Shin Hyun-jun
| Shin Hyun-jun | |
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| Born | October 28, 1968 Seoul, South Korea |
| Occupation | Actor, model, professor, MC |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 신현준 |
| Hanja | 申鉉濬 |
| Revised Romanization | Sin Hyeon-jun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Shin Hyŏn-jun |
| Website | |
| http://www.shinhyunjun.jp | |
Shin Hyun-jun (born October 28, 1968) is a popular actor from South Korea. He is well known for portraying Ki-bong in the movie Barefoot Ki-bong and the photographer in South Korea's most popular music video "Because I'm A Girl" performed by KISS. He is best known as 아랍왕자 (Prince of Arab) due to his foreign look and long eyelashes. Recently, he traveled to Haiti and volunteered to help the victims of 2010 Haiti earthquake. He is currently the main MC in KBS 2TV "Entertainment Weekly" and MBC's Sunday Sunday Night segment, Enjoy Today show.
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[edit] Career
Shin was an athletics major at Yonsei University before starting a career in modeling and acting in 1989. His film debut came in director Im Kwon-taek's Son of a General series, set under the Japanese occupation in the 1920s. When director Kang Je-gyu was writing 'Gingko Bed', he had Shin in mind for the General Hwang-role even before starting to write the screenplay. He actually said he would not shoot the film if he couldn't get Shin to play that role. In recent years,Shin has turned more towards popular cinema, finding his greatest success in fantasy/sci-fi works such as The Gingko Bed, The Soul Guardians, and the Korean-Chinese coproduction Bichunmoo. In 2001 he starred in the third film by director Jang Jin Guns & Talks. He drew praise in this film for his acting, and the film went on to become hugely successful at the box-office.
In 2008,he released an autobiography titled "Confession". The first print sold out in two days and is currently in its third print in Korea. The book had also been released in China and Japan. The book contains a foreword by international superstar Jackie Chan as well as testimonies by other Korean celebrities, including Choi Ji-woo, Kim Won-hee and Nam Hee-seok. Aside from his job as an actor, he is also an acting professor at Induk University since March 2010.
[edit] Personal life
Shin Hyun-jun has three older sisters and a niece from Indonesia named Amanda Kasim,the latter was once featured in Korean Variety Global Talk Show. In 2001,he dated former Miss Korea Son Tae Young but they eventually broke up in 2003. He has also been involved in many romantic scandals with many actresses such as Kim Hee-sun, Shin Ae, Song Yun-ah, Shim Hye-jin, Shim Eun-ha, Christy Chung etc. Christy Chung and Shin were first introduced to each other through actor Jackie Chan at StarEast event.They supposedly spent Chinese New Year together, and when Shin was leaving Hong Kong, he finally admitted to the reporters chasing him that he and Christy had been together for a year. However, when he was in Hong Kong again promoting his new film, he denied it.
He is close friends with Jung Joon-ho and TV presenter Tak Jae-hoon. The three are also business partners and has formed a group called 3J that focused on movie production. They are also planning to launch cosmetic brand and to open Korean traditional restaurants in Japan and Singapore.
It was reported that in September 2009, Shin Hyun-jun bashed up his manager of five years after some arguments. His manager subsequently lodged a police report. Two days after the incident, Shin Hyun-jun held a press conference and made a formal apology. His manager then withdrew the report.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
- Sin of a Family (film) (2011)
- George and Bong-shik (2010)
- Sin of A Family (2010)
- Kiss Me,Kill Me (2009)
- His Last Gift (2008)
- The Worst Guy Ever (2007)
- Master Kims (2007)
- Hot for Teacher (2006)
- Marrying the Mafia III (2006)
- Barefoot Ki-bong (2006)
- Shadowless Sword (2005)
- Marrying the Mafia II (2005)
- Hi! Dharma 2: Showdown in Seoul (2004)
- Face (2004)
- Blue (2003)
- Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield (2003)
- Guns & Talks (2001)
- Siren (2000)
- Bichunmoo (2000)
- The Soul Guardians (1998)
- The Story of a Man (1998)
- KK Family List (1997)
- Maria and the Inn (1997)
- Lament (1997)
- The Gingko Bed (1996)
- Channel 69 (1996)
- The Taebaek Mountains (1994)
- Hwa-om-kyung (1993)
- Son of a General 3 (1992)
- Son of a General 2 (1991)
- Son of a General (1990)
[edit] TV Drama
- Road No. 1 (2010) - special appearance
- Cain and Abel (2009)
- Star's Lover (2008) - cameo
- Rondo (2006)
- Stairway to Heaven(SBS / 2003)
- I Love You!, I Love You! (1998)
- White Nights 3.98 (1998)
- 1.5 (1996)
- Son of Wind (1995)
[edit] Music videos
- Bobby Kim - "Remember The Last Christmas"
- Lee Seung-Cheol - 말리꽃
- Jo Sungmo - "For Your Soul"
- Lee Soo Young - "Never Again"
- KISS - "Because I'm A Girl"
- Zi-A - "Absentmindedly"
- Zi-A - "Together With A Star In My Heart"
- Zi-A - "Guardian Angel"
- Zi-A - "I Love You I'm Sorry"
- Zi-A - "I'm Happy"
- Zi-A - "Choked With Grief"
[edit] Awards
- 2010: MBC Special Variety Award
- 2010: Goodwill Ambassador for Red Cross
- 2010: Goodwill Ambassador for Grain Welfare Foundation
- 2010: Goodwill Ambassador for World No Tobacco Day
- 2010: 1004 Marathon Relay for Disabled People Public Ambassador
- 2010: The 2010 Bible EXPO Public Ambassador
- 2008: Goodwill Ambassador for South Korea's World Refugee Day
- 2008: 16th Chunsa Film Festival - Hallyu Culture Award
- 2007: 7th World Paralympic Games Ambassador
- 2006: 26th Hawaii International Film Festival - Asian Star Award
- 2006: 27th Blue Dragon Film Awards - Most Popular Actor
- 2006: 4th Korea Fashion World Awards - Best Dressed Award
- 2001: Baekjusang Awards - Best Dressed Actor
- 1992: 30th Daejong Film Awards - Best New Actor
- 1992: Grand Bell Awards - Promising Actor
[edit] External links
- [1] at Cyworld
- Shin Hyun-jun at HanCinema
- Shin Hyun-jun at the Internet Movie Database
