Wallace Huo

Infobox actor


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name = Wallace Huo
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birthdate = birth date and age|1979|12|26
location = flagicon|Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan
height = 177cm
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othername = Huo Jian Hua
yearsactive = 2002-present
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notable role = "Chung Xiao Gang" in
"At the Dolphin Bay",
"Li Wei Xiang" in
"100% Senorita"
"Yi Dao" in "Tian Xia Di Yi"
"Lu Yun Xiang" in "Sound of Colors"
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Wallace Huo Jian Hua (zh-ts |t=霍建華 |s=霍建华; born 26 December1979) is a Taiwanese actor and singer.

Wallace first joined the entertainment business at the age of 17. Setting the goal as a singer, he went through two years' training in vocal and dancing. Just before he was about to record his first album, however, he was mandated to enlist in the army, which interrupted his dream of becoming a star.

He became known for his cell phone CF with Angelica Lee in 2000. After completing his military service, Wallace joined etKING and became one of the two leading actors in the new drama, Star. This started his acting career began from there. His first real major break was in the drama At the Dolphin Bay, where he portrayed the role of a cold-hearted music director who fell in love with the female lead (Angela Chang) and eventually found himself slowly changing.After Dolphin Bay he filmed 100% Senorita,Secret Garden I, Great Teacher,Pretty Girl and Westside Story with 5566, all in one year.

In 2004, he went to China to make the movie Hands in the Hair with Rosamund Kwan and martial art series Tian Xia Di Yi with Michelle Ye.He also worked with some of the best actresses in China including Ruby Lin,Shu Qi,Fan Bingbing and Miriam Yeung.

2002-2003

*The new star Wallace Huo debut in the upcoming TTV drama Star. Meanwhile he also sing four songs in the original soundtrack. He and David Chen became best friends because of show.The staff like to make fun of their unusually good friendship, they also deliberately display intriguing intimacy in public.

He tries to achieve in the SET trendy drama,A Promise of Love At the Dolphin Bay(drama). Used to be a nice and tender person, He was having a hard time to look like a bad boy.This made him more famous in Taiwan making him one of the hottest idol star of the year. Within merely half a year, he filmed 6 TV dramas, his salary increased several folds, and his schedule was booked.With Secret Garden, Great Teacher, Pretty Girl, Westside Story and 100% Senorita, all within the past six months, Wallace sits firmly on the top of his generation. With his salary rising to 50000 NT dollars per episode and all CF together, he had made 5 million dollars within half a year. The photo book he just made had sold more than 10000 copies before official release, and the CF he made for Mitsubishi Motors had just won a prize in Japan.

As a gift for his hard work and also a solution to meet his packed working schedule, Wallace bought the same Mitsubishi car for which he made a CF. The audience were so crazy about his Porsche convertible.

2004-2006

* The popularity in Taiwan that Wallace carried to China with him also gave him a lot of pressure.He won accolade from the famous director Jing Wang in his first martial arts series Tian Xia Di Yi/Hero. Moreover, the two leading actresses, Michelle Yip and Tammy Chen.

He also got the major lead in Romance of Red Dust.The producer Ziming Wong praised Wallace highly for his dedication in Romance of Red Dust. They became buddies and exchanged extensively their ideas about drama and acting.

“Wallace is very smart and is an actor with unique insight and perspectives. He is more mature in Romance of Red Dust, and brings out the true spirits of his role. I totally understand why Dong Wang likes and appreciates him so much.” Wong commented.

Sound of Colors, originally by the renowned comic artist Jimmy, will be made into a brand new TV series, with Wallace Huo and Ruby Lin take the leading roles. As both are extremely popular TV stars, their salary accounts for one third of the production expense.Sound of Colors had been made into movie and stage play in the past.

Trivia

* He was the former assistant of Taiwanese entertainer Cheng Guo Cheng
* He was highly praised by his co-starring actresses,including Angela Zhang,Michelle Yip, Rosamund Kwan,Shu Qi, and Ruby Lin.
* He was romantically linked with his co-star Rosamund Kwan.
* He give up his blooming career in Taiwan and headed in China.
* He first worked as a backstage assistant to the variety show host Kuo-Cheng Tseng
* Sound of Colors was aired Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, USA, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, and Japan.
* In June 7,2007, Wallace present the TV Award in Beijing.
* A photographer in Taiwan once said that he looked like the famous Japanese singer Masaharu Fukuyama.
* He recorded a tribute song for Xu Wei Lun.

Filmography

Discography:

Albums

*Star OST (4 tracks)
*My Secret Garden OST (1 track)
*100%Senorita OST (1 track)
*Tian Xia Di Yi OST (2 tracks)

Music video appearances

* A mei mei- saya (1997)
* Kang Chin Chung- Run Away(2000)
* Somebody/ 100%Senorita OST (2003)
* Xing Fu De Di Tu/Elva Hsiao /100%Senorita OST (2003)
* Ni Hao Jiu Hai, Na Shi Hou, Jian Shang Qing Ting, Ni Di Di Yi with Rosamund Kwan/ Start vol.1 album(2004)

CF/ Endorsements

* E-Wap (2000)
* Wrigley’s Gum (2000)
* Mitsubishi Virage IO (2003)
* Timberland (2003)
* Matrix (2003)
* Siemens CX65 (2004)
* Formosa Shades (2005)