Chu Lu-hao (Chu Lu-hao)

Also known as: Zhu Lu Hao, Zhu Luhao, Zhu Jia Fu, Zhu Jiafu, Chu Luhao, Chu Chiafu, 朱陆豪, 朱家福

Date of birth: 5 January 1954 (72 years old)

Country: Taiwanese

Chu Lu Hao, born Chu Chia Fu (朱家福), is a Taiwanese actor. is a Taiwanese actor and director of Taiwanese opera. He was born to a Hakka mother from Chutung, Hsinchu, Taiwan, and a father from Nanking, China. At the age of 9, Chu joined the Republic of China Army Lu Kuang Theatre Troupe Experimental School (中華民國陸軍陸光劇隊陸光劇藝實驗學校) to study Peking opera, where he was part of the first "Lu" cohort, specializing as a wusheng, a martial role. Following his graduation from the theater school, he served in the Republic of China Marine Corps, working as a martial arts instructor for the Feima Yue Opera Troupe (臺灣豫劇團). Chu later graduated from the National Taiwan Academy of Arts (國立臺灣藝術大學) with a major in Chinese drama.