Jang Dong-gun

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Jang Dong-gun
Jang Dong-gun

Korean spelling
Hangeul 장동건
Hanja 張東健
Revised
Romanization 		Jang Dong-geon
McCune-
Reischauer 		Chang Tonggŏn

Jang Dong-gun (born March 7, 1972 in Seoul ) is a South Korean actor and musician .

life and career

After childhood in Yongsan-gu , Seoul, he went to the Hangook School of Arts. He made his television debut in the series Our Heaven and celebrated his national breakthrough in 1994 in The Final Jump . The avowed Buddhist is also musically successful, having released four albums so far.

In 1997 , Jang made his debut in a movie ( Repechage ) which earned him the Blue Dragon Best New Actor Award . Two years later, he won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role as a cop in Nowhere to Hide . In 2000 , he starred in the then all-record breaking film Friend, about a high school student joining the Korean mafia . In 2004 he appeared in Brotherhood under the direction of Kang Je-gyu . This film, set during the Korean Civil War , was again a huge success and has since been considered one of the most successful films in the country with over 11.74 million viewers. For this he won the third Blue Dragon Award. In 2005 he suffered a "shipwreck" with Typhoon , the most expensive Korean film of all time to date.

Jang is also active in the advertising industry in his home country . Among other things, he is promoting the Nintendo DS Lite, which has been released in South Korea since January 2007, and related programs such as Dr. Kawashima's brain jogging and a game for playful training in English.

He has been married to the actress Ko So-young since 2010 . They have a son and a daughter together. You have a house in Gapyeong that was designed by architect Kwak Heesoo and received the World Architecture Award in 2016.

Filmography

  • 1997: Repechage
  • 1997: Holiday in Seoul ( 홀리데이 인 서울 )
  • 1998: First Kiss
  • 1999: Love Wind Love Song ( 연풍 연가 Yeonpung Yeonga )
  • 1999: Nowhere to Hide ( 인정 사정 볼 것 없다 Injeongsajeong Bol Geot Eopda )
  • 2000: Anarchists ( 아나키스트 Anakiseuteu )
  • 2001: Friend ( 친구 Chingu )
  • 2002: 2009 Lost Memories ( 2009 로스트 메모리즈 )
  • 2002: The Coast Guard ( 해안선 Haeanseon )
  • 2004: Brotherhood - When brothers have to shoot each other ( 태극기 휘날리며 Taegeukgi Hwinallimyeo )
  • 2005: Wu Ji - The Riders of the Winds ( Wújí )
  • 2005: Typhoon ( 태풍 Taepung )
  • 2009: Good Morning, Mr. President ( 굿모닝 프레지던트 )
  • 2010: The Warrior's Way
  • 2011: Prisoners of War ( 마이 웨이 , intl. Title: My Way )
  • 2012: Dangerous Liaisons ( Chinese   危險 關係 )
  • 2014: No Tears for the Dead ( 우는 남자 Uneun Namja )
  • 2017: VIP ( 브이아이피 )
  • 2018: Seven Years of Night ( 7 년 의 밤 )
  • 2018: Rampant ( 창궐 )

Web links

Commons : Jang Dong-gun  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jin Eun-soo: Ko, Jang celebrate 2nd child. In: JoongAng Daily . February 26, 2014, accessed April 2, 2014 .
  2. ↑ 장동건 · 고소영 부부 가평 주택, 세계 건축 상 수상. In: dongA.com . April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Shincheon-ri House. In: World Architecture Community. Retrieved April 20, 2016 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jang is the family name here, Dong-gun is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Jang, Dong-gun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean actor and musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Seoul