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Jang Dong Gun

Profile

Name: 장동건 / Jang Dong Gun (Jang Dong Geon)
Profession: Actor, musician, singer, and model
Birthdate: 1972-Mar-07 (age 54)
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).

More about Jang Dong Gun

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."

External Links

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 *'''Birthplace:''' Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
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 *'''Weight:''' 68kg
 *'''Star sign:''' Pisces
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 ==TV Shows==
-*[[Aseudal Chronicles]] (tvN, 2019)
+*[[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)
+*[[Ghost (1999)|Ghost]] (SBS, 1999)
 *[[Love]] (MBC, 1998)
 *[[Ready Go!]] (MBC, 1997)
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 ==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 ([[Wikipedia:V.I.P. (2017 film)|V.I.P.]])
 *'''2012 SBS Drama Awards:''' Top Excellence Award, Actor - Weekend/Serial Drama ([[A Gentleman's Dignity]])
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 *[[Wikipedia:ko:장동건|Korean Wikipedia]]
 *[[Wikipedia:Jang Dong-gun|English Wikipedia]]
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