Daniel Wu Finds His Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor Award While Going Through His Late Parents’ Belongings

In 2004, Hongkong actor Daniel Wu, 47, was named Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Horse Awards for his role as a psychotic mass murderer in New Police Story.

The award was the first acting award he ever received and during his acceptance speech, he dedicated it to his parents. 

On Tuesday (May 31), Daniel revealed on IG that he recently found the award among the belongings of his late parents. His dad died in March a day before he turned 93, and his mum, in 2014 at 77. 

"Was at my parent’s house today going over their possessions. It’s such a strange thing to reverse engineer my parent’s history from all of their possessions," wrote Daniel.

"In my speech I said “Mom, Dad, this is for you!” and the next time I saw them, I gave it to them," he continued, adding that the award is now back with him.

Daniel, who graduated from University of Oregon's College of Design, also revealed that he gave up his job as an architect to pursue an acting career.

"I wanted them to be proud of my decision to leave architecture and to show them that I would be okay in this business and that the person I became was because of them," he revealed.

"They are no longer here today but their spirit lives on in me and I hope to pass all of that to my daughter."

Daniel has a nine-year-old daughter, Raven, with his American model wife Lisa S.