SINGAPORE, Nov. 4 -- Taiwanese singer-actor Nicky Wu was moved to tears after his team surprised him with a special animated video retracing his life and career to mark his birthday.

A video shared on Weibo shows Nicky, who turned 56 on October 31, watching the six-minute short film. Thinking it was just another routine video recording, he initially joked: "Don't show the old stuff!"

The video begins by revisiting Nicky's early years where he worked odd jobs, including washing cars, working at a construction site and helping out at a night market, before his rise to fame as a member of the popular Taiwanese boy band The Little Tigers after being scouted by singer-songwriter Angus Tung at the night market.

The group, formed in 1988 and ...