Gang Dong-won (born January 18, 1981) is a South Korean actor.Gang
Dong-won was born January 18, 1981 in Busan, and grew up in Changwon
of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. He is 186 cm tall. His father, Gang
Cheol-woo, was an engineer and later vice president of SPP Heavy
Industries. Gang's family suffered economic hardship at times and Gang
had to work part-time in college to pay for his tuition. Academically
gifted with an IQ of 137, Gang graduated from Hanyang University at
Ansan with a degree in Mechanical engineering.In 2000 when Gang was a
first year university student, he was spotted on the street by a
modeling agent. Thus began his modeling career, and he appeared on the
catwalk for prêt-à -porter collections in Paris such as DKNY, Gucci
and Hugo Boss, as well as for the local Seoul Fashion Artists
Association (SFAA).After being cast in the music video for Jo
Sung-mo's "I Swear," the experience intrigued Gang so much that he
decided to take some acting classes. Realizing that acting was what he
had been looking for his entire life, the revelation meant a change of
career. He quit modeling and made his acting debut on television in
2003, playing a doctor with a regional dialect in Country Princess
(also known as Funny Wild Girl), and a chaebol's son in Something
About 1%. In 2004 he shot his first movie, the romantic comedy Too
Beautiful to Lie, which was moderately successful.
Dong-won was born January 18, 1981 in Busan, and grew up in Changwon
of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. He is 186 cm tall. His father, Gang
Cheol-woo, was an engineer and later vice president of SPP Heavy
Industries. Gang's family suffered economic hardship at times and Gang
had to work part-time in college to pay for his tuition. Academically
gifted with an IQ of 137, Gang graduated from Hanyang University at
Ansan with a degree in Mechanical engineering.In 2000 when Gang was a
first year university student, he was spotted on the street by a
modeling agent. Thus began his modeling career, and he appeared on the
catwalk for prêt-à -porter collections in Paris such as DKNY, Gucci
and Hugo Boss, as well as for the local Seoul Fashion Artists
Association (SFAA).After being cast in the music video for Jo
Sung-mo's "I Swear," the experience intrigued Gang so much that he
decided to take some acting classes. Realizing that acting was what he
had been looking for his entire life, the revelation meant a change of
career. He quit modeling and made his acting debut on television in
2003, playing a doctor with a regional dialect in Country Princess
(also known as Funny Wild Girl), and a chaebol's son in Something
About 1%. In 2004 he shot his first movie, the romantic comedy Too
Beautiful to Lie, which was moderately successful.
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