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Jang Keun-suk
Jang Keun-suk
Born	August 4, 1987 (age 37); Danyang County, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Education	Hanyang University - Theater and Film
Occupation(s)	Actor, Singer
Years active	1992-present
Agent	TreeJ Entertainment
Height	182 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)28
Korean name
Hangul	장근석
Hanja	張根碩
Revised Romanization	Jang Geun-seok
McCune–Reischauer	Chang Kŭnsŏk
Website	http://www.princejks.com

Jang Keun-suk
Jang Keun-suk
Born	August 4, 1987 (age 37); Danyang County, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Jang Keun-suk
Born	August 4, 1987 (age 37); Danyang County, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Education	Hanyang University - Theater and Film
Occupation(s)	Actor, Singer
Years active	1992-present
Agent	TreeJ Entertainment
Height	182 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)28
Korean name
Hangul	장근석
Hanja	張根碩
Revised Romanization	Jang Geun-seok
McCune–Reischauer	Chang Kŭnsŏk
Website	http://www.princejks.com

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Jang Keun-suk (Korean: 장근석; Hanja: 張根碩; born August 4, 1987) is a South Korean actor and singer. He is best known for starring in the television dramas Beethoven Virus (2008), You're Beautiful (2009), Mary Stayed Out All Night (2010), Love Rain (2012), and Pretty Man (2013).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early life

Jang Keun-suk started working as a child model at the age of five after he was discovered by a talent agent. At that time, Jang's parents were selling their house and the agent, who was a prospective buyer, saw Jang. Seeing his potential, the agent advised Jang's parents to allow him to try a career in modeling.

In middle school, Jang heard the music of Japanese pop singer Ken Hirai. He was inspired enough by these bands to start learning Japanese by himself. In junior high school, Jang went to school in New Zealand, where he attended Nelson College in 2003,^[4] to learn English and Japanese. Because of his studies in New Zealand, he can carry on casual conversations in both languages.

Career

Pre-debut

Jang made his acting debut in the 1997 HBS (now Channel CGV) sitcom Selling Happiness. He then continued to work in television as a child actor.

Even though Jang wanted to continue his studies in New Zealand, a job offer brought him back to South Korea, a role in the popular MBC sitcom Nonstop 4. After his work in Nonstop 4, Jang fell into a self-perceived slump and didn't think his acting was good enough. He decided then to re-devote himself to becoming a true actor.

2005-2008

In 2005, Jang's portrayed the president's son in the SBS drama Lovers in Prague, which became a hit and was well regarded by drama fans.

In 2006, Jang made the jump to the big screen in the Japanese horror film One Missed Call: Final where he played the role of a deaf boy. Using his past experience with the Japanese language, Jang was able to communicate with his Japanese co-stars with ease. He also learned sign language in preparation for his role.

Back on the small screen, he next played the first love of famous gisaeng Hwang Jini (played by Ha Ji-won) in the period drama Hwang Jini. Jang's performance gained the attention of many female fans.

In 2007, Jang was cast in the rock music-themed film The Happy Life, directed by Lee Joon-ik. His role allowed Jang to show off his masculine charms, as well as display his skills as a singer. Jang then co-hosted SBS's weekly live music show Inkigayo from February 25 to October 7, 2007.

In 2008, Jang would go on to act in two more music-inspired projects with the film Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do and the hit MBC drama Beethoven Virus opposite Kim Myung-min, in which he played a trumpet player in an orchestra. He also starred in the KBS drama, Hong Gil-dong as the fictional brother of King Gwanghae who vies for Joseon's throne. Afterwards, he starred with child actor Moon Mason in the movie Baby and I.

2009-2011

Jang's next role, in the 2009 thriller The Case of Itaewon Homicide, was his first villain role. The film is based on the real-life Itaewon murder case in which a young Korean-American was accused of stabbing a Korean student to death. Jang spoke his lines in English throughout the entire film, and Beyond Hollywood praised him as having "performed very well" in the role,^[5] while a review by London Korean Links said: "The casting is cleverly done with Jang as the 'innocent' accused, his popularity allowing the audience to feel some empathy and warmth to an otherwise unattractive character. He does well in this role, a break from his normal cheerful persona and, combined with the fact he has to speak English through most of the film, it's quite impressive. It's not perfect American accent of course, but it plays a vital part in itself."^[6]

In You're Beautiful, Jang played the leader of fictional K-pop band A.N.Jell, who falls in love with a fellow band member who is a girl pretending to be her twin brother (played by Park Shin-hye). The show also starred Lee Hong-gi and Jung Yong-hwa as the band's drummer and guitarist, respectively. He then hosted Tracking Your X Boyfriend, where he showed his outspoken personality and tectonic dance.

In 2010, he starred opposite Moon Geun-young in the romantic comedy series Mary Stayed Out All Night. Despite low ratings domestically, it was better received in Japan, and in 2011, Jang and Moon attended four fan meetings in Tokyo and Osaka, one of which drew a record-setting 60,000 people.

Although he'd recorded songs for the soundtracks of some of his dramas, as well as several advertisements (namely, "Black Engine" for men's cosmetics and skin care, and "Touch Holic", "Just Drag" and "Magic Drag" for Samsung's YP-M1 mp3 player from the YEPP line), Jang at this point had not released any music as a solo artist. His 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 week of release, making him the first non-Japanese act to have the debut single to debut at number 1 on the charts.^[7] "This made him win as Best New Artist in the 26th Japan Gold Disc Awards held last January (2012)" .^[8]

On October 26, 2011 Jang Keun-Suk released a DVD titled "Budapest Diary" in Japan. The DVD "Budapest Diary" has Jang Geun-Suk as the primary actor and also Jang Geun-Suk participated in writing the screenplay and selecting the locations for filming. In September 2011, Jang's first Chinese album, an EP titled The Lounge H Vol.1, was released in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and throughout Southeast Asia.^[9]^[10] Jang worked with friend and musician Big Brother (大兄弟/Jung Kurt) to create the duo "Team H." Big Brother wrote and produced songs for the album, as well as rapping. The Lounge H Vol.1 had 4 tracks, and Jang reportedly wrote the lyrics for the title track "Gotta Getcha." The album, which also included the music video for "Gotta Getcha" and backstage clips, eventually reached platinum sales. Team H later won Best Selling Album and Best Korean Album at the 2012 IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Awards.

Jang's next film You're My Pet was released in November 2011. It was adapted from the Japanese manga Kimi wa Petto in which a younger man willingly becomes the "pet" of a career woman (played by Kim Ha-neul).

2012-2015

In March 2012, Jang released a new album Lounge H (The First Impression) exclusively in Japan.^[11] It was emphasized that this album was different from Lounge H Vol.1, which Team H had released the year before, and contained seven tracks of rock and electronic genre, including "Gotta Getcha."^[12]

Jang then worked with TV director Yoon Seok-ho on the melodrama series Love Rain, in which he and costar Im Yoona played dual roles in the 1970s and 2012.

In May 2012, Jang released his first full-length Japanese album, titled Just Crazy.^[13] It debuted at No. 1 on the Oricon daily singles chart with 53,000 copies sold, and again topped the weekly singles chart with 88,009 copies sold.^[8] This made Jang the first male international (non-Japanese) solo artist to reach the top of both the Oricon daily and weekly charts, and the second overall to accomplish this feat after BoA's "Listen To My Heart." He is also the first artist in over 17 years to have topped both charts with the first single ("Let Me Cry") and the first studio album.^[14]

In June 2012, Jang released a Japanese cookbook titled, Love Recipe. It featured twenty recipes, essays, and photo shoots.^[15] His song, "200 Miles," was also featured in Fairy Tail the Movie: The Phoenix Priestess.

This was followed in 2013 by another series adapted from a manhwa, Pretty Man opposite IU.

Jang filmed the reality show Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village with Cha Seung-won and Yoo Hae-jin, which was to be aired in January 2015.^[16] But a supposed tax evasion controversy in which a fine was paid of ₩10 billion (US$9.27 million) for his agency under-reporting taxes led to him dropping out of the program. Though Jang was found not guilty as it was his agency's unintentional accounting mistake, also that the reported sum of paid money was not true, he decided to leave the program and his scenes were edited out.^[17]^[18]^[19]

On 25 February 2015 Jang Keun Suk released his third solo album ‘Monochrome’ and won the third place on ‘Oricon’ album daily and weekly chart.^[20]^[21] Also he launched 2015 Jang Keun Suk The Cri Show 3 around Japan. The tour, which began with the Osaka concert on March 14, has completely sold out tickets for the 12 hall concerts in six cities (Osaka, Niigata, Fukuoka, Okayama, Shizuika, Hokkaido) and four arena concerts in two cities (Kobe, Tokyo), for a total of 16 concerts.^[22] On March 14 short film 'CAMP,' starring Jang Keun Suk and directed by him, was officially released as a DVD (full name Jang Keun Suk Special short Film DVD CAMP), and it debuted #1 on Oricon Weekly Film chart.^[23] 'CAMP' was filmed entirely in Jeju Island in October 2013.^[24]^[25]

On 5 September 2015 'JANG KEUN SUK LIVE IN SEOUL 2015' was held at Jangchoong Stadium in Seoul, and made another unforgettable memory with his fans. It was the first time for Jang Keun Suk to hold a solo concert in Korea in three years, and a great number of fans have showed explosive reactions for the concert.^[26] On October 24 Jang Keun Suk met his ehthusiastic fans in Shanghai on his first concert in China since 2013,^[27] followed by 4 concerts in Japan in the end of November.^[28]

On 20 October along with 5 prominent persons Jang Keun Suk was appointed as the first domestic university ‘Sharing Professor’ by the Hanyang university.^[29] On 10th and 19 December 2015 his first special lectures to promote culture of donations and charity were held.^[30]

On the 7th of December it was announced that Jang Keun Suk accepted to be MC and a mentor in the new musical survival show of Mnet "Produce 101".^[31] It consists of 11 episodes and the first airing was set on 22 January 2016.

2016-present

Filmography

Drama Series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1998	Hug	Won-joo	SBS
2000	School 3	Kang Won-seok's younger brother	KBS1
2001	Ladies of the Palace	young Jeong Ryeom	SBS
2001	Four Sisters	young Lee Young-hoon	MBC
2002	Orange	Jang Keun-suk	SBS
2002	The Great Ambition	young Park Si-young	SBS
2003	Nonstop 4	Keun-suk	MBC
2005	Lovers in Prague	Yoon Gun-hee	SBS
2006	Alien Teacher	Bong-sam/Alexander	Tooniverse
2006	Hwang Jini	Kim Eun-ho	KBS2
2008	Hong Gil-dong	Lee Chang-hwi	KBS2
2008	Beethoven Virus	Kang Gun-woo	MBC
2009	You're Beautiful	Hwang Tae-kyung	SBS
2010	Mary Stayed Out All Night	Kang Mu-gyul	KBS2
2011	Ikemen desu ne	Himself	TBS	Cameo, Episode 8
2012	Love Rain	Seo In-ha/Seo Joon	KBS2
2013	Pretty Man	Dokgo Ma-te	KBS2
2016	Jackpot	Baek Dae-gil	SBS

Films

Year	Title	Role	Studio	Notes
2003	The Owl Museum	Lee Jung-woo	—	Short film
2006	One Missed Call: Final	Ahn Jin-wo	Kadokawa Pictures & Toho	Japanese film
2007	The Happy Life	Park Hyeon-jun	CJ Entertainment
2008	Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do	Shin Eun-gyu	New Crayon Entertainment
	Baby and I	Han Joon-soo	—
	Crazy Waiting	Park Won-jae	Cinema Service
2009	The Case of Itaewon Homicide	Robert J. Pearson	Watermelon Pictures Co., Ltd
2011	Budapest diary	Keun-Suk	—	Short film
2011	You're My Pet	Kang In-ho ("Momo")	Lotte Entertainment
2015	Camp	Film director & lead role	—	Short film
2017	Human time	lead role	Director Kim Ki-Duk

TV Shows

Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
2007	Inkigayo	SBS	Co-host with Kim Heechul
2012	The Center of the New Hallyu, I Am Jang Keun-suk	KBS2
2012	Sekai no Purinsu e! Chan Gunsoku ~ 24 sai no Sugao~	Fuji TV
2012	Happy camp	Hunan TV	Guest ep. 16.06.2012	^[32]
2014	The Return of Superman	KBS2	Guest, episodes 39 & 48
2015	Three Meals a Day: Fishing Village	tvN	His scenes were edited out
2016	Produce 101	Mnet	Mentor and MC

Music Videos

Year	Title	Artist	Notes	Ref.
	"Black Engine"	Himself	Debut Single
	"We Can Make It"	Tim Hwang and Son Hoyoung
2009	"Toucholic"	Himself
2009	"Just Drag"	Himself
2010	"Magic Drag"	Jang Keun-suk feat. Hyolyn
2011	"Let Me Cry"	Himself
2012	"Crazy Crazy Crazy"	Himself
	"Can't Stop"	Team H
	"Abracadabra"	Himself
	"Stay"
2013	"Nature Boy"
	"I See You (ICU)"	Jang Keun-suk feat. Park Min-young		^[33]
	"I Just Wanna Have Fun"	Team H
	"Beautiful Change"
	"Feel The Beat"
	"What is Your Name?"
2014	"Dream Journey in Jeju"	Jang Keun-suk and Park Shin-hye		^[34]
	"Raining on the Dance Floor"	Team H
	"Take Me"	Team H
2015	"Hidamari"	Himself	Monochrome	^[35]

Discography

Chinese

2011

The Lounge H Vol. 1 (Regular Edition)

by Team H (Jang Keun-suk and Big Brother)

Victory
Gotta Getcha
Shake It
Run Away

Japanese

2011

Let Me Cry (Single)

Let Me Cry

Let Me Cry

Let Me Cry
Bye Bye Bye
一緒につくったメロディ ("Melody Made Together")
Let Me Cry (Inst.)
Bye Bye Bye (Inst.)
一緒につくったメロディ (Inst.)

[Film] You're My Pet OST (Japanese Version)

Hey Girl (Jang Keun-suk ver.)

2012

Lounge H (The First Impression)

by Team H (Jang Keun-suk and Big Brother)

WE ARE
(Can't Stop) ～JPN ver.～
SHAKE IT～JPN Ver.～
GOTTA GETCHA
RUN AWAY
VICTORY
NO HUMAN SMELL
(Can't Stop)
SHAKE IT
(Can’t Stop) ＜Extended club mix＞

Just Crazy (Regular Edition)^[13]

200 Miles (Fairy Tail the Movie: The Phoenix Priestess OST)
Always Close To You
Crazy Crazy Crazy (Lead track, first single)
Stay (Original lyrics written by Jang Keun-suk)
Rain (CF song of Seoul Makkori)
Let Me Cry
Abracadabra
守護星 (Bonus track for the Regular Edition)
In My Dream (Lyrics and music written by Jang Keun-suk in Korean)
Bye Bye Bye （Album Version）
Epilogue…
Tomorrow

2013

I Just Wanna Have Fun^[13]

by Team H (Jang Keun-suk and Big Brother)

I just wanna have fun
Feel the beat (中文版)
Party tonight feat. Stephanie
Rock and roll tonight
What is your name?
Liquor shot
Welcome to my world
Beautiful change
The Time (混音版)
Can’t Stop (重新混音版)
Gotta Getcha (重新混音版)
Feel the Beat (韓文版)

Nature Boy

Nature Boy^{[citation needed]}
Love is black hole
Poison
Indian Summer
Save me
Serenade
Porker Face
Eden
Turn Off
Like a Movie
Love Letter

2014

Driving to the Highway^[13]

by Team H (Jang Keun-suk and Big Brother)

Driving to the Highway
Open the door
Do it on the speaker
Raining on the dance floor (Japanese ver.)
Getting over
Still working
Take me (Japanese ver.)
Time goes by
Gold digger
I’m so ghetto
Listen to me mother
Sunshine
Raining on the dance floor (original ver.)
Take me (original ver.)

2015

Monochrome

by Jang Keun-suk

01. 淡い雪のように (awai yuki no yoh ni; Fragile like snow)
02. 鳴らない目覚まし時計 (naranai mezamashi dokei; The alarm clock that doesn’t ring)
03. 夜明け前 (yoake mae; Before dawn)
04. ひだまり (Hidamari; Sunshine)
05. 空と君と (sora to kimi to; The sky and you)
06. ロードレース (Road race)
07. 一つ傘の下 (hitotu kasa no shita; Under one umbrella)
08. 風 (kaze; Wind)
09. 陽の射す方へ (hi no sasu hoh e; To where the sun shines)
10. 春になれば (haru ni nare ba; When spring comes)
11. 家に帰ろう (uchi ni kae roh ; Let’s go back sweet home) ^[36]

Korean

2004

[Sitcom] Nonstop 4 (Regular Edition)

Sky High / Nonstop Band
논밴송 / Nonstop Band
Happy! Happy Birthday / Nonstop Band
Let's Get Down / Jang Keun-suk
우리가 있잖아 / Nonstop Band

2007

[Film] The Happy Life OST (Regular)

The Happy Life (Radio Edit. Ver.) / Hwal Hwa San
It'll Explode (Ver. 3) / Hwal Hwa San
It'll Explode 2007 (Ver. 2) / Hwal Hwa San
Fireworks / Hwal Hwa San
The Happy Life (For Film) / Hwal Hwa San

[Film] The Happy Life OST (Single)

The Happy Life (Main Theme) / Hwal Hwa San (Active Volcano)
It'll Explode / Hwal Hwa San

2008

[CF] Black Engine (Single)

Black Engine / Jang Keun-suk

[Film] Doremifasolatido OST

Full of Sunshine / Jang Keun-suk
Time for Waiting / Jang Keun-suk

[Drama] Beethoven Virus OST (Single)

Can You Hear Me Part 2 / Jang Keun-suk

2009

[Drama] You're Beautiful OST (Regular)

Still / A.N. Jell
Promise / A.N. Jell
Fly Me To The Moon / Jang Keun-suk & Park Shin-hye

[Drama] You're Beautiful OST Part 2 (Regular)

Without Words / Jang Keun-suk
Good Bye / Jang Keun-suk

[Drama] You're Beautiful OST (Jang Keun-suk Special Edition)

Promise / A.N. Jell
Still / A.N. Jell
Without Words / Jang Keun-suk
What Should I Do? / Jang Keun-suk
Good Bye / Jang Jang

[CF] Just Drag (Single)

Just Drag / Jang Jang

[CF] Toucholic Yepptic & Haptic love (Single)

Toucholic Yepptic & Haptic love / Jang Jang

2010

[Drama] Mary Stayed Out All Night OST Part 1

Take Care, My Bus! / Jang Jang
My Precious / Jang Jang

[Drama] Mary Stayed Out All Night OST Part 2

Hello, Hello / Jang Jang
I Will Promise You / Jang Jang
Hello, Hello (Ballad Ver.) / Jang Jang

[Drama] Mary Stayed Out All Night OST Part 3

Because of Her/ Jang Jang

2011

[Film] You're My Pet OST

You're My Pet Kiwobwassong /Jang Keun-suk & Kim Ha-neul
Oh, My Lady! / Jang Keun-suk & Choi Sang-mi
Mandy / Jang Keun-suk
I Only Look At You / Jang Keun-suk & Kim Ha-neul

[Film] You're My Pet OST (Single)

You're My Pet Kiwobwassong / Jang Jang & Kim Ha-neul

2012

[Drama] Love Rain OST Part II

Love Rain / Jang Keun-suk^[37]

2013

[Drama] Pretty Man OST Part 6

Beautiful Day / Jang Keun-suk^[38]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2006	Mnet Top 100	Charming Guys Who are Single	—	Won
	Mnet Top 100	Adorable Males	—	Rank #29
	KBS Drama Awards	Best Couple Award (with Ha Ji-won)	Hwang Jini	Won
	KBS Drama Awards	Best New Actor	Hwang Jini	Nominated
2007	Mnet Top 100	Must Have Males	—	Rank #3
	10th Director's Cut Awards	Best New Actor	The Happy Life	Won
	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
	17th Buil Film Awards	Best New Actor		Nominated
	45th Grand Bell Awards	Best New Actor		Nominated
	2nd Korea Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor	Beethoven Virus	Nominated
	MBC Drama Awards	Best New Actor	Beethoven Virus	Won
	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Hong Gil-dong	Nominated
		Popularity Award, Actor		Won
		Best Couple Award (with Sung Yu-ri)		Nominated
2009	46th Grand Bell 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
		Top 10 Stars		Won
2010	46th Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actor (Film)	The Case of Itaewon Homicide	Won
	Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards	Top Buzz Male Korea Star	—	Won	^[39]
	Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards	Top Buzz Male Asia Star	—	Won	^[39]
	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Mary Stayed Out All Night	Nominated
		Netizen Award, Actor		Won
		Best Couple Award (with Moon Geun-young)		Won
2011	15th Global Chinese Music Awards	Most Popular Korean Artist	—	Won
	Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards	Commendation from the Ministry of Culture and Finance	—	Won
	19th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	Hallyu Grand Prize	—	Won
	Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards	Taiwan Top Searched Single Korean Artist	—	Won	^[40]
2012	26th Japan Gold Disc Awards	Best 3 New Artists (with 2PM and B2ST)	—	Won	^[41]
	10th IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Awards	Best Selling Album (with Big Brother)	The Lounge H Vol. 1	Won
	10th IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Awards	Best Korean Album (with Big Brother)	The Lounge H Vol. 1	Won
	48th Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actor (Film)	You're My Pet	Won
	Huading Awards	Top 100 Asian Celebrities	—	Rank #3	^[42]
	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	^[43]
	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Pretty Man	Nominated
	KBS Drama Awards	Best Couple Award (with IU)	Pretty Man	Nominated
2014	—	Top 5 Stars That Are Coolest To Their Fans	—	Rank #1

References

^ "Prince of Asia's fans in Busan".
^ "Jang Jang is surprised by his own popularity in Paris".
^ "Jang Keun-suk game gives fans chance at romance". Korea Herald. 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
^ Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition
^ "Review of "The Case of the Itaewon Homicide"". Beyond Hollywood.
^ "Review of "The Case of Itaewon Homicide"". London Korean Links.
^ チャン・グンソク、海外歌手史上初のデビュー作初登場首位. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Oricon. May 3, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
^ ^a ^b Japan goes 'Crazy' over Jang Jang - June 13, 2012, Manila Bulletin, Phils.
^ (in Chinese) 张根硕首张韩文专辑预购韩星经纪
^ Jang Jang to release his first Chinese album
^ (in Japanese) チャン・グンソクのユニット“Team H”が日本上陸 Oricon. January 18, 2012.
^ Jang Jang to Debut as Unit Group "Team H" in Japan
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d (in Japanese) [1] PONYCANYON
^ (in Korean) 장근석, 日오리콘 일간·주간차트 '싹쓸이' Nate
^ "Jang Jang to Release Cookbook on June 10". Soompi. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
^ Jin, Eun-soo (January 13, 2015). "Three Meals a Day spawns spinoff". Korea JoongAng Daily.
^ January 14, 2015 Article: Jang Geun-suk’s agency fires back
^ Doo, Rumy (January 16, 2015). "Jang Geun-suk drops out of TV show after tax evasion report". The Korea Herald.
^ Sung, So-young (January 20, 2015). "Jang Keun-suk apologizes to his fans". Korea JoongAng Daily.
^ February 26, 2015 Jang Keun-suk released new album ‘Monochrome’ in Japan and won the third place on Oricon.
^ Oricon weekly chart
^ March 10, 2015 [article] Jang Keun Suk to Launch ‘The Cri Show 3’ in Eight Cities Around Japan
^ 26th March 2015 Article: Hallyu star Jang Geun-suk’s film tops Japan chart
^ STAR N News – Wed, Mar 25, 2015
^ Oricon daily chart
^ Hankyung.com
^ Star cast
^ topstarnews
^ xportsnews.com
^ star cast
^ www.soompi.com/2015/12/07
^ top rating
^ "Jang Jang and Park Min Young release "ICU" MV for Tongyi CF". April 15, 2013.
^ "Watch their romantic journey in Jeju and feel the love between them". 30 July 2014.
^ Official MV
^ List of songs in 'Monochrome'
^ Jang Jang releases ‘Love Rain’ OST Part II
^ Jang Jang sings for his starring drama 'Pretty Man' with song 'Beautiful Day'
^ Jang Geun Seok Wins Two 2010 Yahoo Buzz Awards
^ Super Junior Sweeps Yahoo! Asia Buzz Awards
^ Girls’ Generation, KARA, TVXQ, 2PM, Jang Jang, and B2ST awarded at 26th Japan Gold Disc Awards
^ (in Chinese) 宫崎骏成龙张根硕位列三甲凤凰网资讯. May 9, 2012.
^ "Girls' Generation, KARA, Big Bang and more win at the Japan Gold Disc Awards 2013". DailyKPopNews. Retrieved Jan 9, 2013.

External links

Official website (in Korean)
Official website (in Japanese)

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Jang Keun-suk (Korean: 장근석; Hanja: 張根碩; born August 4, 1987) is a South Korean actor and singer. He is best known for starring in the television dramas Beethoven Virus (2008), You're Beautiful (2009), Mary Stayed Out All Night (2010), Love Rain (2012), and Pretty Man (2013).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Early life

Jang Keun-suk started working as a child model at the age of five after he was discovered by a talent agent. At that time, Jang's parents were selling their house and the agent, who was a prospective buyer, saw Jang. Seeing his potential, the agent advised Jang's parents to allow him to try a career in modeling.

In middle school, Jang heard the music of Japanese pop singer Ken Hirai. He was inspired enough by these bands to start learning Japanese by himself. In junior high school, Jang went to school in New Zealand, where he attended Nelson College in 2003,^[4] to learn English and Japanese. Because of his studies in New Zealand, he can carry on casual conversations in both languages.

Career

Pre-debut

Jang made his acting debut in the 1997 HBS (now Channel CGV) sitcom Selling Happiness. He then continued to work in television as a child actor.

Even though Jang wanted to continue his studies in New Zealand, a job offer brought him back to South Korea, a role in the popular MBC sitcom Nonstop 4. After his work in Nonstop 4, Jang fell into a self-perceived slump and didn't think his acting was good enough. He decided then to re-devote himself to becoming a true actor.

2005-2008

In 2005, Jang's portrayed the president's son in the SBS drama Lovers in Prague, which became a hit and was well regarded by drama fans.

In 2006, Jang made the jump to the big screen in the Japanese horror film One Missed Call: Final where he played the role of a deaf boy. Using his past experience with the Japanese language, Jang was able to communicate with his Japanese co-stars with ease. He also learned sign language in preparation for his role.

Back on the small screen, he next played the first love of famous gisaeng Hwang Jini (played by Ha Ji-won) in the period drama Hwang Jini. Jang's performance gained the attention of many female fans.

In 2007, Jang was cast in the rock music-themed film The Happy Life, directed by Lee Joon-ik. His role allowed Jang to show off his masculine charms, as well as display his skills as a singer. Jang then co-hosted SBS's weekly live music show Inkigayo from February 25 to October 7, 2007.

In 2008, Jang would go on to act in two more music-inspired projects with the film Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do and the hit MBC drama Beethoven Virus opposite Kim Myung-min, in which he played a trumpet player in an orchestra. He also starred in the KBS drama, Hong Gil-dong as the fictional brother of King Gwanghae who vies for Joseon's throne. Afterwards, he starred with child actor Moon Mason in the movie Baby and I.

2009-2011

Jang's next role, in the 2009 thriller The Case of Itaewon Homicide, was his first villain role. The film is based on the real-life Itaewon murder case in which a young Korean-American was accused of stabbing a Korean student to death. Jang spoke his lines in English throughout the entire film, and Beyond Hollywood praised him as having "performed very well" in the role,^[5] while a review by London Korean Links said: "The casting is cleverly done with Jang as the 'innocent' accused, his popularity allowing the audience to feel some empathy and warmth to an otherwise unattractive character. He does well in this role, a break from his normal cheerful persona and, combined with the fact he has to speak English through most of the film, it's quite impressive. It's not perfect American accent of course, but it plays a vital part in itself."^[6]

In You're Beautiful, Jang played the leader of fictional K-pop band A.N.Jell, who falls in love with a fellow band member who is a girl pretending to be her twin brother (played by Park Shin-hye). The show also starred Lee Hong-gi and Jung Yong-hwa as the band's drummer and guitarist, respectively. He then hosted Tracking Your X Boyfriend, where he showed his outspoken personality and tectonic dance.

In 2010, he starred opposite Moon Geun-young in the romantic comedy series Mary Stayed Out All Night. Despite low ratings domestically, it was better received in Japan, and in 2011, Jang and Moon attended four fan meetings in Tokyo and Osaka, one of which drew a record-setting 60,000 people.

Although he'd recorded songs for the soundtracks of some of his dramas, as well as several advertisements (namely, "Black Engine" for men's cosmetics and skin care, and "Touch Holic", "Just Drag" and "Magic Drag" for Samsung's YP-M1 mp3 player from the YEPP line), Jang at this point had not released any music as a solo artist. His 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 week of release, making him the first non-Japanese act to have the debut single to debut at number 1 on the charts.^[7] "This made him win as Best New Artist in the 26th Japan Gold Disc Awards held last January (2012)" .^[8]

On October 26, 2011 Jang Keun-Suk released a DVD titled "Budapest Diary" in Japan. The DVD "Budapest Diary" has Jang Geun-Suk as the primary actor and also Jang Geun-Suk participated in writing the screenplay and selecting the locations for filming. In September 2011, Jang's first Chinese album, an EP titled The Lounge H Vol.1, was released in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and throughout Southeast Asia.^[9]^[10] Jang worked with friend and musician Big Brother (大兄弟/Jung Kurt) to create the duo "Team H." Big Brother wrote and produced songs for the album, as well as rapping. The Lounge H Vol.1 had 4 tracks, and Jang reportedly wrote the lyrics for the title track "Gotta Getcha." The album, which also included the music video for "Gotta Getcha" and backstage clips, eventually reached platinum sales. Team H later won Best Selling Album and Best Korean Album at the 2012 IFPI Hong Kong Record Sales Awards.

Jang's next film You're My Pet was released in November 2011. It was adapted from the Japanese manga Kimi wa Petto in which a younger man willingly becomes the "pet" of a career woman (played by Kim Ha-neul).

2012-present