Johnny Lu (, born May 8, 1977) is an American-Taiwanese actor.

Life and career

Lu was born in

Taipei City Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...

, Taiwan. His father, , was one of the founding members of the

Bamboo Union The United Bamboo Gang (UBG; ; Bamboo Union triad) is the largest of Taiwan's three main criminal Triads. They are reported to have roughly 10,000 members. The membership consists largely of '' waishengren'' (Mainland Chinese) and has had his ...

triad in Taiwan. Lu's parents divorced, and then at the age of eight Lu moved to America, where he spent the rest of his childhood. He later attended University of California, Irvine, University of California in Irvine, California, earning a bachelor's degree in English studies. After various modeling work, Lu crossed over to acting in 2002, and subsequently had small roles in films such as ''Lost in Time (2003 film), Lost in Time'', ''Fantasia (2004 film), Fantasia'' and ''Driving Miss Wealthy''. In 2008, he returned to Taiwan and appeared in his first Mandarin-language series, ''Police et vous'', playing the role of a businessman. Lu then starred in numerous television series such as ''Who's The One'', ''Next Heroes'', ''In Between'', ''True Love 365'', ''Life Plan A and B'', as well as the film ''100 Days (2013 film), 100 Days'', which was released in 2013.

Personal life

Lu married his high school girlfriend, Tammi, in Los Angeles in 2008. They have a son and a daughter.

Filmography

Television series

Film

Variety show

Music video

Discography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lu, Johnny 1977 births Living people 21st-century Taiwanese male actors Taiwanese male film actors Taiwanese male television actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Taipei University of California, Irvine alumni