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Early Life

Bae Yong Joon was orn in Mapo-gu, Seoul on August 29, 1972. He was educated in Il-mun Preschool and Myung-il Elementary School. He eventually went to study in PaiChai Middle School and Hanyoung High School

Bae Yong acknowledged that he had a girlfriend named Lee Sa Gang (aka Sagan Lee, Sagang Lee), and a photograph of her has since been distributed on the Internet. However, according to a 2005 edition of the I-weekly, a MediaCorp owned magazine in Singapore, Bae has since separated from Lee, citing personal reasons. He has since decided to keep his marital status private.

Acting Career

Bae 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.

He first garnered critical acclaim after appearing in a supporting role on Sunny Place of the Young, where he played the role of the heir to a cosmetics company and best friend of the leading actor, played by Lee Jong Won. Through this role, Bae first gained his now-famous 'regal' image. His next acclaimed role was in First Love, where he played the role of Chan-woo, a smart, young man with checkered past, who drops out of law school to join a gang to seek revenge for his family's misfortunes.

After 1999, Bae decided to step away from acting to focus on his education at Sung Kyun Kwan University, where he majored in film studies.

In 2001, he returned to the small screen, appearing in MBC TV series Hotelier. At this time, Bae decided to let his hair grow long, as evidenced from photographs posted in fan sites.

Bae became world-famous as his next dramatic role, Winter Sonata, despite the fact that it was a TV drama and not a movie, razed all of Japan with as much as 20% of the country watching it. This popularity 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 Winter Sonata craze. Bae's role as Kang Jun-sang in Winter Sonata made him the main spotlight of the Korean Wave.

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.



TV Series

2007 - The Legend (MBC)
2007 - Hotelier (TV Asahi, ep1)
2002 - Winter Sonata (KBS2)
2001 - Hotelier (MBC)
1999 - Did We Really Love? (MBC)
1997 - First Love (KBS)
1996 - Papa (KBS)
1995 - A Sunny Place of the Young (KBS)
1995 - The Six Steps Toward a Separation (KBS)
1995 - Sea Breeze (PSB)
1994 - Salut D'Amour (Love Greeting) (KBS)
1994 - Barefoot Days (KBS2)

Movies
2005 - April Snow
2003 - Untold Scandal
1997- Ppilku



1995: LOTTE Gana, nongshim ZEC, MAYPOLE
1996: Kwail Nara, LG group, Dong Yang cosmetic
1997: LG group, HITE beer
1998: LG group etc
1999: FRJ
2001: JM Global Water Purifier, Kye-Mong-Sa (Press), Old & New, LoReal (Perfume)
2002: LG Telecom, LG Home Shopping, LG Card, Korea Investment Trust, Kolon ManStar, Old & New, Halla Millate
2003: Ray Ban Glasses, Taster's Choice, LG Whisen, LG Telecom, LG Card, Kolon ManStar, Old & New
2004: Taster's Choice, Oronamin C, LOTTE Flavono, Sony handycam, Lotte Almond, Sony Cybershot, AU by KDDI, Daihatsu Mira, LG La La La (films available online at http://byj.co.kr )
2005: Taster's Choice, Lotte Rummy and Bacchus chocolates, Keangnam (builders), Coca-Cola 7-Flavor Tea, Lotte Almond
2006: Hyundai Sonata, Eastern Home Shopping Network, Secom Security Systems, Keangnam
2007: Secom, Megane Ichiba, Keangnam
2008: Megane Ichiba, Viliv, The Face Shop
2009: Arnaldo Bassini, The Face Shop, Megane Ichiba



2007: MBC drama awards: Daesang award
2007: MBC drama awards: Best couple( with lee ji ah) in The Legend
2007: MBC drama awards: Popularity award
2004: 40th Baeksang: Rookie Award
2003: Blue Dragon: Best Newcomer & Popular Star award
2002: KBS Drama: Popular Actor Award & Best Actor Award
2002: 38th Bak Sang: Popularity award
1997: 33rd Bak Sang: Popularity award
1996: KBS Drama: The Excellent Actor Award & The Popular Actor Award
1995: KBS Drama: Rookie Award & Photogenic Award