Jang Dong Gun
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Jang Dong Gun
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Profile
- Name: 장동건 / Jang Dong Gun (Jang Dong Geon)
- Profession: Actor, musician, singer, and model
- Birthdate: 1972-Mar-07 (age 51)
- Birthplace: Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Height: 182cm
- Weight: 68kg
- Star sign: Pisces
- Blood type: O
- Family: Wife/actress Ko So Young and two children (a boy and a girl)
- Talent agency: SM C&C
About Jang Dong Gun
Jang Dong Gun is a popular and well-renowned South Korean actor, who has been active in the entertainment business for over more than 20 years in both television and film. For a time, he was the highest paid actor in South Korea. Jang Dong Gun has had a wide range of acting performances in both TV and movies that has earned him a large fan-base both in Korea and throughout Asia.
He is probably best known for his roles in the films Friend (2001), Taegukgi (2004), and No Tears for the Dead (2014) and a few of MBC's most popular television series in the 1990s, including Our Heaven (1993), The Last Game (1994), and Love (1999).
TV Shows
- Arthdal Chronicles: The Sword of Aramoon (tvN, 2023)
- Arthdal Chronicles (tvN, 2019)
- Suits (KBS2, 2018)
- Once Loved You, Distressed Forever (2015, post-production)
- A Gentleman's Dignity (SBS, 2012)
- All About Eve (MBC, 2000)
- Springtime (MBC, 1999)
- Ghost (SBS, 1999)
- Love (MBC, 1998)
- Ready Go! (MBC, 1997)
- Model (SBS, 1997)
- Myth of a Hero (MBC, 1997)
- Medical Brothers (MBC, 1997)
- Icing (MBC, 1996)
- The Last Game (MBC, 1994)
- Il-Ji-Mae (MBC, 1994)
- Our Heaven (MBC, 1993)
TV Show Theme Songs
- More Than - A Gentleman's Dignity OST (2012)
Movies
- Rampant (2018)
- Seven Years of Night (2018)
- V.I.P. (2017)
- No Tears for the Dead (2014)
- The Great Legacy (2013) cameo
- Dangerous Liaisons (2012)
- My Way (2011)
- The Warrior's Way (2010)
- Good Morning, President (2009)
- The Promise (2005)
- Typhoon (2005)
- Taegukgi (2004)
- The Coast Guard (2002)
- 2009 Lost Memories (2002)
- Friend (2001)
- Anarchists (2000)
- Nowhere to Hide (1999)
- Love Wing Love Song (1999)
- First Kiss (1998) cameo
- Holiday in Seoul (1997)
- Repechage (1997)
TV Show Theme Songs
- More Than - A Gentleman's Dignity OST (2012)
Recognitions
- 2018 32nd KBS Drama Awards: Best Actor in a Mini-Series – Excellence Award (Suits)
- 2017 5th Marie Claire Asia Star Awards: Actor of the Year (V.I.P.)
- 2012 SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award, Actor - Weekend/Serial Drama (A Gentleman's Dignity)
- 2012 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars Award (A Gentleman's Dignity)
- 2012 5th Style Icon Awards: Style Icon of the Year
- 2012 5th Style Icon Awards: Top 10 Style Icons
- 2007 15th Chunsa Film Festival: Hallyu Culture Award
- 2005 2nd Max Movie Awards: Best Actor (Typhoon)
- 2004 Blue Dragon Film Festival: Best Actor Award (Taegukgi)
- 2003 1st Andre Kim Best Star Awards: Best Star Award
- 2001 Blue Dragon Film Festival: Most Popular Actor Award
- 2001 46th Asia-Pacific International Film Festival: Best Supporting Actor (Friend)
- 2000 Blue Dragon Film Festival: Popularity Award
- 1999 Chung-Ryong Movie Festival: Best Supporting Actor Award (Nowhere to Hide)
- 1997 Chung-Ryong Movie Festival: New Actor Award (Repechage)
- 1997 MBC Drama Awards: Best Actor Award (Medical Brothers)
- 1997 Paeksang Arts Awards: TV Drama Popular Actor Award (Medical Brothers)
- 1994 Paeksang Arts Awards: TV Drama New Actor Award (The Last Game)
Endorsements
- Lexus New Generation ES (2012)
- Cuchen (2012)
- Imperial (2012)
- LG Electronics 3D Merging Campaign (2011)
- LG Electronics 'Tromm Washer' (2011)
- LG Electronics 'Tromm Styler' (2011)
- Nintendo DS (2007)
- Hite Beer 'Max' (2006)
- Giordano (2006)
- Samsung Camera (2005)
- KTF Worldphone (2005)
- Maxim (2005)
- OCN (2003)
- Orion 'Choco Pie'
- FaPai Group
- Jinro Chamisul
- Parkland
- Misha
- LG Telecom
- POSCO E&C 'The #'
- Doosan 'SAN soju'
- Parkland
- Maeil Dairy Cafe Latte
- LG Investment and Securities
Trivia
- Since his early childhood, Jang Dong Gun has been a devout practitioner of Buddhism after reading about it.
- As a hobby, he enjoys playing baseball; he is a member of team of fellow popular and well-known male Korean stars called the "Playboys."