Chinese Idol/Actor

Lay Zhang (Zhang Yixing) Chinese Actor

Zhang Yi Xing

BioData

• First Name: Yixing
• Surname: Zhang
• Anglicised Name: Lay Zhang (Lay)
• DoB: 7 October 1991 (34)
• PoB: Changsa, Hunan, China
• Height:  1.77 m
• Civil Status: Single
• Education:
• Occupation: Model, Music Producer, Singer, Songwriter, Author, Philanthropist, Actor
• Work Period: 1998 – Present

Dramas & Films

• EXO Next Door (2015)
• To Be a Better Man (2016)
• The Mystic Nine (2016)
• Operation Love (2017)
• Kung Fu Yoga (2017)
• The Founding of an Army (2017)
• The Island (2018)
• The Golden Eyes (2019)
• Unexpected Love (2019)
• Empress of the Ming: Legend of Sun Ruowei (2019)
• Faith Makes Great (2021)
• Crime Crackdown (2021)
• Challenges at Midlife (2022)

Facts & Factoids:

• Current member of South Korean/Chinese boy group, EXO and EXO-M.
• Released his autobiography ‘Standing Firm at 25’
• The first celebrity to be appointed as Publicity Ambassador for the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) of Changsha.
• 30 July 2019: Zhang Yixing had just been announced as a global ambassador for Calvin Klein jeans and underwear.  BTW, he is the first Chinese global spokesperson for CK.