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Revision as of 10:00, 20 June 2006 by Fabshelly (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Bae Yong Joon (born August 291972), is a South Korean actor. He is also known as the abbreviated BYJ to many of his loyal fans, or as Yonsama (ヨン様), (an honorary name given because of his regal bearing) in Japan. Information here is from his official website, byj.co.kr. Google is not a verifiabe source of information on Bae Yong Joon.
About Bae Yong Joon
- Date of Birth: August 29, 1972, Seoul, Korea
- Family: Eldest of a son and a daughter
- Height: 5'11"
- Weight: Varies depending upon role
- Blood Type: O
- Hobbies: Golf, Computer Gaming, Photography, Weightlifting, Fishing
- Favorite Sports: Kendo, Hapkido (martial arts)
- Debut: "Love Greeting", KBS (1994)
Career
Bae Yong Joon debuted in 1994 KBS drama Love Greeting. He first garnered critical acclaim after appearing in a supporting role on Sunny Place of the Young, where he played the role of the heir to a cosmetics company and best friend of the leading actor, played by Lee Jong Won. Through this role, Bae first gained his now-famous 'regal' image. His next acclaimed role was in First Love, where he played the role of Chan-woo, a smart, young man with checkered past, who drops out of law school to join a gang to seek revenge for his family's misfortunes. After 1999, Bae decided to step away from acting to focus on his education at Sung Kyun Kwan University, where he majored in film studies. In 2001, he returned to the small screen, appearing in Hotelier. Bae became world-famous as his next dramatic role Winter Sonata was aired in many Asian countries, as the leader of the Korean Wave. In Winter Sonata, Bae plays the role of "Jun-sang," who is forced to part with his high school sweetheart Yu-jin (played by Choi Ji Woo) when he is involved in an automobile accident, while Yujin tries to move on with her life, still mourning her first love. Ten years later, someone who looks just like Jun Sang appears in her life. After Winter Sonata, Bae has focused his attention to the big screen, recently playing leading roles in Untold Scandal and April Snow.
Awards
- 2004: 40th Baeksang: Rookie Award
- 2003: Blue Dragon: Best Newcomer & Popular Star award
- 2002: KBS Drama: Popular Actor Award & Best Actor Award
- 2002: 38th Bak Sang: Popularity award
- 1997: 33rd Bak Sang: Popularity award
- 1996: KBS Drama: The Excellent Actor Award & The Popular Actor Award
- 1995: KBS Drama: Rookie Award & Photogenic Award
Filmography
Films
Television
- The Great King's Four Gods (tentative English title) (2006) - Presently filming
- Winter Sonata / Ballad / Love Song / Rhapsody (2002)
- Hotelier (2001)
- Did We Really Love? / Have We Really Loved? (1999)
- Barefooted Youth (1998)
- First Love (1997)
- Papa (1996)
- Six Steps to Separation (1995)
- Sunny Place of the Young (1995)
- Sea Breeze (1995)
- Sunny Place of the Young (1995)
- Love Greeting (1994)
CF - Commercial Films (Commercials)
- 1995: Kwail Nara, LOTTE(chewing gum), nongshim ZEC, MAYPLE
- 1996: Kwail Nara, LG group
- 1997: LG group, HITE beer, Kwail Nara
- 1998: Kwail Nara, LG group
- 1999: FRJ
- 2001: JM Global Water Purifier, Kye-Mong-Sa(Press), Old & New, LoReal(Perfume)
- 2002: LG Telecom, LG Home Shopping, LG Card, Korea Investment Trust, Kolon ManStar, Old & New, Halla Millate
- 2003: Ray Ban Glasses, Taster's Choice, LG Whisen, LG Telecom, LG Card, Kolon ManStar, Old & New
- 2004: Taster's Choice, ORONAMIN C, LOTTE Flavono, Sony handycam, Lotte Almond, Sony Cybershot, AU by KDDI, Daihatsu Mira, LG La La La (films available online at http://byj.co.kr )
- 2005: Taster's Choice, Lotte Rummy and Bacchus chocolates, Keangnam (builders), Coca-Cola 7-Flavor Tea, Lotte Almond
- 2006: Hyundai Sonata, Eastern Home Shopping Network, Secom Security Systems, Keangnam
Books
- 2004: The Image: Volume 1
- 2005: 100 Days of Bae Yong Joon
See also
External links
- Bae Yong Joon’s official homepage
- BYJ's Quilt, the definitive English fansite
- Bae Yong Joon's fanlisting
- A Newsweek Magazine article on Bae Yong Joon
Bae Yong Joon and Misplaced Pages
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Kwon Ohkyeong posted this on the Talk Box of BYJ's official home.
BYJ "Oops! My privacy...", affronted with exposure
3/8/06 7:26
Top star BYJ is suffering from bitter insult because his privacy including his family information, etc. is excessively exposed when his name was recently recorded on an internet encyclopedia. The Misplaced Pages, which is made bi-directionally by the internet users, is a 💕 being serviced in world's 200 languages including Korean.
The English edition of the Misplaced Pages introduced BYJ's nickname as 'Yon-sama' and evaluated him as the star of Asia who aroused explosive talks of conversation in Japan with hot wind of drama 'WLS' in 2002. It also introduces in detail that a strange phenomenon occurred in which 20% of Japanese people had watched the 'WLS' .
As it evaluated that with influence by BYJ & the 'WLS' where BYJ appears, the other Korean dramas and films are getting big popularity in Japan, it is paying tribute to status of BYJ, the front runner of the Korean Current. Being different from other actors, it even provides a separate corner called 'Fan Craze' and introduces the process by fans in Asian region including Japan had set out to learn Korean language because of BYJ.
The problem is the fact that worrying voices are coming out wondering if it goes beyond the public domain because the names of his father and mother and name of his sibling are revealed as they are in a corner of 'Early Life' which contains BYJ's course of growing. It even reveals name of BYJ's now-separated ex-girl friend in real name.
It is observed that in case of BYJ, because he is at the level of stars with very much smashing power, being different from other stars who are recorded in that encyclopedia, he is victimized by exposing even his privacy information besides basic items like birth year and date. In the Misplaced Pages, star-level entertainers like singer Bi, actress Choi Jiwoo & Song Hyegyo, etc, among domestic actors, are recorded.
However, in cases of these people, only brief contents are recorded similar to the information carried on domestic internet portal sites. Because of that, some of BYJ fans make worrisome voices, "Isn't there any way of deleting unnecessary information".
Reported by Koh Gyudae,enter@sportshankook.co.kr Copyrightⓒ Hankooki.com
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