24 Facts About Jang Dong-gun

Jang Dong-gun was born on March 7,1972 and is a South Korean actor.

Jang Dong-gun is best known for his leading roles in the films Friend and Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War.

Jang Dong-gun spent his childhood in Yongsan District, Seoul, and later went on to study at the Korea National University of Arts School of Drama, though he dropped out before obtaining a degree.

Jang Dong-gun first entered the entertainment world in a talent contest in 1992.

Jang Dong-gun began by acting in TV dramas such as Iljimae, The Last Match, co-starring Shim Eun-ha, and he eventually made his film debut in Repechage together with Kim Hee-sun.

In 1999, after acting in the critically acclaimed Nowhere to Hide as Park Joong-hoon's younger partner, Jang Dong-gun moved on to star in a feature that was filmed on location in Shanghai.

Jang Dong-gun's breakout came in early 2001 in Friend, which smashed the box office record set by Shiri to become the biggest Korean film of all time.

In 2004, Jang Dong-gun took the lead role in Kang Je-gyu's Taegukgi, an epic film about two brothers set during the Korean War.

Jang Dong-gun followed this up with The Promise, a $30 million pan-Asian production by Chinese director Chen Kaige in which he played opposite Hong Kong star Cecilia Cheung.

Jang Dong-gun returned to the silver screen in 2009 as the nation's youngest head of state in Jang Jin's comedy Good Morning, President.

Jang Dong-gun reunited with director Kang Je-gyu in My Way, a film set during World War II based on the true story of a Korean soldier who is drafted by the Japanese army and eventually is present at the Battle of Normandy.

Jang Dong-gun made his highly anticipated return to television dramas in A Gentleman's Dignity, saying he was drawn to the romantic comedy tale of 40-something-year-old men struggling to grow up and mend and forge lasting relationships.

Jang Dong-gun's 2012 film Dangerous Liaisons was a Chinese adaptation of the French literature classic set in 1930s Shanghai, directed by Hur Jin-ho and co-starring Zhang Ziyi and Cecilia Cheung.

Jang Dong-gun next starred in No Tears for the Dead, an action thriller directed by Lee Jeong-beom.

Jang Dong-gun played a Korean-born American hitman who feels conflicted about killing his last target.

In 2015, Jang Dong-gun was cast in the film Seven Years of Night, a revenge thriller based on the novel of the same name by Jung Yoo-jung.

Jang Dong-gun plays a character who takes revenge on his daughter's murderer, by killing his son.

In 2016, Jang Dong-gun was cast in his first Chinese drama, Once Loved You Distressed Forever alongside actress Tang Yixin.

Jang Dong-gun was then cast in the espionage noir thriller VIP, which premiered in 2017.

Jang Dong-gun returned to the small screen after five years, starring in the Korean remake of the popular American legal drama series Suits.

In 2019, Jang Dong-gun starred in the fantasy historical drama Arthdal Chronicles.

Jang Dong-gun is a practicing Buddhist, having first explored Buddhist reading while hospitalized in high school, after undergoing chest surgery.

Jang Dong-gun enjoys playing baseball and is a member of the celebrity amateur baseball team "Playboys" with Lee Jong-hyuk, Hyun Bin, Kim Seung-woo, Hwang Jung-min, Ji Jin-hee, and other actors.

The announcement immediately sparked speculation of an impending marriage although it wasn't until March 2010 that Jang Dong-gun officially told his fans at a fan meeting that he would be marrying Ko in May After months of media frenzy leading up to their nuptials, the two tied the knot on May 2,2010 in an extravagant wedding ceremony at Seoul's Shilla Hotel which was attended by their A-list celebrity friends, reporters and fans from around the world.