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SCMP Reporter

Chinese singer and actor Kris Wu has enjoyed a meteoric rise since he entered show business in 2012, going from a member of South Korean boy band Exo to one of the biggest Asian stars in the world today.
Born in Guangzhou, Wu moved to Canada at the age of 10. When he was 18 he attended an audition in Vancouver for South Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment, which offered him a role in K-pop band Exo in 2012.
Sehun from K-pop band Exo: meet the lead rapper and dancer
Since going solo in 2014, Wu’s profile has risen as a rapper – as well as his songs, he also appeared as a judge on the hugely popular Chinese TV reality show The Rap of China – and as an actor, with roles in films including xXx: Return of Xander Cage and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
With Wu turning 28 today (November 6), let’s take a look at his life and career in pictures.














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Fame and celebrity

Kris Wu: from K-pop's Exo to solo singing star, actor and Rap of China judge

Kris Wu at the production conference of reality show 72 Floors of Mystery in China in May 2017. Photo: Alamy

Kris Wu for his a single, B.M.


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PTME0D Los Angeles, Ca, USA. 09th Oct, 2018. Kris Wu attends the 2018 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on October 9, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. ( Credit: Image Space/Media Punch)/Alamy Live News


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Exo on their debut in 2012, with Kris Wu in top row, second from left

Kris Wu courtesy of Burberry (2017)


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Deserve", featuring U.S rapper Travis Scott  and Kris Wu. 

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Somewhere Only We Know 2015.


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J2FRN5 RELEASE DATE: January 20, 2017 TITLE: xXx: Return of Xander Cage STUDIO: Paramount Pictures DIRECTOR: D.J. Caruso PLOT: Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons STARRING: KRIS WU as Harvard Zhou. (Credit Image: © Paramount Pictures/Entertainment Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com)


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HK389X RELEASE DATE: January 20, 2017 TITLE: xXx: Return of Xander Cage STUDIO: Paramount Pictures DIRECTOR: D.J. Caruso PLOT: Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons STARRING: Kris Wu, Ruby Rose, Rory Mccann, Vin Diesel as Xander Cage (Credit Image: © Paramount Pictures/Entertainment Pictures)HK389X.jpg

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Mr Six Chris Wu. 


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H6A9KA Chinese actor and singer Kris (Wu Yifan) attends the 2016 China Film Week in Tokyo, Japan on October 25, 2016. © AFLO/Alamy Live News

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H6AJWY Chinese actor and singer Kris (Wu Yifan) attends the ceremony of the 2016 China Film Week in Tokyo, Japan on October 26, 2016. © AFLO/Alamy Live News


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Chinese pop icon Kris Wu in new song Miss You featuring Chinese actress Zhao Liying. 

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Kris Wu in the 2018 Hong Kong-made action thriller Europe Raiders, alongside Tony Leung (R).

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February 2017, Kris Wu, on the red carpet   at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.


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Kris Wu as Sergeant Neza, in   Luc Besson's science fiction film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

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Chinese rapper Kris Wu signs to Universal record label after historic deal

Chinese hip-hop star Kris Wu has been signed by Universal Music Group.

Kris Wu in a scene from xXx: Return of Xander Cage

Culture

Music


Vancouver-raised, China-born Wu has a string of hit songs behind him
He has appeared in films such as xXx: Return of Xander Cage and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. And he's just 28. Happy Birthday, Kris



Vancouver-raised, China-born Wu has a string of hit songs behind him and screen roles in films such as xXx: Return of Xander Cage and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. And he's just 28. Happy Birthday, Kris


Hip hop in China

K-pop, Mandopop and other Asian pop

K-pop idols

Reality TV

Kris Wu: from K-pop's Exo to solo singing star, actor and Rap of China judge

Vancouver-raised, China-born Wu has a string of hit songs behind him He has appeared in films such as xXx: Return of Xander Cage and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. And he's just 28. Happy Birthday, Kris

Vancouver-raised, China-born Wu has a string of hit songs behind him

He has appeared in films such as xXx: Return of Xander Cage and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. And he's just 28. Happy Birthday, Kris