Jang Dong Gun

Profile

 * Name: 장동건 / Jang Dong Gun (Jang Dong Geon)
 * Profession: Actor, musician, singer, and model
 * Birthdate: March 7, 1972
 * 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 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).


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TV Shows

 * Arthdal 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

 * 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."