Yoon Kye-sang
| Yoon Kye-sang | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
December 20, 1978 Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | K-pop, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | JYP Entertainment, SidusHQ, Saram Entertainment |
| Associated acts | g.o.d JYP Nation |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 윤계상 |
| Revised Romanization | Yun Gye-sang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yun Kye-sang |
Yoon Kye-sang (born December 20, 1978) is a South Korean actor and singer. He began his career in 1999 as part of the K-pop boy band g.o.d, then left the group in 2004 to pursue an acting career. He made his acting debut in the film Flying Boys (2004), for which he won Best New Actor at the Baeksang Arts Awards. Yoon became active in both television and film, with leading roles in romantic comedies such as My 19 Year Old Sister-in-Law (2004) and Who Are You? (2008) and the melodrama Crazy for You (2007), as well as more serious fare in The Moonlight of Seoul (2008) and The Executioner (2009). After a supporting turn in the hit series The Greatest Love (2011), he returned to the big screen in the well-received indie Poongsan (2011).
Yoon Kye-sang began his rise to fame as a member of South Korean pop music group g.o.d (which stood for "Groove Overdose"); the band debuted in 1999 and enjoyed huge popularity for over half a decade. However, he turned to acting in 2004, making his film debut in Flying Boys, directed by Byun Young-joo. He made his television debut that same year in My 19 Year Old Sister-in-Law with Jung Da-bin.
Some of the group's fans called Yoon a "traitor" for leaving g.o.d before its sixth album; g.o.d went on to release a seventh before disbanding in 2005.
Having just departed from g.o.d, Yoon was at the height of his popularity, but had to interrupt his nascent acting career due to mandatory military service. He enlisted in the Republic of Korea Army on December 7, 2004, and was assigned to the 102nd Reserves at Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, on the Korean Demilitarized Zone. After completing basic training and serving there for some time, Yoon was reassigned in 2006 to duties as an "entertainment soldier" in the newly formed group Korean Forces Network, which provides television and radio broadcasts to soldiers, and also allows celebrities to maintain a public profile while completing their military service. He was discharged from the army on December 6, 2006. In an interview that day, he said that he had not slept the night before and was very tired, but looked forward to seeing his fans; he further stated that he planned to resume his career in 2007.
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