Hu Zitong

Hu Zitong

Tony Wu, born in Hong Kong on April 16, 1992, is an actor and baseball player in Hong Kong, China.

In 2016, he starred in his first film "point five steps", thus officially entering the performing arts circle; in the same year, with the film "point five steps", he was shortlisted for the best new actor award of the 53rd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award. In 2017, he starred in the science fiction film "the battle of tomorrow"; in the same year, he won the best new actor award of the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards.

On July 15, 2020, the film "the band of seven", starring Hu Zitong and others, was shortlisted in the "Cannes 2020" list earlier, and now becomes the opening film of the 25th Pusan International Film Festival. The film released its first preview on September 15.

Early experience

Hu Zitong was born in Hong Kong. He loved performing since he was a child. When he was in primary school, he participated in drama competitions held by the school and won the best actor award. Influenced by his father and brother, he began to contact baseball when he was very young. When he grew up, he became a member of the Hong Kong Baseball team and participated in the National Games. After that, Hu Zitong took part in the selection of actors for the film "five steps" and was selected by director Chen Zhifa, thus opening up his acting career.

Acting experience

In 2016, he co starred with Liao Qizhi and Lin Yaosheng in the youth inspirational film "point five steps", in which he played fan Jinwei, a member of the "Shayan team" who grew up in Hong Kong estate. This was his first film work. In November of the same year, he was shortlisted for the best new actor award of the 53rd Taiwan Golden Horse Film Award for "point five steps"; in addition, he also played in supplermoment "song of Shayan" 》My MV.

In January 2017, he was nominated for the best new actor award of the 11th Asian Film Awards. Later, he starred in the science fiction film "tomorrow's battle" with Gu Tianle, Liu Qingyun and Jiang Haowen. On April 9 of the same year, he won the best new actor award of the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards.

On July 15, 2020, the film "the band of seven", starring Hu Zitong and others, was shortlisted in the "Cannes 2020" list earlier, and now becomes the opening film of the 25th Pusan International Film Festival. The film released its first preview on September 15.

Personal life

Hu's father and brother Hu Zifeng are both baseball players, and his mother is a scorer on the sidelines. Hu's girlfriend is Ou Kaichun, a female swimmer from Hong Kong, China.

Main works

Take part in the film

Participate in MV

social activities

On March 24, 2017, Hu Zitong attended the charity Premiere of the film "a dream without a bright future" held in Hong Kong, and all the charity funds obtained from the event were donated to support mental health and promotion services.

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Hu Zitong is a burly figure, and his performance in the movie "five steps" is excellent (Netease).

Hu Zitong changed from a player to an actor without any acting lessons. Her acting skills all come from the ingenious transformation of talent and athlete's character. Although he has many emotional outbursts in the movie "five steps", he can cultivate his own emotions well. Hu Zitong, with her real baseball experience, plays fan Jinwei in the movie "five steps", which fully demonstrates the friendship and entanglement among baseball players.