1. Jang Keun-suk is a South Korean singer and actor.
53 Facts About Jang Keun-suk
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At that time, Jang Keun-suk's parents were selling their house and the agent, who was a prospective buyer, saw Jang Keun-suk.
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In junior high school, Jang Keun-suk went to school in New Zealand, where he attended Nelson College in 2003, to learn English and Japanese.
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Jang Keun-suk made his acting debut in the 1997 HBS sitcom Selling Happiness.
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Jang Keun-suk then continued to work in television as a child actor.
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In 2005, Jang Keun-suk played the president's son in the SBS drama Lovers in Prague.
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In 2006, Jang Keun-suk debuted on the big screen in the Japanese horror film One Missed Call: Final where he played the role of a deaf boy.
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Jang Keun-suk next played the first love of famous gisaeng Hwang Jini in the period drama Hwang Jini.
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In 2007, Jang Keun-suk was cast in the rock music-themed film The Happy Life, directed by Lee Joon-ik.
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Jang Keun-suk then co-hosted SBS's weekly live music show Inkigayo from February 25 to October 7,2007.
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In 2008, Jang Keun-suk would go on to act in two more music-inspired projects with the film Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do, and the MBC drama Beethoven Virus opposite Kim Myung-min, in which he played a trumpet player in an orchestra.
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Jang Keun-suk starred in the KBS drama, Hong Gil-dong as the fictional brother of King Gwanghae who vies for Joseon's throne.
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Jang Keun-suk spoke his lines in English throughout the entire film, and Beyond Hollywood praised him as having "performed very well" in the role.
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In 2011, Jang Keun-suk starred in the short film Budapest Diary, reportedly participated in the writing and location scouting for the film.
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Jang Keun-suk then worked with TV director Yoon Seok-ho on the melodrama series Love Rain, in which he and costar Im Yoon-ah played dual roles in the 1970s and 2012.
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In 2013, Jang Keun-suk starred in another series adapted from a manhwa, Bel Ami opposite IU.
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Jang Keun-suk filmed the reality show Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village with Cha Seung-won and Yoo Hae-jin, which was supposed to air in January 2015.
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Jang Keun-suk had previously been involved in similar rumors in October 2014.
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Jang Keun-suk was eventually found not guilty of tax evasion as his agency had made an unintentional accounting mistake, but made a decision to leave the program and his scenes were edited out.
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Jang Keun-suk went on a hiatus in Korea after that, and focused largely on overseas activities.
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That same year, Jang Keun-suk launched his directorial debut with the short film Camp, participating in the planning and directing stages in collaboration with director Yoon Hong-seung.
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Jang Keun-suk made a successful comeback in 2016 with Mnet's music survival show Produce 101, where 101 trainee girls competed against each other for their debut.
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Jang Keun-suk acted as the host and mentor of the show, making significant contributions toward introducing the program to viewers and making the program more suspenseful.
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Jang Keun-suk then starred in the historical drama The Royal Gambler where he played a gambler who takes on the King.
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In 2017, Jang Keun-suk was cast in Kim Ki-duk's film Human, Space, Time and Human, about a journey to get to the root of being human while testing the limits of human emotions, morality, and ethics.
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In 2018, Jang Keun-suk returned to the small screen with the drama Switch - Change the World, playing double roles as a prosecutor and a con artist.
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In September 2011, Jang Keun-suk teamed up with Big Brother and released their first Chinese album, an EP titled The Lounge H Vol.
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In May 2012, Jang Keun-suk released his first full-length Japanese album, titled Just Crazy.
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Jang Keun-suk became the first male artist to top the Oricon Weekly Chart with a debut album, and the first time in Oricon history for a foreign male artist to claim such a feat in Japan.
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Jang Keun-suk then embarked on his second Asia tour to promote the album.
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From 2013 to 2014, Jang Keun-suk embarked on his first Zepp tour which traveled to different cities in Japan for a total of 14 concerts.
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In February 2015, Jang Keun-suk released his third solo album 'Monochrome' to celebrate his fifth anniversary in Japan.
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Jang Keun-suk launched the 2015 "Jang Keun Suk The Cri Show 3" around Japan.
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In September 2015, Jang Keun-suk held the "Jang Keun-suk Keun Suk Live in Seoul 2015" concert at the Changchun Stadium in Seoul.
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On October 24 Jang Keun-suk held a concert in Shanghai which was a comeback concert in China since 2013, followed by 4 concerts in Japan in the end of November.
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Jang Keun-suk then kicked off his Asia tour "It's Show Time", performing in Seoul, Japan and China.
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Jang Keun-suk went on to unveil two more singles, "Endless Summer" and "Dakishimetai" the same year.
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Jang Keun-suk has enjoyed overwhelming popularity in the region, particularly China and Japan.
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In 2012, Jang Keun-suk became the first Hallyu star to be featured on a Japanese stamp.
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Jang Keun-suk started his mandatory military service on July 16,2018.
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Jang Keun-suk served as a social office worker following his diagnosis of bipolar disorder in 2011, which classified him as ineligible for active duty in the military.
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Jang Keun-suk served at Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Headquarters and completed his military service on May 29,2020.
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In 2010, Jang Keun-suk became the youngest person to be named PR Ambassador for Seoul.
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Jang Keun-suk was named promotional ambassador of the Nuclear Safety Summit in 2011.
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On 20 October 2015, Jang Keun-suk was appointed as one of the first domestic university "Sharing Professors" by Hanyang university.
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Jang Keun-suk held his first special lectures in December 2015.
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In 2017, Jang Keun-suk was named honorary ambassador for the PyeongChang Olympics.
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Jang Keun-suk often donates to charitable causes; in 2011 he donated 10.1 million yen from his charity event for its earthquake and tsunami victims to the Japanese Red Cross.
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Jang Keun-suk's fanclub makes donations frequently, such as to The Snail of Love, an organization that supports people with hearing impairments.
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In 2015, Jang Keun-suk volunteered at the said orphanage together with his fans.
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In 2016, Jang Keun-suk stated that he wished to create a charity foundation to take his philanthropic activities a step further.
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In 2022, Jang Keun-suk donated 30 million to help deaf children by donating with fans through the Association for the Support of the Hearing Impaired.
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In March 2025, Jang Keun-suk donated 100 million won through the Hope Bridge National Disaster Relief Association to help with recovery efforts from wildfires that have occurred in the Ulsan, Gyeongbuk, and Gyeongnam regions.