Wu Pong-fong ( Chinese: 吳朋奉; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ngô͘ Pêng-hōng; 2 November 1964 – 25 May 2020) was a Taiwanese actor and choreographer.

Wu was born on 2 November 1964. ^[1] His father was from Zhao'an County in Fujian. ^{[1] [2]} His parents married in 1950 and divorced when Wu was eight years old. ^{[1] [2]} He lived with his father in Sanchong District. ^{[1] [2]} Wu's father was supportive of the Kuomintang, and his uncle led a Second Section of Personnel Office [ zh], ^[3] also known as the Human Resources Second Office, ^[4] a department in every public institution charged with managing security and monitoring loyalty of public sector employees to the party. ^[5] Despite censorship of Taiwanese Hokkien at the time, Wu heard the dialect at a young age, as many of his classmates spoke it. ^[3] In time, Wu began identifying as Taiwanese, and not as a Mainlander. ^[3] Wu worked as a supervisor in a printing factory, but lost his job after a superior discovered that he was communicating to colleagues the number of vacation days allowed per year under the provisions of the Labor Standards Act [ zh]. ^{[2] [3]}

Wu's first acting experience came when he joined a troupe led by Chou Yi-chang. ^[3] Wu later became a member of Golden Bough Theatre [ zh], ^[6] and also worked as a choreographer for Flux Waves Dance Theater. ^[7] He performed leading roles in Golden Bough Theatre's She is So Lovely (2002) and All in One (2005). ^{[8] [9]}

Wu was twice awarded the Golden Bell Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film, in 2008 for Imprints Of Ceiba Flowers and 2019 for The Roar. ^{[1] [10]} He was named the best actor at the 2011 Taipei Film Awards for Ranger [ zh]. ^{[1] [10]} Wu's performance in the film Seven Days in Heaven [ zh] resulted in a Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2010. ^[11] He worked with director Wang Yu-lin [ zh] a second time in the 2012 film Flying Dragon, Dancing Phoenix [ zh]. ^[12] Wu was cast as Peng Feng in Lin Fu-ching's debut feature film Jumping Boy [ zh], released later that year. ^[13] In 2016, Wu appeared in We Are Family [ zh] directed by Jim Wang [ zh]. ^[14]

Wu's relatives found him unresponsive at home in Banqiao District on 24 May 2020. ^[15] After a forensic medical examination had been performed, Wu's agent confirmed that Wu had died, aged 55, of a stroke in the early morning of 25 May 2020. ^{[16] [17]}

References

External links

• Wu Pong-fong at IMDb 
• Wu Pong-fong at the Hong Kong Movie Database