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Bae Yong Jun (born August 291972), is a Korean actor. He is also known as the abbreviated BYJ to many of his favourite fans.
Early Life
Born in Mapo , Seoul, to Bae Yung (배영), Song Ki-Ok (송기옥, 宋基玉), he was educated in the in Il-mun preschool and Myung-il elementary, Bae was a very quiet boy with few friends. He eventually went to study in Baejae middle school and the Hanyoung high school . He has a sister, Bae Eun-Chuk (배윤축).
Acting Career
After graduating from the FTM (Film, TV & Multimeadia) in the school of arts in the Sungkyunkwan University, Bae later went onto his film debut in PpilKu in 1994. He later went on to star in dramas like Salut D'Armour and Six Steps to Separation in late 1994 and 1995 respectively.
However, it was not until when he starred as Jae-Ho in True To Love when he made his first breakthrough. But Bae, being ambitious in venturing out in his acting business, acted out in dramas of better quality like Hotelier.
However, it was not until 2002 when Bae truly managed to expand his acting business to Japan. Winter Sonata, despite the fact that it was a TV drama and not a movie, it razed the entire Japan with as much as 80% of its country watching it. This popularity really gave both Bae and his co-star Choi Ji-woo a chance to shift their main stage from Korea to Japan. Other Korean movies and dramas also became quite popular following the fever.
Bae also managed to get a deeper foothold into the Japanese and South-east asian market after he starred in the movie Untold Scandal as Jo Won. However, due to the fact that there are several strong sexual scenes in the movie, the public appeal from the public was not as great as Winter Sonata.
After making a tour to Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Phuket in 2004, Bae released his biography during his hysterical 4 1/2-day tour in Japan, where The Image: Volume 1 to commemorate his 10th year of his acting career.
Drama
- 2002: Winter Sonata (Winter Love Story, KBS)
- 2001: Hotelier (MBC)
- 1999: True To Love (MBC)
- 1998: The Barefooted Youth (KBS)
- 1997: First Love (KBS)
- 1996: Papa (KBS)
- 1995: A Sunny Place of The Young (KBS)
- 1995: Sea Breeze (PSB)
- 1995: Six Steps to Seperation (KBS)
- 1994: Salut D'Armour (Love Greeting) (KBS)
Flimography
Awards
- 2004: 40th Baeksang: Rookie Award
- 2003: Blue Dragon: Best Newcomer & Popular Star award
- 2002: KBS Drama: Popular Actor Award & Best Actor Award
- 2002: 38th Bak Sang: Popularity award
- 1997: 33rd Bak Sang: Popularity award
- 1996: KBS Drama: The Excellent Actor Award & The Popular Actor Award
- 1995: KBS Drama: Rookie Award & Photogenic Award
Books
Statistics
- Height: 181cm
- Weight: 78kg
- Blood Type: O
- Religion: Roman Catholic
See Also
External Links
Last updated: 05-26-2005 22:06:49
