Jang Dong-gun (Born March 7 1972) is a Korean actor and musician. Spending his childhood in Yongsan, Seoul, Korea, he later went on to the Hangook School of Arts but due to some reasons, he dropped out of the school before obtaining the degree. Jang, then a young man, made his debut in the MBC drama Our Heaven.
Gaining confidence in his career as time passes, Jang also pursue a singing career. So far as we know, he has released a few music albums to date. The 1998 movie, First Kiss, in which he co-starred with Choi Ji-woo, has helped him to boost his popuarity in Korea.
Statistics
- Height: 180 cm (5'11')'
- Weight: 68 kg (150lbs)
- Blood Type: O
- Religion: Buddhism
Drama
- 2000: All About Eve (MBC)
- 1999: Springtime (MBC)
- 1999: Ghost (SBS)
- 1998: Love (MBC)
- 1997: Model (MBC)
- 1997: Myth of a Hero (MBC)
- 1997: The Medical Brothers (MBC)
- 1996: Icing (MBC)
- 1994: The Last Game (MBC)
- 1993: Il-ji-mae (MBC)
- 1993: Our Heaven (MBC)
Movies
Awards
- 2004: 25th Blue Dragon Film Festival - Best Actor (Taegukgi)
- 2004: Cheong-ryong Movie Awards - Best Supporting Actor for Brothers
- 2001: Blue Dragon Most Popular Actor Award
- 2001: 46th Asia-Pacific International Film Festival - Best Suppoting Actor for "Friend" (A.K.A. "Those Were the Days")
- 2000: Blue Dragon Film Festival - Popular Award
- 1999: Cheong Ryong Movie Awards - Best Supporting Actor for "Nowhere to Hide"
- 1997: Cheong Ryong Movie Awards - Best New Actor for "The Repechage"
- 1997: MBC - Best actor
- 1997: Baeksang Art Awards - Most popular performer
- 1994: Baeksang Art Awards - TV's best new actor
Albums
- 1998: Bon-seung & Dong-gun
- 1995: Fly
- 1994: Friendship : Dong-gun Jang, Chul Jun
- 1993: Jang Dong-kun
External Links
Last updated: 05-27-2005 16:32:08
