Kang Dong-won
| Gang Dong-won | |
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| Born |
18 January 1981 Busan, South Korea |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Other names | Kang Dong-won |
| Education |
Hanyang University (Mechanical Engineering) Sangmyung University Graduate School (Theatre and Film) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Agent | YG Entertainment |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gang Dong-won |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kang Tong-wǒn |
Gang Dong-won (born 18 January 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. His father, Gang Cheol-woo, was an engineer and later vice president of SPP Heavy Industries. Gang's family suffered from 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 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 1% of Anything. In 2004 he shot his first movie, the romantic comedy Too Beautiful to Lie, which was moderately successful.
Gang's first real breakthrough was in Temptation of Wolves, the film adaptation of Guiyeoni's teen internet novel. With his beautiful, androgynous looks, Gang's popularity rose, extending to other Asian countries, especially Japan. He then briefly returned to television as an antihero in Magic, though it was not successful ratings-wise.
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