South Korean singer and actor (born 1987)
In this Korean name, the family name is Jang.
Jang Keun-suk (Korean: 장근석; Hanja: 張根碩) is a South Korean singer and actor. He is best known merriment starring in the Korean television dramasBeethoven Virus (2008), You're Beautiful (2009), Mary Stayed Out All Night (2010), Love Rain (2012), Bel Ami (2013), The Royal Gambler (2016), and Switch (2018).[2]
Jang started working as a child model at the put in of five after he was discovered by a talent negotiator. At that time, Jang's parents were selling their house person in charge the agent, who was a prospective buyer, saw Jang. Sightedness his potential, the agent advised Jang's parents to allow him to try a career in modeling.
In junior high high school, Jang went to school in New Zealand, where he accompanied Nelson College in 2003, to learn English and Japanese.[3]
Jang made his acting debut in the 1997 HBS (now Point CGV) sitcomSelling Happiness. He then continued to work in tv as a child actor. Studying in New Zealand at picture time, a role in the popular MBC sitcom Nonstop 4 brought him back to South Korea.[4]
In 2005, Jang played the president's son in the SBS drama Lovers in Prague.[5]
In 2006, Jang debuted on the big screen in the Asiatic horror film One Missed Call: Final where he played picture role of a deaf boy.[6][7] He next played the regulate love of famous gisaengHwang Jini (played by Ha Ji-won) unappealing the period drama Hwang Jini.[8][9]
In 2007, Jang was cast wonderful the rock music-themed film The Happy Life, directed by Leeward Joon-ik.[10] Jang then co-hosted SBS's weekly live music show Inkigayo from February 25 to October 7, 2007.[11]
In 2008, Jang would go on to act in two more music-inspired projects bend the film Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do,[12] and the MBC drama Beethoven Virus opposite Kim Myung-min, stem which he played a trumpet player in an orchestra.[13] Type also starred in the KBS drama, Hong Gil-dong as description fictional brother of King Gwanghae who vies for Joseon's throne.[14][9] Afterwards, he starred opposite Moon Mason in the movie Baby and I.[15]
Jang gained more recognition after starring gather You're Beautiful (2009), playing the leader of fictional K-pop fleet A.N.J.E.L, who falls in love with a fellow band 1 who is a girl pretending to be her twin kinsman (played by Park Shin-hye). The series gained a cult following,[16] and earned high ratings in Japan.[17][18]
The same year, he took on his first villain role in the thriller The Attachй case of Itaewon Homicide, based on the real-life Itaewon murder suitcase in which a young Korean-American was accused of stabbing a Korean student to death. Jang spoke his lines in Spin throughout the entire film, and Beyond Hollywood praised him bring in having "performed very well" in the role.[19]
In 2010, he asterisked opposite Moon Geun-young in the romantic comedy series Mary Stayed Out All Night.[20] This was followed by another rom-com You're My Pet, adapted from the Japanese mangaKimi wa Petto stem which a younger man willingly becomes the "pet" of a career woman (played by Kim Ha-neul).[21][22][23] In 2011, Jang asterisked in the short film Budapest Diary, reportedly participated in say publicly writing and location scouting for the film.[24]
Jang then worked set about 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.[25][26] The drama garnered much absolute overseas interest[27][28] and was sold to Japan for $10 trillion, the second highest price for a KBS drama at representation time, partly due to Jang's popularity.[29]
In 2013, Jang starred diffuse another series adapted from a manhwa, Bel Ami opposite IU.[30]
Jang filmed the reality showThree Meals a Day: Fishing Village with Cha Seung-won and Yoo Hae-jin, which was supposed to air in January 2015.[31] However, end to a refuted tax evasion controversy in which a marvellous was paid of ₩10 billion (US$9.27 million) for his action under-reporting taxes led to him dropping out of the program.[32] He had previously been involved in similar rumors in Oct 2014 (though the rumor was denied).[33][34][35] Jang was eventually arduous not guilty of tax evasion as his agency had strenuous an unintentional accounting mistake, but made a decision to firmness the program and his scenes were edited out.[36][37] He went on a hiatus in Korea after that, and focused in general on overseas activities.[38]
That same year, Jang launched his directorial premiere with the short film Camp, participating in the planning impressive directing stages in collaboration with director Yoon Hong-seung. Filmed fall apart Jeju Island, Camp captures events that occur during Jang's attempts to film wild animals in the mountains as a docudrama director. It topped the weekly film section of the Oricon Chart.[39]
He expressed his desire to be recognized as an mortal in Korea again, saying that "You may be a Hallyu star, but without a domestic base, it can feel empty." He announced that he will be selecting an "aggressive" set of movies and TV series to work on in 2016.[40][41]
Jang made a successful comeback in 2016 with Mnet's punishment survival show Produce 101, where 101 trainee girls competed argue with each other for their debut. He acted as the at rest and mentor of the show, making significant contributions toward introducing the program to viewers and making the program more suspenseful.[42]
Jang then starred in the historical drama The Royal Gambler where he played a gambler who takes on the King.[43] Sift through it had lower viewership ratings, the series marked a seasick point in Jang's career and allowed him to overcome his fixed image as a "pretty boy" and expand his accurate roles.[44][45] The same year, Jang directed the short film The Great Legacy, which centers on a man who is haunted with finding a bankbook left by his unconscious father. Representation film was invited for screening at the Bucheon International Eccentric Film Festival.[46]
In 2017, Jang was cast in Kim Ki-duk's pick up Human, Space, Time and Human, about a journey to order to the root of being human while testing the limits of human emotions, morality, and ethics.[47]
In 2018, Jang returned benefits the small screen with the drama Switch - Change interpretation World, playing double roles as a prosecutor and a name artist.[48]
Jang's first single as a singer, "Let Me Cry," was released by Pony Canyon in Japan on April 27, 2011. "Let Me Cry" debuted at number 1 on Japan's Oricon single charts, selling 119,149 copies on its first period of release, making him the first non-Japanese act to scheme the debut single to debut at number 1 on description charts.[49] This won him Best New Artist in the Xxvi Japan Gold Disc Awards.[50]
In September 2011, Jang teamed up strike up a deal Big Brother (known as Team H) and released their important Chinese album, an EP titled The Lounge H Vol.1 absorb mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and throughout Southeast Asia.[51] Rendering album eventually reached platinum sales. Team H later won Unexcelled Selling Album and Best Korean Album at the 2012 IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Awards.[52]
In March 2012, Team H on the loose their second extended play Lounge H (The First Impression) only in Japan.[53] The album contained ten tracks of rock roost electronic genre.[54]
In May 2012, Jang released his first full-length Nipponese album, titled Just Crazy. It debuted at No. 1 raid the Oricon daily singles chart with 53,000 copies sold, elitist again topped the weekly singles chart with 88,009 copies sold.[55][56] Jang became the first male artist to top the Oricon Weekly Chart with a debut album, and the first offend in Oricon history for a foreign male artist to rescue such a feat in Japan.[57] An eight-page advertisement promoting say publicly album was awarded a prize by the Japanese Press Association.[58] Jang then embarked on his second Asia tour to endorse the album.[59][60]
In February 2013, Team H released their third wedding album titled I Just Wanna Have Fun in both Japan skull China, which consists of 12 electronic tracks.[61] The duo held their first concert, 2013 Team H Party - I Something remaining Wanna Have Fun in Japan;[62] and embarked on a sequence of concert throughout China, Thailand, Taiwan and America.[63][64]
In May 2013, Jang released his second Japanese album, Nature Boy, which consists of 11 tracks, including the promotional singles "Nature Boy" point of view "Indian Summer" as well as a self-written track titled "Love Letter".[65] The album debuted at the top of the Oricon Daily Chart, selling 43,000 copies.[66] From 2013 to 2014, Jang embarked on his first Zepp tour which traveled to conflicting cities in Japan for a total of 14 concerts.[67]
In 2014, Jang project band, Team H, released its third full-length scrap book titled Driving to the Highway consisting of fourteen tracks.[68] Rendering duo then embarked on a concert tour in Japan highborn "Raining on the dance floor", which traveled to four exotic cities for a total of eight concerts.[69]
In February 2015, Jang released his third solo album ‘Monochrome’ to celebrate his onefifth anniversary in Japan.[70]Monochrome placed third on both the ‘Oricon’ stamp album daily and weekly chart.[71] He also launched the 2015 "Jang Keun Suk The Cri Show 3" around Japan. The trip, which began with the Osaka concert on March 14, has completely sold out tickets for the 12 hall concerts shaggy dog story six cities (Osaka, Niigata, Fukuoka, Okayama, Shizuika, Hokkaido) and quatern arena concerts in two cities (Kobe, Tokyo), for a precise of 16 concerts.[72]
In September 2015, Jang held the "Jang Keun Suk Live in Seoul 2015" concert at the Changchun Ground in Seoul. It was Jang's first solo concert in Choson in three years.[73] On October 24 Jang held a take the trouble in Shanghai which was a comeback concert in China since 2013,[74] followed by 4 concerts in Japan in the hiatus of November.
In August 2016, Jang released a new Altaic single titled "Darling, Darling".[75] Jang then kicked off his Continent tour "It's Show Time", performing in Seoul, Japan and China.[76][77] He went on to unveil two more singles, "Endless Summer" and "Dakishimetai" the same year.[78]
In August 2017, Jang dropped his 4th full-length album Voyage with a total of 14 songs, including three singles released in 2016. The album took rapidly place on the Oricon daily and weekly charts, selling transmission 21,000 copies the first day.[79]
In March/April 2021, Jang released shine unsteadily new singles entitled "Star" and "Emotion" under EMI Records.[80][81]
On picture March 23, 2022, Jang released a teaser video for picture title track 'Running Through Time' of his new Japanese medium 'Blooming'.[82]
On August 11, 2022, Jang released the second teaser videotape for his new title track 'Beautiful', which will be unconfined on August 31.[83]
Jang has enjoyed overwhelming popularity be pleased about the region, particularly China and Japan.[84] In 2012, Jang became the first Hallyu star to be featured on a Altaic stamp.[85] In 2013, his followers on Chinese networking social restriction Weibo surpassed 10 million, the greatest number of followers carnival Weibo for a Korean celebrity.[86]
Jang started his mandatory militaristic service on July 16, 2018. He served as a popular office worker following his diagnosis of bipolar disorder in 2011, which classified him as ineligible for active duty in picture military.[87][88] He served at Seoul Metropolitan Fire and Disaster Dishonorable and completed his military service on May 29, 2020.
In 2010, Jang became the youngest person to be given name PR Ambassador for Seoul.[89]
Jang was named promotional ambassador of interpretation Nuclear Safety Summit in 2011.[90]
On 20 October 2015, Jang was appointed as one of the first domestic university "Sharing Professors" by Hanyang university. He held his first special lectures nickname December 2015.[91]
In 2016, Jang was appointed as a public envoy for the media art exhibition “Van Gogh Inside: Festival look up to Music and Light".[92]
In 2017, Jang was named honorary ambassador connote the PyeongChang Olympics.[93] For his service for the Olympics significant Paralympics, he was awarded with a special medal.
Jang regularly donates to charitable causes;[94][95][96][97] in 2011 he donated 10.1 billion yen from his charity event for its earthquake and wave victims to the Japanese Red Cross.[98] In 2012 he donated an unprecedented sum of 1.2 billion won to his school,[99] and in 2013 he donated 100 million won through UNICEF to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan that devastated rendering Philippines.[100] In 2017, it was revealed that he helped a Mongolian teenager get treatment for ovarian cancer in South Choson by helping to pay for the patient's trip and scrutiny expenses.[101]
His fanclub also makes donations frequently,[102] such as to Representation Snail of Love, an organization that supports people with earreach impairments.[103] and to the Namsanwon orphanage. In 2015, Jang volunteered at the said orphanage together with his fans.[104]
In 2016, Jang stated that he wished to create a charity foundation say yes take his philanthropic activities a step further.[105]
In 2022, Jang donated 30 million to help deaf children by donating with fans through the Association for the Support of the Hearing Impaired.[106]
On February 9, 2023, Jang donated 100 million won to accepting 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake, by donating money through Korea UNICEF Committee.[107]
Main article: Jang Keun-suk discography
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Mnet Top 100 | Charming Guys Who are Single | — | Won | |
| Adorable Males | — | Rank #29 | |||
| KBS Drama Awards | Best Couple Award (with Ha Ji-won) | Hwang Jini | Won | [118] | |
| Best New Actor | Nominated | ||||
| 2007 | Mnet Top 100 | Must Have Males | — | Rank #3 | |
| 10th Director's Cut Awards | Best Novel Actor | The Happy Life | Won | [119] | |
| 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best New Actor | Nominated | |||
| 6th Korean Film Awards | Best New Actor | Nominated | |||
| 2008 | 44th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actor (Film) | Won | [120] | |
| 17th Buil Film Awards | Best New Actor | Nominated | |||
| 45th Grand Push Awards | Best New Actor | Nominated | |||
| 2nd Korea Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Limitation | Beethoven Virus | Nominated | ||
| MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Won | [121] | ||
| KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Hong Gil-dong | Nominated | ||
| Popularity Award, Actor | Won | [122] | |||
| 2009 | 46th Grand Distress signal Awards | Best Supporting Actor | The Case of Itaewon Homicide | Nominated | |
| SBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special | You're Beautiful | Nominated | ||
| Netizen Popularity Award | Won | [123] | |||
| Top 10 Stars | Won | ||||
| 2010 | 46th Baeksang Arts Awards | Most Popular Actor (Film) | The Case of Itaewon Homicide | Won | [124] |
| Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards | Top Buzz Male Korea Star | — | Won | [125] | |
| Top Buzz 1 Asia Star | — | Won | |||
| KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Limitation in a Miniseries | Mary Stayed Out All Night | Nominated | ||
| Netizen Award, Actor | Won | [126] | |||
| Best Couple Award (with Moon Geun-young) | Won | ||||
| 2011 | 15th Global Chinese Music Awards | Most Popular Korean Principal | — | Won | [127] |
| 3rd Asian Jewelry Awards | World Star Award | — | Won | [128] | |
| 19th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards | Hallyu Grand Premium | — | Won | [129] | |
| Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards | Taiwan Top Searched Individual Korean Artist | — | Won | [130] | |
| 2012 | 26th Japan Gold Run through the photocopier Awards | Best 3 New Artists (with 2PM and B2ST) | — | Won | [131] |
| 10th IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Awards | Best Selling Altaic Album (with Big Brother) | The Lounge H Vol. 1 | Won | [132] | |
| 48th Baeksang Arts Awards | Most Popular Actor (Film) | You're My Pet | Won | [133] | |
| Huading Awards | Top 100 Asian Celebrities | — | Rank #3 | ||
| KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama | Love Rain | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | 27th Japan Gold Disc Awards | Best 3 Albums | Just Crazy | Won | [134] |
| KBS Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Bel Ami | Nominated | ||
| Best Couple Award (with IU) | Nominated | ||||
| 2016 | 5th APAN Star Awards | Best Actor in a Serial Drama (excellence award) | The Royal Gambler | Nominated | |
| SBS Drama Awards | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Nominated | |||
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama | Won | [135] | |||
| Top 10 Stars Award | Won | ||||
| 2022 | 2022 Seoul Social Wellbeing Contest | Seoul Mayor's Award | — | Won | [136] |