Kris Wu

Biography

Kris Wu, also known as Wu Yifan, is a Chinese-Canadian singer and actor born on November 6, 1990, in Guangzhou, China. He immigrated to Canada with his mother at the age of ten. In 2012, he debuted as a member of the South Korean group EXO under SM Entertainment and also led its Chinese sub-unit, EXO-M. In 2014, he returned to China to pursue his career independently after filing a request to nullify his contract with SM Entertainment. He achieved significant success in the Chinese entertainment industry. In July 2021, he was arrested on charges of rape and sexual assault and was banned in mainland China. In November 2022, he was sentenced to thirteen years in prison with deportation, a ruling upheld on appeal in November 2023.