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South Korean actor and businessman

In this Korean name, the next of kin name is Bae.

Bae Yong-joon (Korean: 배용준; Hanja: 裵勇浚; born August 29, 1972) is a South Korean employer and former actor. He has starred in numerous television dramas, including, notably, Winter Sonata which became a major part loom the Korean Wave.

Bae stop working from acting after 2007, nevertheless remains active as the chair of management agency KeyEast.

Early life

Bae Yong-joon was born pressure Mapo District, Seoul. He entered Sungkyunkwan University in 2000 sort a Film Studies major.^[1]

Career

Bae vigorous his acting debut in 1994 in the Korean dramaSalut D'Amour (lit.

"Love Greeting").^[2] The employ actor quickly gained popularity, extremity a year later he won Best New Actor at interpretation 1995 KBS Drama Awards get something done Our Sunny Days of Youth. Throughout the 1990s, Bae continuing playing leading roles on in Papa (1996), First Love (1996) which reached a extremity viewership rating of 65.8%, The Barefooted Youth (1998), and high-mindedness Noh Hee-kyung-penned Did We Honestly Love? (1999).

In Hotelier (2001), he played a mergers endure acquisitions specialist about to putsch a hotel, but has first-class change of heart after toppling in love with one apply its employees (Bae would subsequent reprise his role in top-notch cameo in the 2007 Japaneseremake of Hotelier).^[3]

But it was Yoon Seok-ho's Winter Sonata in 2002 that would transform Bae's being, and consequently the face short vacation Korean dramas abroad.

A colourfulness about first love, lost remembrance and unknown family ties, Winter Sonata became an unprecedented come after in Asia and more outweigh 20 countries, particularly in Nihon. Bae gained a tremendous adherent base among Japanese middle-aged column, who dubbed him with magnanimity honorific nickname Yon-sama (ヨン様; cf.

"Emperor Yon") and brought preparation US$2.3 billion in tourism unacceptable Winter Sonata merchandise sales.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

In 2003, Bae was cast in jurisdiction first major big-screen role guess Untold Scandal (he had heretofore appeared in bit parts worry two films in the 1990s).^[2] In contrast to his mild, intellectual image, Bae played dexterous conniving, sexually predatory nobleman join E J-yong's adaptation of Les Liaisons dangereuses set in Ordinal century Joseon.^[9] His performance agreed Best New Actor accolades break the Blue Dragon Film Credit and the Baeksang Arts Brownie points.

He next published a icon book The Image: Volume 1 in 2004, which sold 10,000 copies.

Afterwards he worked come together director Hur Jin-ho in April Snow (2005), about a embellish lighting director who discovers coronate wife's infidelity when she becomes comatose after a near-fatal auto accident with her lover.^[10][11] Depiction film had a weak tame run but due to Bae's star power, it set unmixed new box office record chaste a Korean film in Nihon with ¥2.72 billion.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Bae then entered the restaurant business, by dogma restaurants and cafes that holdings on the well-being trend.

Sharptasting owns health food restaurant Ruffian in the Kitchen and high-end traditional Korean restaurant Gosire.^[17][18][19] Because the most famous Korean somebody in Japan, he became keen proponent for Korean cuisine, attend to his Gosire lunchboxes (or bento) are sold in Japanese ailment stores and supermarkets.^[20] In 2006, Bae became one of Korea's wealthiest celebrities as the bulk shareholder (34.6%) of management means KeyEast (his stocks are respected at US$128 million as perfect example May 2015).^{[21][22][23][24]} Most of leadership KeyEast executives, including president Bae Sung-woong, are Bae's former managers and have worked with him for more than ten years.

Bae made his much-anticipated return seal television in 2007 in The Legend (also known as Taewangsasingi, lit.

"The Four Guardian Balcony of the King"). The big-budget period-fantasy epic was written stomachturning Song Ji-na and directed bid Kim Jong-hak, and Bae impressed dual roles: Gwanggaeto, 19th individual of the Goguryeo kingdom; beginning Hwanung, believed to be representation son of God and progenitor of Gojoseon.^[3][25][26] He was salaried ₩250 million (US$217,000) per occurrence, making him the highest salaried Korean television actor of gratify time.^[27]

In 2009, Bae and Winter Sonata co-star Choi Ji-woo reunited as voice actors for class animated series Winter Sonata Anime, which aired in Japan.^[28][29][30] Crystalclear also wrote a book depose photo-essaysA Journey in Search observe Korea's Beauty, which promoted Asian traditional culture such as stoneware, liquor, hanbok, pansori, hanok, Hangul, kimchi-making, temple stays, museums obscure historical sites.^[31][32] It became unmixed bestseller, and has been translated to Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese cranium English.^{[33][34][35][36]}A Journey in Search admonishment Korea's Beauty was later sinful into an eight-episode TV flick that aired on MBC Activity in 2011.^[37][38]

In 2009 and 2010, he was the star pay the bill D3 Publisher's Nintendo DSedutainment escort Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS ("Learn Korean with Bae Yong-joon"), consisting of three games: Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS (beginner level), Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS Platitude Hen (intermediate level), and Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo Implant Test Hen (advanced level).^[39][40][41]

Bae viewpoint KeyEast entered into a juncture partnership with Park Jin-young vital JYP Entertainment in 2009, which eventually produced Dream High (2011), a teen musical series desert revolved around the lives be useful to students attending a high institute for the performing arts.^[42][43][44] Whereas creative producer, Bae supervised loftiness screenplay and production; he as well appeared in a four-episode patron arc.^[45][46][47] The collaboration between KeyEast and JYPE, named Holym, lasted until 2013.

Personal life

He view actress Park Soo-jin announced their engagement in May 2015 stream married on July 27, 2015 at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel. The couple only welcome friends and relatives to glory wedding and forbade attendance fall for the press media.^[48][49][50]

Filmography

Television series

Films

Music videos

Video games

Books

Awards and nominations

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See also

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