Bae Yong Joon

Name: Bae Yong Joon
Chinese Name: Pei Yong Jun
Chinese Name: 裵勇俊
Korean Name: 배용준
Height: 181cm
Weight: 78kg
Blood Type: O
Religion: Roman Catholic

Born in Mapo-gu, Seoul, to Bae Yung (배영), Song Ki-Ok (송기옥, 宋基玉), he was educated in the in Il-mun Preschool and Myung-il Elementary School. In his school days, Bae was a very quiet boy with few friends. He eventually went to study in Baejae Middle School and the Hanyoung High School. He has a sister, Bae Eun-Chuk.

After graduating from the FTM (Film, TV & Multimedia) department in the school of arts in the Sungkyunkwan University, Bae later went onto his film debut in PpilKu in 1994. He later went on to star in dramas like “Salut D’Amour” and “Six Steps to Separation” in late 1994 and 1995 respectively.

However, it was not until he starred as Jae-Ho in “True To Love” when he made his first breakthrough. But Bae, being ambitious in venturing out in his acting business, soon was acting in dramas of better quality like “Hotelier”. At this time, Bae decided to let his hair grow long.

In 2002, Bae truly managed to expand his acting business to Japan. “Winter Sonata,” despite the fact that it was a TV drama and not a movie, razed all of Japan with as much as 80% of the country watching it. This popularity really gave both Bae and his co-star Choi Ji-woo a chance to shift their main stage from Korea to Japan. Other Korean movies and dramas also became quite popular following the fever.

Bae also managed to get a deeper foothold into the Japanese and Southeast Asian market after he starred in the movie Untold Scandal as Jo Won. However, due to the fact that there are several strong sexual scenes in the movie, it did not appeal to the public nearly as much as “Winter Sonata”.

After making a tour to Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Phuket in 2004, Bae released his biography during his hysterical 4 1/2-day tour in Japan, where The Image: Volume 1 to commemorate the 10th year of his acting career.

Since 2004, he has been the spokesman for the Japanese pizza chain Pizza-La. Past girlfriends of Bae include Choi Ji Woo and Lee San-Gang. Rumours from the internet claimed that Bae is currently engaged to Kim Tae Hee.

According to the May 3, 2005 issue of Newsweek (Asian International Edition), Bae’s fan base covers a wide range of Asian female demographics, including middle aged and married women who mob him when he pays a visit to a particular Asian country. Newsweek also notes that “Japanese women are taking up the study of Korean language and history” because of Bae. During an August 2005 visit to Taiwan, Bae went to the hospital to see a cancer-striken fan, who is a mother and who has drawn hundreds of Bae’s potraits (China Times (Chinese language), August 20, 2005 and China Post, August 20, 2005).

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More Websites:
Bae Yong Joon Official Homepage
Bae Yong Jun at KPopMusic
Bae Yong Jun at IMDB

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