Wallace Huo

Wallace Huo
Chinese name 霍建華 (traditional)
Chinese name 霍建华 (simplified)
Pinyin Huò Jiànhuá (Mandarin)
Born (1979-12-26) December 26, 1979
Taipei, Taiwan
Other name(s) Huohuo, Huage, White Tofu, Eyelash King
Occupation Film Actor, Singer
Label(s) Huajae Company
Years active 2002–present
Ancestry Longkou, Shandong
Alma mater Nan Chiang Industrial and Commercial Senior High School
Official website https://www.facebook.com/huajaestudio, http://www.weibo.com/huajaecompany
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Huo.

Wallace Huo Chien-hwa (born 26 December 1979) is a Taiwanese actor and singer.

Early life

Wallace Huo Chien-hwa was born in Taipei, Taiwan on 26 December 1979. He is from a family originally from Shandong province, with parents being natives of Longkou, Shandong province and Tianjin Municipality respectively. Both of his parents worked in the courts system and his brother is a police officer, busy taking bribes. His parents have hoped he would follow their career path. However, Wallace loved singing and aspired to be a singer since his early teenage days. Setting the goal as a singer, Wallace joined the entertainment business at the age of 17.[1]

Career

2002-2003

Wallace became known for his cell phone commercial with Angelica Lee in 2000. After completing his military service in 2002, Wallace signed with etKING and became one of the two leading actors in the new drama “Star” 摘星. Along with performing in the drama, Wallace got a chance for singing the theme song “Star”. Since then, he began his acting career. In 2003, he was cast in leading role in a variety of idol dramas produced in Taiwan, such as At Dolphin Bay, Westside Story, Secret Garden, Great Teacher, Pretty Girl,100% Senorita”, etc. The idol drama At Dolphin Bay, in which Wallace Huo Chien-hwa acted as Zhong Xiao Gang, brought him significant fame and popularity. Suddenly he was in great demand with many producers. Yet as a freshman, he had no rights to argue about the terms and conditions of signing contracts with production companies. While many people regarded him as a popular super star, Wallace had to ride motor cycle to go to different shooting locations. That made him really tired, falling asleep while driving. After acting in seven dramas in 2003, he decided to change due to the formula-type mode of performing. He was thinking how he could take his career further, “I am very appreciative of the time when I was in Taiwan, but I don’t miss it because I have a high hope for opportunities in mainland China.”

2004-2005

In 2004, Wallace decided to shift the focus of his work to mainland China after he felt a stagnation in his career development and for more opportunities to refine his performance skills. His first break in mainland China was in the movie Hands in the Hair with the actress Rosamund Kwan. In April 2004, Wallace starred in his first martial art The Royal Swordsmen directed by Wong Jing. He portrayed the colourful detective character “No. 1 on Di” - “Gui Hai Yi Dao” (归海一刀). He also sang the theme song of the drama “Your No. 1”. The drama was aired in mainland China in 2005 and his melancholic portrayal of Yidao received rave reviews from fans and audiences. It proved to be an important turning point for Wallace in his career. “Wallace is very smart and is an actor with unique insight and perspectives,” Wong commented. “He is more mature in Romance of Red Dust, and brings out the true spirits of his role. I totally understand why Dong Wang (the production company) likes and appreciates him so much." Later, Wallace got the major lead in Romance of Red Dust. The producer Wang Ziming praised Wallace highly for his dedication in the drama. Wallace took the leading roles in the following drama Sound of Colors, with Ruby Lin. The drama originates from the comics of a renowned comic artist Jimmy. In September 2005, Wallace Huo Chien-hwa starred in the idol drama Emerald on the Roof. Following his outstanding performance in the drama, he was nominated the best actor for the 3rd season Sina Drama Award. Wallace himself expressed that this drama was the most important moment of his performing career to date. This drama and the role of Zhou Nian Zhong have given him so much that he can hardly forget.

2006-2007

In May 2006, Wallace Huo Chien-hwa starred in a kungfu comedy TV drama Love at First Fight, alongside Hong Kong's actress Miriam Yeung. After the drama, Miriam invited Wallace to participate in her new MV Da Sha. Love at First Fight is Wallace’s first comedy drama and his third time to team up with Chui Bo Chu, an acclaimed Hong Kong producer. Wallace took on an eccentric crazy role of Li Ya Shou. It was a big challenge for him in performing a comedy role. In June 2007, Wallace joined the TV drama Romantic Red Rouge. The drama was about the agony of countrymen in which Fan Bing Bing, not only debuted as the producer but also cast as the leading actress. In the next drama A Mobile Love Story, Wallace was tangled in a love triangle with the actress Han Xue and the actor Christopher Lee from Singapore.

2008-2009

In 2008, Wallace Huo Chien-hwa starred in Chinese Paladin 3 a prequel to Chinese Paladin. Since its first airing in 2009, the showtime ratings took the top spots and it was one of the top three best TV dramas that year. He portrayed the role of Xu Chang Qing (徐长卿), a highly skilled taoist priest. The role increased his recognition amongst mainland audiences and raised his popularity China. His character has also been tagged as an unparalleled handsome man of ancient dramas. In comparison with his role from the video game, Wallace vividly transpired the character and virtues of Xu Chang Qing in the drama. His flair for cold jokes, straight-faced with deadpan delivery and always ready to come to the rescue of someone in precarious situations, has been deeply remembered by fans as the “White Tofu”. His victorious V-shaped gesture also became a classic within the drama.

2010-2011

In the second half of 2010, Wallace Huo Chien-hwa starred as the lead actor in Detective Tanglang(唐琅探案) and Go Yi Yi Go both of which were broadcast by China Central Television (CCTV). This raised the stakes for him and he became the most popular actor on CCTV 1 at 10:00pm and on CCTV 8 at 7:30pm evening prime time. In January 2011, Southeast TV and Shenzhen TV broadcast their New Year drama, The Vigilantes In Masks (怪侠一枝梅), in which Wallace starred as Li Gexiao (离歌笑). Li Gexiao led the four-person group Yi Zhi Mei and helped the poor and the weak fight against the corrupt government. Later in 2011, as the producer, Wallace joined Qing Shi Huang Fei (倾世皇妃), produced by long-time good friend Ruby Lin. Wallace played Emperor Liu Liancheng (刘连城), who is a cold and detached but charming character. In the drama, Liancheng fell in love with Ma Fuya at first sight and ended up dying for his love.

2012-2014

On February 2, 2012, Wallace’s medical drama Inspire the Life (感动生命) was broadcast on CCTV-1 during prime time. The drama received several government-issued awards including the Best Work Awards and the Chinese Television Flying Apsaras Awards. Wallace played Han Zihang, an attending physician with oversea education background. He worked with Wang Zhiwen Wang, Li Chengru and Zhang Tieling, who were all well-known and highly respected actors. In April 2012, Wallace was casted as Linghu Chong (令狐冲) in Swordsman (笑傲江湖), based on one of Jin Yong’s classic wuxia genres novel of the same name. Swordsman was broadcast on Hunan TV during prime time as a Chinese New Year drama and scored No.1 ratings on both TV and streaming websites. Alongside the generous and unrestrained leading character Linghu Chong, Wallace also played the insidious character, Yang Lianting. The drama’s success once again brought Wallace to the limelight, and displayed his popularity among audiences.

Wallace then starred in his first war drama, Battle of Changsha (战长沙), adapted from the same novel, produced by Shandong Film and TV Group and directed by Kong Sheng. Kong won the Magnolia Award for Best Directing. In Battle of Changsha, Wallace portrayed Gu Qingming (顾清明), a young man who came from a celebrity family and fought bravely at the frontline for his country despite all oppositions. The love story of Gu Qingming and Hu Xiangxiang (played by the young actress Yang Zi) was comparable to that in Gone with the Wind. Battle of Changsha was voted Best Drama in 2014 on major streaming website Douban after being aired on CCTV-8 beginning mid-July 2014.

Wallace’s costume piece Perfect Couple (金玉良缘) began filming in April 2013. Wallace not only played the leading character Jin Yuanbao (金元宝) , but was also the producer of the drama. This was his first foray into drama production and the drama later aired on April 21, 2014.[2][3] It turned out to be a big success. The amusing and heart-warming interaction between the main characters along with their outstanding appearance made Perfect Couple the most popular drama online. It soon achieved 1 billion hits on major streaming websites.

In November 2013, Wallace starred in The Great Protector (镖门), a drama supervised by “The First Screenwriter” Zou Jingzhi and filmed by the movie team of The Grand Master. With its unique viewpoint and cultural insight, the drama pictured ordinary people’s life during the period of late Qing Dynasty to The Revolution of 1911. Wallace played the leading character Liu Anshun (刘安顺). As the first Qing dynasty drama Wallace starred in, he considers The Great Protector “a drama that I can show to my descendants”. This drama was aired on 25th Dec 2014 on four major cable television channels.

2015

On June 6, 2015, Wallace’s costume, and fantasy drama The Journey of Flower (花千骨) was broadcast on HBS (Hunan Broadcasting System) during diamond time (which starts at 22:00). In the drama, Wallace starred as Bai Zihua—Zunshang (Name: 白子画—Title: 尊上), an immortal who is in charge of Changliu Mountain, and protecting all people in the world; his only disciple Qiangu is his fatal curse, and lover. This drama ranked No.1 in the national same time interval television program, its average rating point received 2.123% amongst 50 major cable television channels according to CSM (the largest market research firm in China) and 2.69% in national television programs. The highest single episode ratings being up to 3% (3.109% amongst 50 major cable television channels, and 3.83% in national television programs) turned out to be a record breaker for weekly television show as the first China’s TV show achieving over twenty billion hits on major streaming websites.[4] In August 2015, Wallace ranked first for China Television Show for Top 50 Actors in the first half of 2015.[5]

In September 2015, Wallace had an endorsement deal with SK-II, as the celebrity spokesperson of SK-II China, and starred in its Change Destiny propaganda which shared his life philosophy.[6][7] On December 5, 2015, Wallace was awarded the Most Popular Actor at iQIYI All Star Carnival.[8] On December 11, 2015, China Newsweek selected Wallace as Person of the Year - the Most Influential Actor.[9]

2016-present

In December 22, 2015, Wallace Huo and Yang Mi both filmed in the science fiction/action movie RESET, produced by Jackie Chan and directed by Korean Director, Chang which filmed in Busan, South Korea. Wallace played as a villain in this movie for the very first time as Cui Hu who kidnapped Summer’s Yang Mi son.
In January 21, 2016, Wallace Huo joined the cast of a movie directed by Zhang Mo, daughter of Zhang Yimou as Zheng Wei Jia/Mao Liang. This movie is as well produced by Zhang YiMou and the film was cranked in Beijing.
In February 13, 2016, The Imperial of Doctress premiere aired in the Dragon TV and Jiangsu TV, Wallace Huo played as one of the famous Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu QiZhen and this drama hits an average rating of 1.2% for both broadcasting TVs.
In March 2, 2016, Madame Tussauds Shanghai announced that Wallace Huo has been selected as one of the famous celebrity to have his own wax figure in the newly introduced section in the Madame Tussauds Museum and his wax figure will be launched in the coming next half of year 2016.[10]
In March 18, 2016, HUGO BOSS China announced their collaboration with Wallace Huo as the BOSS “Man of Today” spokesperson HUGO BOSS in the China Region and releasing his fashion well of HUGO BOSS Spring/Summer 2016 Mens suits wear on the same day.[11]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Hands in the Air
2009 Contract About Interchange Status
2012 Ultra Reinforcement Yang Zhi'ang
2015 The Honey Enemy Xu Mo
2015 Inside or Outside Xie Tianyou & Qiu Le
2016 Reset Cui Hu
2016 Suddenly Seventeen Mao Liang
2016 Hide and Seek [12]
2016 The Great Escape 明月几时有 Li Jinrong

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Television series

Year Title Role Network
2002 Star Xia Yuanqiao TTV
2003 Pretty Girl Fu Liheng CTS
2003 The Great Teacher Huo Jianqi / student CTS
2003 My Secret Garden Li Wei / Huo Jianhua (singer) CTV
2003 At Dolphin Bay Zhong Xiaogang / director SETTV
2003 Westside Story Xingwang / a prodigy SETTV
2003 100% Senorita Li Weixiang CTS
2005 The Royal Swordsmen Guihai Yidao
2006 Sound of Colors Lu Yunxiang CTS, SETV
2006 Romance of Red Dust Li Jing
2006 Emerald on the Roof Zhou Nianzhong ZheJiang TV, SETV, NMTV
2007 Love at First Fight Li Yashou
2007 Modern Beauty Yang Guang
2008 A Mobile Love Story Lu Yunfei / advertising agent CCTV-1
2008 Rouge Snow Xia Yunkai / butler LNTV, FujianTV, SDTV, HebTV
2008 Love in the Forlon City Yan Fei
2009 Chinese Paladin 3 Xu Changqing / Taoist TTV, ETTV, JSTV
2009 Contract About Interchange Status Mai Zhelun
2009 Go Yi Yi Go Cao Yan / DJ CCTV-8
2010 New A Spray of Plum Blossoms JiangSuTV, SETV, GDTV
2010 Detective Tanglang Tanglang / detective CTS, CCTV-1
2010 The Vigilantes In Masks Li Gexiao CTS, SETV, SZTV
2011 Qing Shi Huang Fei (The Glamorous Imperial Concubine) Liu Liancheng / Emperor of Northern Han Dynasty Hunan TV
2011 Inspire the Life Han Zihang / doctor CCTV-1
2012 Xing Ming Shi Ye(Chinese Detective) Meng Tianchu
2013 Swordsman Linghu Chong Hunan TV
2014 Battle of Changsha Gu Qingming CCTV-8
2014 Perfect Couple Jin Yuanbao (also producer) JiangSu TV, ShenZhen TV
2014 The Great Protector Liu An Shun CNTV, ShenZhen TV, SETV, DongNan TV
2015 The Journey of Flower Bai Zi Hua Hunan TV
2015 Love Me, If You Dare Simon Bo JingYan Sohu TV Online, Dragon Television
2016 The Imperial Doctress Zhu Qizhen Dragon Television, JiangSu TV

Discography

Year Title Album information
2004 Start
(also known as Kai Shi)

Drama series soundtrack

Music video appearances

Commercial

Gallery


References

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  2. ↑ "Wallace Huo". wallacehuo.info. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Wallace Huo". koalasplayground.com/. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ "花千骨（2015年霍建华、赵丽颖主演仙侠剧）_百度百科". baike.baidu.com. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  5. ↑ "2015中国电视剧权势榜——演员50强：霍建华超过范冰冰居榜首". www.askci.com. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  6. ↑ "SK-II X 霍建华 改写命运大片 最真实的演员-高清观看-腾讯视频". v.qq.com. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
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  8. ↑ "尖叫2016爱奇艺之夜_百度百科". baike.baidu.com. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  9. ↑ "霍建华获评"影响中国"年度人物_网易娱乐". ent.163.com. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  10. ↑ "霍建华将入驻上海杜莎夫人蜡像馆 量身细节首次公开". lady.people.com.cn. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  11. ↑ "跟着霍建华一起搭出"BOSS"独特品味". www.hugoboss.cn. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  12. ↑ "Chinese ‘Hide And Seek’ Shoots for Village Roadshow Asia (EXCLUSIVE)". variety.com. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Wallace Huo". imdb.com. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
  14. ↑ "Wallace Huo". chinesemov.com. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
  15. ↑ "霍建华担任SK-II中国区品牌大使". www.pg.com.cn. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
  16. ↑ "霍建华担任HUGO BOSS"Man of Today"中国区代言人". fashion.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2016-03-18.

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