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Occupation
  
Actor

Hanja
  
張東健

Parents
  
Jang Se-yong, Lee Sook

Hangul
  
장동건

Spouse
  
Ko So-young (m. 2010)

Website
  
jangdonggun.co.kr

Role
  
Actor

Years active
  
1992–present

Name
  
Jang Dong-gun


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Born
  
March 7, 1972 (age 52) (
1972-03-07
)
Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea

Agent
  
S.M. Culture & Contents

Children
  
Jang Jun-hyeok, Jang Yoon-seol

Albums
  
Bon Seung & Dong Gun, With Justice And Peace For All, Friendship, Flying

Movies and TV shows
  
A Gentleman's Dignity, Dangerous Liaisons, Taegukgi, No Tears for the Dead, My Way

Similar People
  
Ko So‑young, Kim Ha‑neul, Won Bin, Lee Byung‑hun, Song Hye‑kyo

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Jang Dong-gun (born March 7, 1972) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the films Friend (2001) and Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004).

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Jang is one of the highest paid actors and celebrity endorsers in Korea, consistently topping surveys by industry insiders of most bankable stars.

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Early life

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Jang Dong-gun spent his childhood in Yongsan District, Seoul, and later went on to study at the Korea National University of Arts School of Drama, though he dropped out before obtaining a degree.

Career

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Jang first entered the entertainment world in a talent contest in 1992. He began by acting in TV dramas such as The Last Match, co-starring Shim Eun-ha, and he eventually made his film debut in Repechage (1997) together with Kim Hee-sun.

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By the late 1990s he had become quite popular in Korea, but he also became one of the very first Korean stars to garner a fan following in other parts of Asia, after several of his TV dramas were screened there in the late nineties. In 1999, after acting in the critically acclaimed Nowhere to Hide as Park Joong-hoon's younger partner, Jang moved on to star in a feature that was filmed on location in Shanghai. Titled Anarchists, this tale of five young terrorists from 1930s China helped to elevate his status even further.

Jang's breakout came in early 2001 in Friend, which smashed the box office record set by Shiri to become (at the time) the biggest Korean film of all time. After playing the nice guy in almost all his previous roles, this portrayal of a tough-talking gangster from Busan led him to local stardom. The following year he starred in the popular action blockbuster 2009 Lost Memories set in a futuristic Great Japan.

After appearing in the low-budget film The Coast Guard by controversial director Kim Ki-duk, Jang then took the lead role in Kang Je-gyu's Taegukgi, an epic film about two brothers set during the Korean War. The film broke Friend's record with an astounding 11 million tickets sold. By this time, Jang's name had become known widely throughout Asia.

Jang followed this up with The Promise, a $30 million pan-Asian production by Chinese director Chen Kaige in which he played opposite Hong Kong star Cecilia Cheung. Meanwhile, he was cast in Typhoon as a modern-day pirate who has been betrayed by both North and South Korea. Directed by Friend's Kwak Kyung-taek, Typhoon set a new record in 2005 for the highest production budget in Korean film history at $15 million.

For the next four years, Jang kept a low profile in the Korean entertainment sphere as he worked on his Hollywood debut The Warrior's Way, also starring Kate Bosworth and Geoffrey Rush. The film encountered problems with post-production and distribution, and was only released in 2010.

He returned to the silver screen in 2009 as the nation's youngest (and most eligible) head of state in Jang Jin's comedy Good Morning, President.

He reunited with director Kang Je-gyu in My Way, a film set during World War II based on the true story of a Korean soldier who is drafted by the Japanese army and eventually is present at the Battle of Normandy. A large-scale, ambitious pan-Asian collaboration co-starring Japanese actor Joe Odagiri and Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, My Way was the most expensive Korean movie to date (with an estimated budget of ₩28 billion), But despite being simultaneously released in Korea and Japan in December 2011, the film flopped at the box office.

Jang made his highly anticipated return to television dramas in A Gentleman's Dignity, saying he was drawn to the romantic comedy tale of 40-something-year-old men struggling to grow up and mend and forge lasting relationships. After the series ended, Jang and co-star Kim Min-jong visited refugees in the Republic of the Congo on a mission trip sponsored by UNICEF, UNHCR and World Food Programme. It was televised on SBS documentary program Hope TV.

His 2012 film Dangerous Liaisons was a Chinese adaptation of the French literature classic set in 1930s Shanghai, directed by Hur Jin-ho and co-starring Zhang Ziyi and Cecilia Cheung.

Jang next starred in No Tears for the Dead, an action thriller directed by Lee Jeong-beom. He played a Korean-born American hitman who feels conflicted about killing his last target (played by Kim Min-hee).

In 2015, Jang was cast in the film Night of 7 Years, a revenge thriller based on the novel of the same name by Jung Yoo-jung. He plays a character who takes revenge on his daughter's murderer, by killing his son.

In 2016, Jang was cast in his first Chinese drama, Once Loved You Distressed Forever alongside actress Tang Yixin. He was then cast in the espionage noir thriller VIP, which premiered in 2017. Jang is set to star in Kim Sung-hoon's period zombie action film Rampant next.

In September 2017, Jang confirmed to return to small screen after five years and star in the Korean remake of the popular American legal drama series Suits. He will play a legendary lawyer at Korea’s best law firm, or the apparent equivalent of Harvey Specter in the original. Jang is joined by Park Hyung-sik. This drama is set to telecast in the first half of 2018.

Personal life

Jang is a practicing Buddhist, having first explored Buddhist reading while hospitalized in high school, after undergoing chest surgery.

He enjoys playing baseball and is a member of the celebrity amateur baseball team "Playboys" with Lee Jong-hyuk, Hyun Bin, Kim Seung-woo, Hwang Jung-min, Ji Jin-hee, and other actors.

The famously private actor surprised the country in November 2009 when he went public with his two-year romance with Ko So-young. Since co-starring together in the 1999 film Love Wind Love Song, rumors about Jang and Ko had spread several times in the past, but both had consistently denied them. The announcement immediately sparked speculation of an impending marriage although it wasn't until March 2010 that Jang officially told his fans at a fan meeting that he would be marrying Ko in May. After months of media frenzy leading up to their nuptials, the two tied the knot on May 2, 2010 in an extravagant wedding ceremony at Seoul's Shilla Hotel which was attended by their A-list celebrity friends, reporters and fans from around the world.

Their son Jang Min-joon was born on October 4, 2010. Their second child, a daughter, was born on February 25, 2014.

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Filmography

Actor
2023
A Normal Family (completed) as
Jae-gyu
2019
Arthdal Chronicles (TV Series) as
Ta Gon
2018
Rampant as
Minister Kim Ja-joon
2018
Syucheu (TV Series) as
Kang-suk CHOI / Choi Kang-Seok
- Haienaleul jab-eulyeomyeon sseog-eun gogileul mikkilo sseoyahanda. (2018) - Kang-suk CHOI
- -Geuleomeulo, jinsil-i eolgul-eul deuleonaendago hangsang seunglihaneun geos-eun anida. (2018) - Kang-suk CHOI
- Jinsil-ui eolgul dwieneun eonjena eoduun imyeon-i jonjaehanda. Geuleomeulo- (2018) - Choi Kang-Seok
- Jusawileul deonjil gihoega wassdamyeon juji malgo deonjyeola. Deonjineun sungan choesohan han kan-eun jeonjinhanda. (2018) - Choi Kang-Seok
- Unmyeong-eul gyeoljeongjisneun geon uyeon-i anila seontaeg-ida. (2018) - Choi Kang-Seok
2018
Night of 7 Years as
Oh Seung-je
2017
V.I.P. as
Park Jae-Hyuk
2014
No Tears for the Dead as
Gon
2012
A Gentleman's Dignity (TV Series) as
Kim Do Jin
- We're Girls' Generation's Middle-aged Male Fans! (2012) - Kim Do Jin
2012
Dangerous Liaisons as
Xie Yifan
2011
My Way as
Jun-shik Kim
2010
The Warrior's Way as
Yang
2009
Gutmoning peurejideonteu as
Next President Cha Ji-wook
2005
Wu ji as
Kunlun
2005
Tae-poong as
SIn
2004
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War as
Jin-tae Lee
2002
The Coast Guard as
Kang Sang-byeong
2002
2009: Lost Memories as
Sakamoto
2001
Friend as
Lee Han Dong-su
2000
Eveui modeun geot (TV Series) as
Yoon Hyung-chul
2000
The Anarchists as
Sergi
1999
Goseuteu (TV Series) as
Jang Dae-Hyup
1999
Nowhere to Hide as
Detective Kim
1999
Cheongchun (TV Series) as
Kang Hyun-woo
1999
Yeonpung yeonga as
Tae-hie
1998
First Kiss as
Actor
1998
Sarang (TV Series) as
Jung In-Ha
1997
Yeongwoong shinhwa (TV Series) as
Kim Tae-woo
1997
Ready Go! (TV Series)
1997
Model (TV Series) as
Lee Jung
1997
Holiday in Seoul as
Taxi Driver
1997
Repechage as
Min-gyu
1997
Uiga hyeongje (TV Series) as
Kim Su-Hyung
1996
Icing (TV Series) as
Yoon Chan
1994
Majimak seungbu (TV Series) as
Yoon Chul-jun
1993
Urideul cheonguk (TV Series)
1993
Iljimae (TV Series) as
Il-Ji-Mae
- Episode #1.8 (1993) - Il-Ji-Mae
- Episode #1.7 (1993) - Il-Ji-Mae
- Episode #1.6 (1993) - Il-Ji-Mae
- Episode #1.5 (1993) - Il-Ji-Mae
- Episode #1.4 (1993) - Il-Ji-Mae
- Episode #1.3 (1993) - Il-Ji-Mae
- Episode #1.2 (1993) - Il-Ji-Mae
- Episode #1.1 (1993) - Il-Ji-Mae
Self
2010
Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 30 November 2010 (2010) - Self
2006
Smap×Smap (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 6 February 2006 (2006) - Self (as Chan Don-Gon)

References

Jang Dong-gun Wikipedia


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