Tom Wu
Tom Wu is an actor, born 1972.
Tom Wu was born in Hong Kong and works out of Britain, and for the first decade of his career he was the martial artist a production hired when a fight needed to look real: a lead boxer in Shanghai Knights, henchmen opposite Steven Seagal in Out for a Kill and Belly of the Beast, a Bhutanese prison guard in the opening act of Batman Begins.
The role that proved he was more than that arrived in 2014, when Netflix cast him as the blind monk Hundred Eyes in Marco Polo. The series got mixed reviews; his performance did not. Wu played a man whose fighting is the least interesting thing about him, all stillness and dry humour, and the show liked him enough to build a standalone special around the character. It is still the best argument for what he can carry.
Guy Ritchie has used him repeatedly, in Revolver, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and as Lord George in The Gentlemen, and there is a pattern to the casting: Ritchie puts him in rooms full of loud men and lets him be the quiet one everybody should be worried about. He has also worked across British television, in the children's series Spirit Warriors and the ITV thriller Strangers, and in Bollywood in Ra.One. Recent credits keep him in the same lane, including the action thriller Havoc.
Movies (25)
- Shelter (2026)
- Batman Begins (2005)
- Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
- The Gentlemen (2020)
- Havoc (2025)
- Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
- RED 2 (2013)
- Shanghai Knights (2003)
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
- Revolver (2005)
- The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior (2008)
- Ra.One (2011)
- Wake of Death (2004)
- The Tournament (2009)
- Mutant Chronicles (2008)
- Rogue Trader (1999)
- Out for a Kill (2003)
- Belly of the Beast (2003)
- The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
- Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes (2015)
- Immortality (1998)
- Soursweet (1988)
- The Ruby in the Smoke (2006)
- The Host (2020)
TV (2)
Where to start with Tom Wu
For Wu specifically, Marco Polo, and specifically the monk. The fight scenes he anchors are the main reason the series is remembered at all, and Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes is the short companion piece built entirely around the character.
The Gentlemen is the best of the Guy Ritchie collaborations and the one where his stillness does the most work in the fewest scenes. Shanghai Knights is the early martial arts showcase, Batman Begins is the blink and you miss it credit worth knowing about, and Kick-Ass 2 catches him having obvious fun with a ridiculous part. Havoc is the recent pick for anyone who came looking after a fight scene.