Vanness Wu (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Wu Jianhao; Peh-oe-ji: Ngo Kian-ho) is a Taiwanese American actor, singer, director, producer based in Asia. He was born on August 7, 1978, in Santa Monica, California and worked as a telemarketer before moving to Taiwan. Vanness is managed by talent manager Carl Choi.