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Kris Wu at the Hallyu Star Street on March 2014
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Chinese name | 吴亦凡 |
Pinyin | Wú Yìfán (Mandarin) |
Birth name | 李嘉恒 Lǐ Jiāhéng |
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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. |
November 6, 1990
Nationality | Chinese-Canadian |
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Wu Yifan (simplified Chinese: 吴亦凡; traditional Chinese: 吳亦凡; pinyin: Wú Yìfán, pronounced [ǔ îfân], OO EE-fawn; born November 6, 1990), professionally known as Kris Wu or Kris, is a Chinese-born Canadian actor, singer, and model. He is active as a solo artist and actor in China and has starred in several #1 box office hits including Mr. Six and Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back which are among the highest-grossing Chinese films of all time in China. He has recently made his Hollywood debut in xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017).
Kris Wu, born Li Jiaheng (Chinese: 李嘉恒; pinyin: Lǐ Jiāhéng), but as he grew up, his legal Chinese name was changed to Wu Yifan (Chinese: 吴亦凡; pinyin: Wú Yìfán) for personal reasons. He was born and raised in Guangzhou, Guangdong.
At the age of 10, he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with his mother. He returned to China at the age of 15 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.