Allan Wu | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, United States | June 11, 1972
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Children | 2 |
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Traditional Chinese | 吳振天 |
Simplified Chinese | 吴振天 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Wú Zhèntiān |
Birth name | |
Traditional Chinese | 吳振宇 |
Simplified Chinese | 吴振宇 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Wú Zhènyǔ |
Allan Wu (born June 11, 1972) is a Singapore-based Chinese-American actor, host, VJ and model.
He is best known for being the host of 3 different editions of the popular reality game show, The Amazing Race. He was the host of 5 seasons of AXN Asia's The Amazing Race Asia, 3 seasons of International Channel Shanghai's The Amazing Race: China Rush and 4 seasons of Shenzhen Media Group's Chinese edition of The Amazing Race.
Wu decided to change his Chinese name because it was similar to Hong Kong film star Francis Ng (Chinese: 吳鎮宇; pinyin: Wú Zhènyù).[1]