吴刚
Born	(1962-12-09) 9 December 1962 Beijing, China
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Spouse(s)	Yue Xiuqing ( m. 1991)
Children	1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	吳剛
Simplified Chinese	吴刚
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wú Gāng

Filmography

Film

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
2001	Falling Stars in the Fall	秋天的流星雨	Yang Shun
2003	The Law of Romance	警察有约	Liu Suozhang
2007	Trouble Makers	光荣的愤怒	Ye Guangrong
2007	The Case	箱子	He Dashang	[2]
2008	Forever Enthralled	梅兰芳	Fei Erye	[3]
2009	Iron Man	铁人	Wang Jinxi	[4]
2009	The Message	风声	Liu'ye	[5]
2009	Six Sisters in the War	沂蒙六姐妹	Qu'zhang	[6]
2009	The Founding of a Republic	建国大业	Wen Yiduo	[7]
2010	Antecedent Trial	预审	Wang Mingli	[8]
2011	No Liar, No Cry	不怕贼惦记	Lao Bei	[9]
2012	The Great Magician	大魔术师	Liu Guanjia	[10]
2012	White Deer Plain	白鹿原	Lu Zilin	[11]
2012	The Bullet Vanishes	消失的子弹	Jin Ju'zhang	[12]
2013	Mark of Youth	全城高考	Ren Hongsheng	[13]
2013	Better and Better	越来越好之村晚	Lao Gengtou	[14]
2015	Lady of the Dynasty	王朝的女人·杨贵妃	Gao Lishi	[15]
2017	Youth Dinner	六人晚餐	Ding Bogang	[16]
2017	Wolf Warriors 2	战狼2	He Jianguo	[17]
2017	Six Years, Six Days	六年，六天	Lu Yongming	[18]
2018	Air Strike	大轰炸	Zhao Chun	[19]
2019	A City Called Macau	妈阁是座城		[20]
2019	Super Me	超级的我	Sang Yu	[21]

Television series

Year	English title	Chinese title	Role	Notes
1994	Romance of the Three Kingdoms	三国演义	Assassin
1996	Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Kingdoms	东周列国	Wu Zixu
1997		南方有嘉木	Hang Jiuzhai
2001		堆积情感	Lao'er	[22]
2003		天眼	Tang Wanfeng
2003		瑞雪飘飘	Wu Jiagou
2004	Behind the Sun	太阳背面	Dai Huan
2004	The Black Ants	黑蚂蚁	Xue Cheng	[23]
2006	Pregnant for Ten Months	十月怀胎	Fei Chuang
2007		左伟和杜叶的婚姻生活	Zuo Wei	[24]
2007		太阳作证	Luo Haishan
2007		哥们	Zheng Jun
2007	Qiu Haitang	秋海棠	Cang Wenxi	[25]
2008	Changjiang No.1	长江一号	Li Sheng	[26]
2009	Lurk	潜伏	Lu Qiaoshan	[27]
2010		我是你儿子	Yang Shulin	[28]
2011		利剑无锋	Gu Qiumu	[29]
2011		一世牵挂	Shi Feng	[30]
2011	The Campaign	喋血百花图	Dun'zi
2012		强者风范	Cai Yinghao	[31]
2013	Xu Beihong	徐悲鸿	Xu Beihong	[32]
2013	Family	全家福	Wang Mantang	[33]
2014		别叫我兄弟	Tong's father
2014	Kill the Evils Off	杀尽豺狼	Qi Mantang	[34]
2014	My Undercover Career	我的绝密生涯	Fang Bi	[35]
2014	The Stand-In	十月围城	Li Yutang	[36]
2014	Hanyang Zao	汉阳造	Xia Zhiqian	[37]
2016	Man with No Name	无名者	Zheng Bohong	[38]
2016	Before Dawn	潜伏在黎明之前	Shen Zaixin	[39]
2016	Winner	决胜	Heng Bikuo	[40]
2017	In the Name of the People	人民的名义	Li Dakang	[41]
2018	Entering a New Era	风再起时	Hou Bingzhong	[42]
2019	The Thunder	破冰行動	Li Weimin	[43]
2019	Spy Hunter	天衣无缝	Gu Wenqing	[44]
2019	Joy of Life	庆余年	Chen Pingping	[45]
2019	Detective Kechen	神探柯晨	Sun Mantang	[46]
2020	Snow Leopard 2	雪豹2		[47]
2020	People's Justice	人民的正义	Song Zhiming
2020	Criminal Police Overseas Operations	刑警之海外行动	Gao Xiaotian

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Results	Ref.
2009	18th Shanghai Film Critics Awards	Best Actor	Iron Man	Won	[48]
	13th Huabiao Awards	Outstanding Actor		Nominated
	27th Golden Rooster Awards	Best Actor		Won	[49]
2011	13th Golden Phoenix Awards	Society Award		Won	[50]
2012	49th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards	Best Supporting Actor	White Deer Plain	Nominated
2013	13th Chinese Film Media Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
2017	23rd Shanghai Television Festival	Best Supporting Actor	In the Name of People	Won	[51]
2018	34th Hundred Flowers Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Wolf Warrior 2	Nominated
2019	15th Chinese American Film Festival	Best Actor	The Thunder	Won	[52]
	Golden Bud - The Fourth Network Film And Television Festival	Best Actor	The Thunder, Detective Ke Chen	Nominated	[53]
	6th The Actors of China Award Ceremony	Best Actor (Ruby Category)		Won	[54]

Notes and references

1. 《人民的名义》火了好演员 老戏骨真是帅过小鲜肉
2. "吴刚打开神秘"箱子" 解惑男人中年危机(图)". Sina (in Chinese). 29 May 2008.
3. "陈凯歌赞吴刚演技 《梅兰芳》全组尊称"吴一条"". Sohu (in Chinese). 30 September 2007.
4. ""铁人"吴刚：我们比钢铁侠牛多了". Sina (in Chinese). 27 May 2009.
5. "吴刚《风声》：只有小角色没有小演员". Sina (in Chinese). 25 September 2009.
6. "刘琳领衔《沂蒙六姐妹》 郭晓冬、吴刚成绿叶". Sohu (in Chinese). 17 June 2009.
7. "吴刚《建国大业》闻一多造型曝光(图)". Sina (in Chinese). 13 April 2009.
8. "西影《预审》开机前换角 吴刚取代郭德纲(图)". Sina (in Chinese). 10 April 2009.
9. "《不怕贼惦记》首发预告片 吴刚联袂应采儿". Mtime (in Chinese). 21 September 2011.
10. "吴刚《大魔术师》霸气外露 与梁朝伟上演魔术战". Tencent (in Chinese). 8 December 2011.
11. "《白鹿原》吴刚表演有张力 献激情戏处女秀". Sina (in Chinese). 10 September 2012.
12. "《消失的子弹》吴刚廖启智捕猎纯种猎犬搅局". Sohu (in Chinese). 26 July 2012.
13. "《全城高考》将上映 午马大秦吴刚赵卫国等齐赞". ifeng (in Chinese). 29 December 2012.
14. "《越来越好》公映 五大看点火热贺岁". Sina (in Chinese). 9 February 2013.
15. "《王朝的女人•杨贵妃》首映 吴刚成范冰冰"白马王子"". Sohu (in Chinese). 23 July 2015.
16. "《六人晚餐》定档6.16 吴刚邬君梅演绎平凡生活". Sina (in Chinese). 5 May 2017.
17. ""达康书记"吴刚:拍战狼这样的电影就是在玩命". Sina (in Chinese). 11 August 2017.
18. "60余位演员助阵《六年，六天》 吴刚再演人民公仆". Sina (in Chinese). 20 September 2017.
19. "抗战片《大轰炸》讲述"重庆大轰炸" 刘烨吴刚冯远征等主演". Xinhua (in Chinese). 11 July 2015.
20. "白百何新片《妈阁是座城》首发海报 定档4月阵容强 黄觉吴刚刘嘉玲曾志伟主演". Mtime (in Chinese). 14 March 2019.
21. "罗素兄弟监制新片《超级的我》定档". Mtime (in Chinese). 10 May 2019.
22. "《堆积情感》向你展示浓缩版的《开创世纪》". Sina (in Chinese). 8 January 2001.
23. "吴刚《黑蚂蚁》演绎变态杀手(图)". Sina (in Chinese). 30 July 2008.
24. "《左伟与杜叶》成都将播 吴刚机缘巧合饰左伟". Sina (in Chinese). 15 February 2008.
25. "吴刚《秋海棠》男旦扮相媲美黎明版梅兰芳(图)". Sina (in Chinese). 11 October 2007.
26. "《长江一号》宁波热拍 吴刚反串日军中将(图)". Sina (in Chinese). 30 November 2011.
27. "《潜伏》配角之陆桥山吴刚：全靠孙红雷力荐". Sina (in Chinese). 20 April 2009.
28. "《我是你儿子》怀旧80后童真 吴刚代言超级奶爸". Sina (in Chinese). 17 December 2009.
29. "谍战剧《利剑无锋》杀青 尤勇吴刚明争暗斗". Sina (in Chinese). 3 September 2010.
30. "《一世牵挂》首播告捷 翟小兴吴刚兄弟情深(图)". Sina (in Chinese). 20 January 2011.
31. "《强者风范》央八热播 陈宝国吴刚对决". Sina (in Chinese). 18 October 2012.
32. "《徐悲鸿》收官 吴刚演绎大师传奇一生". Sina (in Chinese). 15 October 2013.
33. "吴刚秦海璐《全家福》央视首播开门红". Sina (in Chinese). 16 January 2013.
34. "《杀尽豺狼》开播 吴刚聂远戏里戏外互掐". Sina (in Chinese). 27 October 2014.
35. "《绝密生涯》吴刚左小青奉献银幕初恋". Sina (in Chinese). 1 August 2013.
36. "《十月围城》吴刚入戏：钟汉良是我好儿子". Sina (in Chinese). 18 July 2014.
37. "《汉阳造》热播 吴刚弃工从商被"潜伏"". Sina (in Chinese). 29 July 2014.
38. "《无名者》吴刚丁志城上演尔虞我诈". Sina (in Chinese). 2 December 2006.
39. "《黎明之前》次时代新谍战连环套连环". Sina (in Chinese). 18 April 2016.
40. "《决胜》热拍 吴刚化身"魔神"震慑全场". Sohu (in Chinese). 3 November 2014.
41. "《人民的名义》热播 吴刚演市委书记自谦影视新人". Sina (in Chinese). 7 April 2017.
42. "《风再起时》讲述改革浪潮中的个人命运变迁". Sina (in Chinese). 2 November 2018.
43. "《破冰行动》重磅预告曝大案内情 黄景瑜吴刚再破尺度". Sina (in Chinese). 20 May 2018.
44. "《天衣无缝》曝全阵容 老中青三代为"猎谍"而战". Sina (in Chinese). 24 October 2017.
45. "陈道明吴刚 加盟古装剧《庆余年》". ifeng (in Chinese). 27 January 2018.
46. "书记转行做侦探 黄志忠吴刚《审讯者》现场飙戏". ifeng (in Chinese). 12 July 2017.
47. 文章张铭恩加盟《雪豹2》 吴刚未出演全阵容待宣. Sina (in Chinese). 3 July 2019.
48. "《铁人》获上海影评人奖 低调吴刚首次"称帝"". Sina (in Chinese). 18 June 2009.
49. "金鸡奖最佳男演员吴刚：我从小就很成功". Sohu (in Chinese). 21 October 2009.
50. "第十三届表演艺术学会奖金凤凰奖 - 学会奖" (in Chinese).
51. "第23届上海电视节白玉兰奖获奖名单". Sina (in Chinese). 16 June 2017.
52. "第十五届中美电影节、中美电视节在洛杉矶开幕". People's Daily (in Chinese). 6 November 2019.
53. "金骨朵网络影视盛典提名揭晓 王一博肖战杨紫等入围". Ynet (in Chinese). 25 November 2019.
54. "中国电视好演员盛典，朱一龙、王晓晨、关晓彤获最佳男女演员奖". Sichuan News (in Chinese). 19 December 2019.