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South Korean actor and businessman

In this Korean name, the family name is Bae.

Bae Yong-joon (Korean: 배용준; Hanja: 裵勇浚; born August 29, 1972) is a South Korean businessman and former actor.

He has starred in numerous television dramas, including, notably, Winter Sonata which became a major part of the Korean Wave. Bae retired from acting after 2007, but remains active as the chairman of management agency KeyEast.

Early life

Bae Yong-joon was born in Mapo District, Seoul.

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He entered Sungkyunkwan University in 2000 as a Film Studies major.^[1]

Career

Bae made his acting debut in 1994 in the Korean dramaSalut D'Amour (lit. "Love Greeting").^[2] The rookie actor quickly gained popularity, and a year later he won Best New Actor at the 1995 KBS Drama Awards for Our Sunny Days of Youth.

Throughout the 1990s, Bae continued playing leading roles on television, in Papa (1996), First Love (1996) which reached a p