Kris Wu

Wu Yi Fan (,

In 2021, after rape allegations emerged on the Chinese social media, Wu was investigated by the Chinese authorities.

He was subsequently sentenced to 13 years of imprisonment for forcing three intoxicated women to have sex with him on November 25, 2022, by the Chinese courts, and was separately fined CN¥600 million (US$84 million) fine for tax evasion.

In November 2023, he lost an appeal of the rape trial.

Li Jiaheng was born on November 6, 1990, in Guangzhou, Guangdong, to Stacey Yu Wu (born Wu Xiuqin; ) and Li Kaiming.

His parents divorced when he was a toddler and he was raised solely by his mother.

At the age of 10, he moved to Vancouver, Canada, with his mother.

He returned to China at the age of 14 and attended Guangzhou No. 7 Middle School for a brief period, after which he and his mother went back to Vancouver, where he attended Point Grey Secondary School and Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School under the name Kevin Li.

At the age of 17, his legal name was changed to Wu Yi Fan.

At the age of 18, Wu auditioned for SM Entertainment's Canadian global auditions, which were held in Vancouver; after passing the auditions, he became a trainee for the company and was offered a role in Exo in 2012.

On February 17, 2012, Wu was introduced as the eleventh member of Exo.

In April 2012, Exo made their debut and quickly became one of the most popular K-pop groups in South Korea and internationally, achieving commercial success with their studio album XOXO and their hit song "Growl" in 2013.

The album became the first album by a Korea-based artist in twelve years to sell over one million copies, and is the 12th best selling album of all time in Korea.

Before leaving the group, Wu was featured on Exo's Overdose album, which was released in May 2014 and became the best selling album of 2014 in South Korea.

Wu released "Time Boils the Rain" as part of the soundtrack for the Chinese box office hit Tiny Times 3 in July 2014.

In the following year, he became the youngest celebrity to have a wax figure at Madame Tussauds Shanghai and was named "Newcomer of the Year" by Esquire China.

Wu made his film debut in Somewhere Only We Know, directed by Xu Jinglei.

The film was released on February 14, 2015, and debuted first place on the Chinese box office, grossing US$37.81 million in six days following its release.

He won the "Best Newcomer Award" at the 3rd China International Film Festival London for his performance.

He then starred in his second film Mr. Six, which closed at the Venice Film Festival.

The film was a box office hit, grossing over US$137 million and becoming one of the highest-grossing films in China.

The same year, Wu starred alongside Liu Yifei in So Young 2: Never Gone and romance melodrama Sweet Sixteen.

He won the "Newcomer with the Most Media Attention" award at the Shanghai International Film Festival and "Best Actor" at the Gold Crane Award for his performance.

Wu also starred in the blockbuster fantasy film L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties, directed and written by Guo Jingming.

Wu made his runway debut at Burberry's Fall 2016 Men's Show in London.

He also took part in the 2016 NBA All-Star Game as a member of Team Canada, coached by Drake.

In January 2017, Wu made his Hollywood film debut in D. J. Caruso's XXX: Return of Xander Cage.

He released the single "Juice", featuring Vin Diesel in the music video, as part of the soundtrack on January 19.

Wu then starred in Stephen Chow's film, Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back, playing Tang Sanzang.

In February 2017, Wu represented China at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

The same month, Wu accepted his second invitation to play in the 2017 NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans.

Forbes listed Wu their 30 Under 30 Asia 2017 list which comprises 30 influential people under 30 years old who have made substantial effect in their fields.

In July 2017, Wu co-starred in Luc Besson's science fiction film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

In October 2017, Wu released "Deserve", featuring American rapper Travis Scott.

Upon its release, "Deserve" placed No. 1 on the U.S. iTunes chart, making Wu the only Chinese artist to achieve the feat.

At the end of 2017, Wu released a single, "B.M.".

Kris released another single, "Miss You" featuring Zhao Liying on Christmas Day 2017.

The music video was released on December 28.

Wu starred in the 2018 Hong Kong-made action thriller Europe Raiders, alongside Tony Leung.

As of April 2018, future music from Wu will be released internationally, excluding Japan and Korea, through a partnership of Universal Music China, Interscope in the United States and Island Records in the United Kingdom Wu's debut album Antares featuring the 2018 singles "Like That" and "Freedom" (featuring Jhené Aiko) was released on November 2, 2018.