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Zhang Yixing

Zhang Yixing

Birthday: 1991-10-07 | Place of Birth: Changsha, Hunan, China

Zhang Yixing (simplified Chinese: 张艺兴; traditional Chinese: 張藝興, pinyin: Zhāng Yìxīng), better known as Lay, is a Chinese singer-songwriter, record producer, author, dancer, and actor. He is a member and one of the main dancers of the South Korean-Chinese boy group EXO and its sub-unit EXO-M. He first became known after participating in the Chinese TV talent show Star Academy in 2005. In January 2015, Lay was ranked 5th on Baidu's "2014 Top 10 Most Popular Celebrities" list. In September 2015, he released his autobiography titled Standing Firm at 24, which broke several online book records. In July 2016, Lay was appointed by the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) of Changsha as the publicity ambassador, the first celebrity to hold such a title. On October 28, 2016, Lay released his mini-album Lose Control in both South Korea and China. The EP was a commercial success peaking at number 1 on the Gaon Album Chart as well as number 4 on Billboard's US World Albums chart and made him the first Chinese artist to enter the iTunes Top 60.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Mumu

as    Xiao Ma

2024
A Legend

as    Wang Jing/Hua Jun

2023
Tale of the Night

as    He An

2023
No More Bets

as    Pan Sheng

2022
Challenges at Midlife

as    Ning Shu

2021
Crime Crackdown

as    Lin Hao

2020
We Are Young

as    Youth PD

2019
Ming Dynasty

as    Zhu Qizhen

2019
The Golden Eyes

as    Zhuang Rui

2018
The Island

as    Ma Xiaoxing

2018
IDOL PRODUCER

as    Nation's Representative Producer

2018
The Island

as    Xiao Xing

2018
Tomb of the Sea

as    Xie Yuchen

2018
Rave Now

as    明星主理人

2017
2017
2017
The Founding of an Army

as    Lu Deming

2017
Kung Fu Yoga

as    Xiaoguang

2017
Operation Love

as    Yan Xiaolai

2016
The Mystic Nine

as    Er Yuehong 'Er Ye'

2016
To Be a Better Man

as    Xiao Cai

2016
老九门未删减版

as    二月红