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 Bae Yong-jun mini-bio: Bae Yong-joon is one of the most popular Korean actors, famous for TV dramas like “Hotelier”, “Winter Sonata” and movies like “April Snow”. Bae made his debut in TV drama “Salut D’Amour” (also known as “Greetings of Love”) in 1994. He starred in a few more dramas before making his breakthrough in 1997 with “First Love”. First Love was a huge success in Korea, but is relatively unknown in other countries. Bae become internationally famous after starring in popular drama Hotelier in 2001. His popularity was further boost by the success of another popular drama “Winter Sonata” in 2002. Winter Sonata, co-starring Choi Ji-woo (also co-star in First Love), became very popular across Asia especially in Japan. The drama made both stars iconic figures in Asia and they are still often rated the most popular Koreans in Japan today. Bae then surprised many with in 2003 with movie “Untold Scandal”, with some sensitive plots and sex scenes (which can be considered taboo in many parts of Asia). The movie didn’t perform well but Bae’s performance won him acclaim and also landed him some best actor awards. Bae then starred in movie “April Snow” (co-starring Son Ye-jin) in 2005. The movie was not a huge box office success in Korea, but performed well across Asia (Japan in particular). Bae’s latest project was in thehigh budget epic TV drama “The Legend“, which is a drama that screened in Korea in 2007. | VITAL STATS | | Bae Yong-jun Information: | | Eye color:Brown | | Height:180cm | | Nickname(s): He is also known as the abbreviated BYJ to many of his fans, or as Yon-sama with the "sama" being an honorific suffix in Japanese. | | Notable feature(s): | | Education:Educated at Il-mun Preschool and Myung-il Elementary School. He eventually went to study at PaiChai Middle School and Hanyoung High School. In 1999 stepped away from acting for a period of time to attend Sung Kyun Kwan University, where he majored in film studies. | | Family: | | Resides in: | | Religious affiliations: Roman Catholic | | Political affiliation: | | Personal interests/hobbies: Favorite Sports: Geomdo, Hapkido (martial arts). His loves Golf, Computer Gaming, Photography, Weightlifting, Fishing | | Charities/Causes: During an August 2005 visit to Taiwan, Bae went to the hospital to see a cancer-stricken fan, who is a mother and who has drawn hundreds of Bae's portraits | | Other: Bae's agency, BOF, reported that Bae's apartment at Samseong-dong, Seoul caught fire on May 7, 2006 around 8:00 p.m., due to a short circuit. The house was empty when the fire broke out, thus causing no injuries. However, the fire caused damages costing up to 10 million won. | | |
