Gang Dong-won
Kang Dong-won (2016)
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Korean spelling | |
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Hangeul | 강동원 |
Hanja | 姜 棟 元 |
Revised Romanization |
Gang Dong-won |
McCune- Reischauer |
Kang Tongwon |
Gang Dong-won (born January 18, 1981 in Busan ) is a South Korean actor .
Life
Gang studied technological engineering at Hanyang University . In 2000 he was discovered on the street by a model agent. After working as a model, he began his acting career in two television series, and in 2004 he made his first film, the romantic comedy Too Beautiful Lie .
In 2010 he played Gang in the film Haunters, a boy with supernatural abilities who kills numerous people when someone sneaks out on his thefts.
In 2015 he starred alongside Kim Yoon-seok in the exorcism film The Priests . In it he embodies a student at the Catholic University in Seoul, who seems to be the only one suitable to help Priest Kim with the exorcism of a young girl. Kim and Gang already appeared together in War of the Wizards (2009), but there as opponents.
On January 18, 2016, he signed a contract with YG Entertainment .
Filmography (selection)
- 2003: Wi-poong-dang-dang Geu-nyeo (TV series)
- 2003: 1% eo-ddeon keot (TV series)
- 2004: Geunyeoreul midji maseyo
- 2004: Neukdaeui yuhok
- 2005: Duelist ( Hyeongsa )
- 2006: Urideul-ui haengbok-han shigan
- 2007: Geu nom moksori
- 2007: M
- 2009: War of the Wizards ( 전우치 Jeon U-chi )
- 2010: Secret Reunion ( 의형제 Uihyeongje )
- 2010: Kamelia
- 2010: Haunters ( 초능력 자 Choneungnyeokja )
- 2013: The X (short film)
- 2014: Kundo - Pact of the Outlaws
- 2014: My Brilliant Life ( 두근 두근 내 인생 Dugeun Dugeun Nae Insaeng )
- 2015: The Priests ( 검은 사제 들 Geomeun Sajedeul )
- 2016: A Violent Prosecutor ( 검사 외전 Geomsauijeon )
- 2016: Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned ( 가려진 시간 Garyeojin Sigan )
- 2016: Master ( 마스터 )
- 2017: 1987
- 2018: Golden Slumber ( 골든 슬럼 버 )
- 2018: Illang: The Wolf Brigade ( 인랑 )
- 2020: Peninsula
Web links
- Official website
- Kang Dong-won in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gang Dong-won in the Korean Movie Database
- Gang Dong-won at HanCinema
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Gang Dong-won |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kang Dong-won; 강동원 (Hangeul); 姜 棟 元 (Hanja); Gang Dong-won (revised Romanization); Kang Tongwǒn (McCune-Reischauer) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Busan , South Korea |