More than two decades ago, Jang Dong Gun was the number one choice of many famous filmmakers, each work he appeared in made a big splash.
In his final years of high school, because of a respiratory illness, Jang Dong Gun was forced to leave school for a period of time, causing his graduation exam results to be unfavorable.
In 1992, thanks to the recommendation of his management company, he participated in MBC’s prospective actor recruitment course and was accepted on his first try.
In the same year 1992, the actor encountered cinema through the work `Our Heaven`.
A year later, he won the `Best New Actor` award for the series `Il Ji Mae`.
After that, he was invited by many directors to participate in their projects.
Few people know that in order to achieve current success and escape the label of being chosen because of their good looks, actors have to strive and put in many times more effort than actors at the same time.
In the following years, he began to be recognized for his acting ability thanks to his tireless efforts.
During his career, he is famous for series such as `The Doctor Brothers`, `Model`, `Pure Love`… These works all caused `storms` when broadcast in many countries.
Not only making an impression in the acting field, the actor also released many unique music albums and singles.
Throughout the 1990s, Jang Dong Gun was the highest-paid actor, both in advertising and film.
Jang Dong Gun was also the first Korean star to appear on the cover of Time magazine in the Asian edition in November 2005.
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Thanh Cao