Oh Se-hun


Oh Se-hun, better known mononymously as Sehun, is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer, model and actor. He is a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group Exo, its sub-group Exo-K and sub-unit Exo-SC. Apart from his group's activities, Sehun has also starred in various television dramas and films such as Secret Queen Makers  and Dokgo Rewind. He has been a cast member of Busted! since 2018.

Early life

Sehun was born in Jungnang-gu, Seoul, South Korea, on April 12, 1994. He graduated from the School of Performing Arts Seoul in February 2013. He has an older brother.

Career

Sehun was first scouted by an SM Entertainment casting agent at 12 years old while he was out having lunch with friends. While at first running away from the agent for 30 minutes and being chased down the streets, he was eventually cast into SM Entertainment in 2008. He went through four auditions in two years. On January 10, 2012, Sehun became the fifth Exo member to be officially introduced to the public. The group made their debut with the extended play Mama in April 2012.
In February 2016, Sehun received a Weibo Star Award as voted by users of the Chinese social networking site Sina Weibo at the 5th Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards. In March 2016, Sehun was cast as the male lead in the upcoming Korean-Chinese film Catman, which was released in 2018. In July 2016, Sehun was announced to be starring as the male lead in the upcoming Korean-Chinese web drama Dear Archimedes, which began airing in 2019.
In September 2017, Sehun became a fixed cast member in a new Netflix original variety show Busted!.
In February 2018, Sehun was cast in the action web drama Dokgo Rewind as the male lead. In May 2018, it was announced that Sehun will be starring in the web drama Secret Queen Makers which is produced by Lotte Duty Free.
On September 14, 2018, Sehun with fellow Exo member Chanyeol released a collaborative single, "We Young", for SM Station X 0.
On June 28, 2019, it was confirmed that Sehun and Chanyeol were preparing to debut as the group's second sub-unit Exo-SC. They released their first EP, What a Life, on July 22, 2019.
On May 24, 2020, Sehun officially became the new brand spokesperson of Dr. Jart+'s China region. After Sehun becoming the brand's spokesperson, Dr. Jart+ achieved highest sales ever during China's mid-year shopping festival and Sehun's limited mask set sold 20 thousand pieces in 9 minutes.
On June 28, 2020, it was confirmed that Sehun would make his big-screen debut in the movie "The Pirates: Goblin Flag".

Fashion

Sehun has attended many fashion events of high-end brands, including Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, and Ermenegildo Zegna.
In 2017 and 2018, Sehun attended Louis Vuitton's fashion shows in Paris.
In 2018, Sehun did a photoshoot with model Sara Grace Wallerstedt sponsored by Louis Vuitton for Vogue Korea magazine. Sehun became the cover of Vogue Korea's 22nd anniversary special issue in August 2018. He became the second male Korean celebrity after G-Dragon who has a solo Vogue cover. Sehun's cover became the highest selling issue of Vogue Korea since its first issue in 1996.
On September 19, Italian men's clothing brand Ermenegildo Zegna announced that Sehun, alongside Chinese singer and actor William Chan, would be the ambassadors for the brand's clothing line XXX.

Discography

Songs

Songwriting

All credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association, unless stated otherwise.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Variety show

Music videos

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
20155th Gaon Chart Music AwardsWeibo Kpop Star Awardrowspan="6"
20166th Gaon Chart Music AwardsArtist of Fans' Choice – Individual-
20175th V Chart AwardsMost Popular Artist Tonight-
2017Fashionista AwardsGlobal Icon-
20183rd Asia Artist AwardsStarpay Popularity Award -
2019Weibo Starlight AwardsOverseas Male Artist Award-
201914th Soompi AwardsBest Idol ActorDokgo Rewind
20194th Asia Artist AwardsAAA x Dongnam Media & FPT Polytechnic Award