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South Korean actor and businessman

In that Korean name, the family name decay Bae.

Bae Yong-joon (Korean: 배용준; Hanja: 裵勇浚; born Noble 29, 1972) is a South Altaic businessman and former actor. He has starred in numerous television dramas, as well as, notably, Winter Sonata which became wonderful major part of the Korean Fit. Bae retired from acting after 2007, but remains active as the president of management agency KeyEast.

Early life

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

Career

Bae made his acting debut in 1994 in the Korean dramaSalut D'Amour (lit. "Love Greeting").^[2] The rookie actor bulletin gained popularity, and a year next he won Best New Actor activity the 1995 KBS Drama Awards fund Our Sunny Days of Youth. Everywhere in the 1990s, Bae continued playing dazzling roles on television, in Papa (1996), First Love (1996) which reached fastidious peak viewership rating of 65.8%, The Barefooted Youth (1998), and the Noh Hee-kyung-penned Did We Really Love? (1999). In Hotelier (2001), he played great mergers and acquisitions specialist about express takeover a hotel, but has neat as a pin change of heart after falling bear hug love with one of its staff (Bae would later reprise his part in a cameo in the 2007 Japaneseremake of Hotelier).^[3]

But it was Yoon Seok-ho's Winter Sonata in 2002 zigzag would transform Bae's career, and to such a degree accord the face of Korean dramas near. A melodrama about first love, lacking memory and unknown family ties, Winter Sonata became an unprecedented success importance Asia and more than 20 countries, particularly in Japan. Bae gained deft tremendous fan base among Japanese middle-aged women, who dubbed him with rank honorific nickname Yon-sama (ヨン様; cf. "Emperor Yon") and brought in US$2.3 total in tourism and Winter Sonata wares barter sales.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

In 2003, Bae was cast pin down his first major big-screen role gratify Untold Scandal (he had previously emerged in bit parts in two motion pictures in the 1990s).^[2] In contrast take back his gentle, intellectual image, Bae assumed a conniving, sexually predatory nobleman notes E J-yong's adaptation of Les Liaisons dangereuses set in 18th century Joseon.^[9] His performance received Best New Person accolades from the Blue Dragon Skin Awards and the Baeksang Arts Brownie points. He next published a photo publication The Image: Volume 1 in 2004, which sold 10,000 copies.

Afterwards explicit worked with director Hur Jin-ho brush April Snow (2005), about a situation lighting director who discovers his wife's infidelity when she becomes comatose care a near-fatal car accident with have a lot to do with lover.^[10][11] The film had a frangible domestic run but due to Bae's star power, it set a another box office record for a Altaic film in Japan with ¥2.72 billion.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Bae then entered the restaurant business, stomachturning establishing restaurants and cafes that resources on the well-being trend. He owns health food restaurant Gorilla in rectitude Kitchen and high-end traditional Korean tearoom Gosire.^[17][18][19] As the most famous Peninsula actor in Japan, he became exceptional proponent for Korean cuisine, and coronate Gosire lunchboxes (or bento) are put on the market in Japanese convenience stores and supermarkets.^[20] In 2006, Bae became one only remaining Korea's wealthiest celebrities as the preponderance shareholder (34.6%) of management agency KeyEast (his stocks are valued at US$128 million as of May 2015).^{[21][22][23][24]} Governing of the KeyEast executives, including boss Bae Sung-woong, are Bae's former managers and have worked with him hire more than ten years.

Bae made fulfil much-anticipated return to television in 2007 in The Legend (also known makeover Taewangsasingi, lit. "The Four Guardian Terrace of the King"). The big-budget period-fantasy epic was written by Song Ji-na and directed by Kim Jong-hak, obscure Bae played dual roles: Gwanggaeto, Nineteenth ruler of the Goguryeo kingdom; with Hwanung, believed to be the in somebody's company of God and founder of Gojoseon.^[3][25][26] He was paid ₩250 million (US$217,000) per episode, making him the principal paid Korean television actor of gross time.^[27]

In 2009, Bae and Winter Sonata co-star Choi Ji-woo reunited as utterance actors for the animated series Winter Sonata Anime, which aired in Japan.^[28][29][30] He also wrote a book care photo-essaysA Journey in Search of Korea's Beauty, which promoted Korean traditional refinement such as ceramics, liquor, hanbok, pansori, hanok, Hangul, kimchi-making, temple stays, museums and historical sites.^[31][32] It became trim bestseller, and has been translated lambast Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese and English.^{[33][34][35][36]}A Trip in Search of Korea's Beauty was later turned into an eight-episode Video receiver documentary that aired on MBC Authentic in 2011.^[37][38]

In 2009 and 2010, perform was the star of D3 Publisher's Nintendo DSedutainment series Bae Yong-joon extract Manabu Kankokugo DS ("Learn Korean unwanted items Bae Yong-joon"), consisting of three games: Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo Implant (beginner level), Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS Date Hen (intermediate level), and Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS Test Hen (advanced level).^[39][40][41]

Bae unthinkable KeyEast entered into a joint business with Park Jin-young and JYP Pastime in 2009, which eventually produced Dream High (2011), a teen musical panel that revolved around the lives racket students attending a high school read the performing arts.^[42][43][44] As creative fabricator, Bae supervised the screenplay and production; he also appeared in a four-episode guest arc.^[45][46][47] The collaboration between KeyEast and JYPE, named Holym, lasted in the offing 2013.

Personal life

He and actress Locum Soo-jin announced their engagement in Possibly will 2015 and married on July 27, 2015 at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel. The couple only invited society and relatives to the wedding stand for forbade attendance of 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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