Bae Yong-joon (Korean: 배용준; Hanja: 裵勇浚; born August 29,
1972) is a South Korean businessman and former actor. 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.Bae Yong-joon was born in Mapo District, Seoul. He entered
Sungkyunkwan University in 2000 as a Film Studies major.Bae made his
acting debut in 1994 in the Korean drama Salut D'Amour (lit. "Love
Greeting"). The rookie actor quickly gained popularity, and a year
later he won Best New Actor at the 1995 KBS Drama Awards for Our Sunny
Days of Youth. Throughout the 1990s, Bae continued playing leading
roles on television, in Papa (1996), First Love (1996) which reached a
peak viewership rating of 65.8%, The Barefooted Youth (1998), and the
Noh Hee-kyung-penned Did We Really Love? (1999). In Hotelier (2001),
he played a mergers and acquisitions specialist about to takeover a
hotel, but has a change of heart after falling in love with one of its
employees (Bae would later reprise his role in a cameo in the 2007
Japanese remake of Hotelier).
1972) is a South Korean businessman and former actor. 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.Bae Yong-joon was born in Mapo District, Seoul. He entered
Sungkyunkwan University in 2000 as a Film Studies major.Bae made his
acting debut in 1994 in the Korean drama Salut D'Amour (lit. "Love
Greeting"). The rookie actor quickly gained popularity, and a year
later he won Best New Actor at the 1995 KBS Drama Awards for Our Sunny
Days of Youth. Throughout the 1990s, Bae continued playing leading
roles on television, in Papa (1996), First Love (1996) which reached a
peak viewership rating of 65.8%, The Barefooted Youth (1998), and the
Noh Hee-kyung-penned Did We Really Love? (1999). In Hotelier (2001),
he played a mergers and acquisitions specialist about to takeover a
hotel, but has a change of heart after falling in love with one of its
employees (Bae would later reprise his role in a cameo in the 2007
Japanese remake of Hotelier).
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