Bae Yong-jun

Acting

Bae Yong-jun

Born August 29, 1972 · Seoul, South Korea (age 53)

Bae Yong-joon (born August 29, 1972) is a South Korean actor and businessman. He has starred in numerous television dramas, including, notably, Winter Sonata which became a major part of the Korean Wave. Bae retired from acting after 2007, but remains active as the chairman of management agency KeyEast.

Known For

Untold ScandalUntold Scandal · 2003
Untold Scandal
6.42003
MovieDramaRomance
In late 1700s Korea, Lady Cho challenges the playboy Lord Jo-won into seducing and sleeping with her husband's coming young, virgin concubine. Lady Cho agrees to sleep with him if he succeeds.
April SnowApril Snow · 2005
April Snow
6.12005
MovieDramaRomance
A man and a woman are brought together after their spouses, who were having an affair, are hospitalized after a car crash.
Dream HighDream High · 2011
Dream High
6.92011
SeriesDrama
Six dedicated students at Kirin Art High School work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry.
The LegendThe Legend · 2007
The Legend
6.52007
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
This drama portrays the life of the 19th king of Goguryeo, Hwanwoong, who was sent from the heavens to make the world a better place. He falls in love with Saeoh and gives her the joojak necklace; however, Kajin becomes jealous since Saeoh has given birth to Hwanwoong's son. She takes the baby and throws him off a cliff. Saeoh, thinking that her son had died, is overcome with grief and turns into the black joojak to destroy the world. Hwanwoong is the only one who could stop her. Afterwards, Hwanwoong returns to the Heavens and prophecizes that 2000 years later, the true Joo Shin king will come to Earth. With the help of the four gods, he will rebuild Joo Shin.
Winter SonataWinter Sonata · 2002
Winter Sonata
8.42002
SeriesDrama
A woman, who is about to marry her longtime lover, encounters a man who looks just like her first love.
First LoveFirst Love · 1996
First Love
8.01996
SeriesDrama
First Love is a South Korean television series starring Bae Yong-joon, Choi Soo-jong and Lee Seung-yeon. It aired on KBS2 from September 7, 1996 to April 20, 1997 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 66 episodes. It is currently the number one highest-rated Korean drama of all time based on single episode viewership ratings, reaching 65.8% on its April 10, 1997 episode. Its average rating for its entire run was 52.6%.
HotelierHotelier · 2001
Hotelier
7.42001
SeriesDrama
Hotelier is a 2001 South Korean television drama series set in Seoul Hotel, a fictional five-star hotel undergoing an expensive expansion and renovation. The word "hotelier" means "a person who owns or runs a hotel.
Winter SonataWinter Sonata · 2009
Winter Sonata
2009
SeriesAnimationDrama
Yoo Jin falls in love with Joon Sang as a young girl. After losing him in an accident, she decides to marry her childhood friend. However, Yoo Jin meets someone looking exactly like her lost love, putting her in a bind.

Filmography

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PapaPapa · 1996
Papa
6.51996
SeriesDramaComedy
Couple #1 "Truthful love" that matures through the asdness of break-up Hyun-jun and Sae-young, sho got married after a hot romance as a campus couple, collide because of trivial everyday problems. Ultimately, when Sae-young miscimceives her husband's relationship whirwinds into a divorce. Couple #2 "comical love" that is as comfortable and natural as a friendship Goong, Sae-young's elementary school classmate, is an oriental medicine doctor. He is a widowed single father. Ond day, he goes into a neighborhood drugstore and meets Hye-won. He is attracted to her, but at this time, a dispute arise and makes their relationship awkward. Couple #3 "naive and lively love" in which we can get a glimps of the typical new-generation love style. In-pyo, is a playboy by nature. He puts his excessive lifestyle in order and stives to becomd a famous actor after becoming attracted to his nephew Sae-byul's kindergartem teacher. source asianwiki

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