Suho

Early life

Suho was born in Seoul, South Korea, on May 22, 1991. During his youth, Suho was the class president of his elementary school and the vice-chairman of his school's student body. He was also the vice-chairman of his junior high school; however, he dropped his position after being cast by S.M. Entertainment.

Suho became a trainee through S.M. Entertainment's Casting System in 2006 when he was 16 years old, after being discovered on the streets by an S.M. casting manager. In 2007, he was cast as an extra in the Super Junior film Attack on the Pin-Up Boys. In 2008, he made a brief appearance in TVXQ's music video, "HaHaHa Song".

2012–14: Career beginnings

Suho was officially introduced as the tenth member of Exo on February 15, 2012. The group officially debuted on in April 2012 with the extended play Mama.

In 2013, Suho voiced the main character Bernard for the Korean dub of the animated movie, Saving Santa. He also recorded the movie's original soundtrack of the same name with Apink's Jung Eun-ji.

In February 2014, Suho became a regular host for SBS's weekly music show Inkigayo alongside fellow Exo member Baekhyun, ZE:A member Kwanghee and actress Lee Yu-bi. Suho and Baekhyun left the position in November 2014 in order to focus on the release of Exo's second studio album.

2015–present: Acting roles

In January 2015, he starred in S.M. Entertainment's hologram musical, School OZ, playing the character of Hans alongside labelmates Changmin, Key, Luna, Xiumin and Seulgi. In April 2015, he was a regular cast member alongside Infinite's Sungkyu, CNBLUE's Jonghyun, Super Junior's Kyuhyun and SHINee's Minho in the KBS variety show Fluttering India, where they explored the country. In October 2015, Suho made his big screen debut with a main role in the indie movie One Way Trip, which premiered at the 20th Busan International Film Festival. Tickets for the premiere were sold out in 15 minutes.

In February 2016, Suho made a guest appearance in the music video of Jo Kwon's solo debut song "Crossroad". In April 2016, he was announced to be starring in the upcoming web drama How Are You Bread. The series is scheduled to be released in Korea and China in 2017. In June 2016, Suho collaborated with Leeteuk, Kassy and songwriter Cho Young-soo in a song titled "My Hero", part of S.M. Entertainment's music project Station. In July 2016, Suho and fellow Exo member Chen released a duet titled "Beautiful Accident" as an original soundtrack for the Chinese movie of the same name.

In January 2017, Suho starred as the male lead Woo Joo in the MBC drama special The Universe's Star, part of the drama trilogy Three Color Fantasy. He also recorded an original soundtrack titled "Starlight" for the drama. In February 2017, Suho collaborated with jazz pianist Song Young-joo on "Curtain", the last single from the Station project's first season.

On March 29, 2017, it was revealed that Suho alongside Xiumin will narrate a documentary titled "Korea From Above" for Mountain TV.

Personal life

In 2009, Suho began attending Korea National University of Arts, however, he withdrew from it in 2011 and continued his education at Kyung Hee Cyber University along with fellow Exo members Chanyeol and Baekhyun. There he took classes for the Culture and Arts Department of Business Administration. Suho revealed on the KBS travel show Fluttering India and on Vapp that he is a Buddhist.