18 Facts About Park Chanyeol

Park Chanyeol 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, Chanyeol has starred in various television dramas and movies such as So I Married an Anti-fan, and Secret Queen Makers.

Park Chanyeol has an elder sister named Park Yoo-ra, who is a former announcer at South Korean broadcasting station YTN, and MBC.

Park Chanyeol wanted to be a singer after listening to Unconditional Kismet by Yoo Young-jin.

Park Chanyeol has cited Jason Mraz and Eminem as his biggest influences, though he was a fan of rock bands like Muse, Green Day, Nirvana, and X-Japan in middle school.

Park Chanyeol became a trainee under SM Entertainment after winning second place in the 2008 Smart Model Contest.

Park Chanyeol became the last Exo member to be officially introduced to the public on February 23,2012.

Park Chanyeol made a guest appearance in Girls' Generation-TTS's music video for their debut single "Twinkle".

In October 2013, Park Chanyeol joined the cast of SBS' reality TV show Law of the Jungle during its filming in Micronesia.

Park Chanyeol composed and recorded an original soundtrack titled "Last Hunter" for the show in 2015 after rejoining the show.

In 2014, Park Chanyeol wrote the rap for the Korean version of the track "Run" from Exo's second extended play Overdose and was featured in label-mates Henry's second extended play and Zhou Mi's debut EP.

Park Chanyeol left the show in September 2014 due to schedule conflicts.

Park Chanyeol later starred as the male lead alongside actress Moon Ga-young and fellow Exo members in the web-drama Exo Next Door.

Park Chanyeol later wrote the rap for "Lightsaber", Exo's promotional single for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was included in their third extended play Sing for You.

In June 2016, Park Chanyeol starred alongside Yuan Shanshan and label-mate Seohyun in the South Korean-Chinese film So I Married an Anti-fan.

In January 2017, Park Chanyeol played a supporting role in MBC's drama Missing 9.

In May 2018, it was announced that Park Chanyeol would be playing the supporting role of Jung Se-joo, Hee-joo's younger brother in tvN's drama Memories of the Alhambra.

Park Chanyeol enlisted into the military as an active duty soldier on March 29,2021.