Jang Dong Gun

Jang Dong Gun

Profile

• Name: 장동건 / Jang Dong Gun (Jang Dong Geon)
• Profession: Actor, musician, singer and model
• Birthdate: 1972-Mar-07
• Birthplace: Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
• Height: 181cm
• 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 very popular and well renowned South Korean actor who has been active in the entertainment business for over more than 20 years on the big and small screen. He was for a time the highest paid actor in South Korea. His career in the small screen picked up with appearances in a few of MBC's most popular television series over the span of a few years in the 90s, such as: 1993 Our Heaven, 1994 The Last Game and 1999 Love.

On the big screen, he is more well known for his performance as the lead in 2001 biggest box office success Friend, 2004 Taegukgi and 2014 No Tears for the Dead. Jang Dong Gun has more than a wide range of acting performances on both the small and big screen in the span of his two-decade career that has earned him a respectable and in sometimes rabid fan base not only nationwide but across the Asian continent as well.

More about Jang Dong Gun

TV Shows

• Aseudal Chronicles (tvN, 2019)
• Suits (KBS2, 2018)
• 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

• 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

• He has been since his early childhood a devout practitioner of Buddhism after reading about it.
• One of his favorite hobbies is for him to play baseball, he is a member of a group of baseball players comprise of other popular and well know male Korean stars called "Playboys."

External Links

• Official site
• Korean Wikipedia
• English Wikipedia
• Profile (nate)