Wu Lei (also known as Leo Wu) is a Chinese actor that has been an actor since he was a child. Wu Lei has appeared in commercials since he was 3 years old and started as an actor when he was 5-6 years old. He has transformed from a child actor who plays the younger version of the main character, a supporting actor, to now being the main character of various popular dramas such as Fights Break Sphere / Battle Through The Heavens (2018), Tomb of The Sea (2018), Cross Fire (2020), The Long Ballad (2021), Love Like The Galaxy (2022), Nothing But You (2023) and Amidst a Snowstorm of Love (2024). Wu Lei has appeared in dozens of dramas and films since childhood and he is known by the nickname Nation’s Little Brother in China (国民弟弟).
Profil
- Name: 吴磊 (Wu Lei)
- English name: Leo Wu
- Born: Shanghai, 26 Desember 1999
- Age: 24 years old
- Zodiac: Capricorn
- Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit
- Height: 182 cm
- Blood type: B
- MBTI: ISTJ
- Agency: Wu Lei Studio (his own agency)
Fandom
Fandom name: Leimi (磊迷, means Lei fans)
Nickname: xlm (xiao lei mi)
Unofficial name: little blueberry (xiao lan mei –> xiao lei mei –> similar with xiao lei mi. Xiao lei mei –> Wu Lei’s beautiful girls).
Fandom color: green
Fun Facts
- When little Wu Lei and his mother went to the hospital, a casting director queued behind them and saw Wu Lei being carried by his mother. Because he’s selected by the casting director, Wu Lei then appeared in his first advertisement at the age of 3.
- When Wu Lei was 5 years old, he took a performing arts class. At that time, the drama crew of “The Legend and the Hero” went to the school to cast child actors, but they only went to the older children classes and not to the younger classes that Wu Lei attended. Wu Lei then excused himself to the toilet and went to look for the drama crew. He told the drama crew that he had appeared in a commercial and they could cast him too. The drama crew of “The Legend and the Hero” found him very interesting and finally recorded a video and took photos of little Wu Lei. The director of the play saw that Wu Lei was different from other child and decided to cast Wu Lei as little Nezha.
- For his crying scene as little Nezha in “The Legend and the Hero”, Wu Lei was pinched by the assistant director. Despite enduring the pain, Wu Lei can finished his dialogue in the drama.
- Wu Lei is good at horse riding.
- Wu Lei is very serious about acting. He learned various skills to be able to play his characters well. Starting from studying martial arts, horse riding, playing tennis and badminton, as well as playing billiards. While acting as a blind person in Adoring (2019), he read a lot of books and watched films and videos about blind people. The same also when he played Lu Xiaobei who couldn’t walk in Cross Fire (2020).
- Wu Lei adopted a female dog named Xiaobei. He met Xiaobei while filming Cross Fire and named her after the character he played. Wu Lei is very proud and loves Xiaobei.
- Wu Lei entered Beijing Film Academy with the highest score (92.85 points), ranking first in the country in the acting major. Until now, his score in Beijing Film Academy acting major entrance examination hasn’t broken yet.
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