Bae Yong-joon
{{Short description|South Korean actor and businessman}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{family name hatnote|Bae||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bae Yong-joon
| image = Bae Yong Joon.jpg
| caption = Waxwork of Bae Yong-joon
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|8|29}}
| birth_place = Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea
| occupation = Actor, businessman
| years_active = 1994–2017
| awards = File:ROK_Order_of_Cultural_Merit_Hwa-gwan_(5th_Class)_ribbon.PNG Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit (2008)
| spouse = {{marriage|Park Soo-jin|2015}}
| children = 2
| website = https://web.archive.org/web/20040701104520/http://www.byj.co.kr/
| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent
| hangul = 배용준
| hanja = 裵勇浚
| rr = Bae Yongjun
| mr = Pae Yongjun
}}
| signature = Bae Yong-joon signature.png
}}
Bae Yong-joon ({{korean|배용준|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 (2002) 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. He entered Sungkyunkwan University in 2000 as a Film Studies major.{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon (배용준) Profile|url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/CU/content/cms_view_304699.jsp|website=Korea Tourism Organization|access-date=March 23, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144305/http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/CU/content/cms_view_304699.jsp|url-status=live}}
Career
Bae made his acting debut in 1994 in the Korean drama Salut D'Amour (lit. "Love Greeting").{{cite web|title=Actors and Actresses of Korean Cinema: Bae Yong-joon|url=http://koreanfilm.org/actors2.html#baeyj|website=Koreanfilm.org|access-date=May 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521094018/http://koreanfilm.org/actors2.html#baeyj|archive-date=May 21, 2015|url-status=dead}} 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 peak viewership rating of 65.8%, The Barefooted Youth (1998), and the Noh Hee-kyung-penned Did We Really Love? (1999). In Hotelier (2001), he played a mergers and acquisitions specialist about to takeover a hotel, but has a change of heart after falling in love with one of its employees (Bae would later reprise his role in a cameo in the 2007 Japanese remake of Hotelier).{{cite web|last1=Brasor|first1=Philip|title=Bae Yong Joon, superstar, how many hits have you had so far?|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/01/27/national/media-national/bae-yong-joon-superstar-how-many-hits-have-you-had-so-far/|website=Japan Times|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=January 27, 2008|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518134535/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/01/27/national/media-national/bae-yong-joon-superstar-how-many-hits-have-you-had-so-far/|url-status=live}}
But it was Yoon Seok-ho's Winter Sonata in 2002 that would transform Bae's career, and consequently the face of Korean dramas abroad. A melodrama about first love, lost memory and unknown family ties, Winter Sonata became an unprecedented success in Asia and more than 20 countries, particularly in Japan. Bae gained a tremendous fan base among Japanese middle-aged women, who dubbed him with the honorific nickname Yon-sama ({{lang|ja|ヨン様}}; cf. "Emperor Yon") and brought in {{USD|2.3 billion}} in tourism and Winter Sonata merchandise sales.{{cite web|title=Celebrity: A Hunk O' Love|url=http://www.newsweek.com/celebrity-hunk-o-love-128187|website=Newsweek|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=May 2, 2004|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093441/http://www.newsweek.com/celebrity-hunk-o-love-128187|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Norimitsu|first1=Onishi|title=What's Korean for 'Real Man?' Ask a Japanese Woman|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/23/international/asia/23JAPAN.html|website=The New York Times|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=November 23, 2004|archive-date=May 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528053652/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/23/international/asia/23JAPAN.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Sohn|first1=Jie-ae|title=S. Korean star sparks tourist boom|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/03/13/skorea.travel/index.html|publisher=CNN|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=March 16, 2005|archive-date=May 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519061933/http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/03/13/skorea.travel/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon Laments the Price of Fame|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/05/24/2006052461013.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=May 24, 2006|archive-date=March 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305001647/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/05/24/2006052461013.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Salmon |first1=Andrew |title=Yonsama: Korean love god captures Japanese hearts |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/issues/2015/04/363_112054.html |website=The Korea Times |access-date=May 14, 2015 |date=May 30, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085531/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/issues/2015/04/363_112054.html |archive-date=May 18, 2015 }}
In 2003, Bae was cast in his first major big-screen role in Untold Scandal (he had previously appeared in bit parts in two films in the 1990s). In contrast to his gentle, intellectual image, Bae played a conniving, sexually predatory nobleman in E J-yong's adaptation of Les Liaisons dangereuses set in 18th century Joseon.{{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=Soo-kyung|title=Bae Yong-joon's Screen Debut – Notorious Playboy from Chosun Dynasty|url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=130000&biid=2003031777798|website=The Dong-A Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=March 16, 2003|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093210/http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=130000&biid=2003031777798|url-status=live}} His performance received Best New Actor accolades from the Blue Dragon Film Awards and the Baeksang Arts Awards. He next published a photo book The Image: Volume 1 in 2004, which sold 10,000 copies.
Afterwards he worked with director Hur Jin-ho in April Snow (2005), about a stage lighting director who discovers his wife's infidelity when she becomes comatose after a near-fatal car accident with her lover.{{cite web|title=April Snow no Walk in The Park for Bae Yong-joon |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/08/26/2005082661002.html |website=The Chosun Ilbo |access-date=May 14, 2015 |date=August 26, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305010313/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/08/26/2005082661002.html |archive-date= March 5, 2015 }}{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Seung-jae|title=I, Myself Am in Forbidden Love|url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005082573728|website=The Dong-A Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=August 25, 2005|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093207/http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005082573728|url-status=live}} The film had a weak domestic run but due to Bae's star power, it set a new box office record for a Korean film in Japan with {{JPY|2.72 billion}}.{{cite web|title=Yonsama Fever Rages on Amid Korea-Japan Chill|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/03/17/2005031761030.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=March 17, 2005|archive-date=March 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305011940/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/03/17/2005031761030.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Min-a|title=Romantic tale appeals, particularly to Japanese|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2610141|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=August 24, 2005|archive-date=August 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831013933/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2610141|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Yonsama Proves Japan's Biggest Crowd-Puller|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/09/02/2005090261028.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=September 2, 2005|archive-date=March 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305001649/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/09/02/2005090261028.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Yon-sama Fever Revived by Release of April Snow |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/09/21/2005092161003.html |website=The Chosun Ilbo |access-date=May 14, 2015 |date=September 21, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305010251/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/09/21/2005092161003.html |archive-date= March 5, 2015 }}
Bae then entered the restaurant business, by establishing restaurants and cafes that capitalize on the well-being trend. He owns health food restaurant Gorilla in the Kitchen and high-end traditional Korean restaurant Gosire.{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon, Businessman Extraordinaire|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/07/24/2006072461005.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=July 24, 2006|archive-date=March 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305001648/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/07/24/2006072461005.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Lee |first1=Hyo-won |title=Bae's Food Chain in Japan |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/11/201_56105.html |website=The Korea Times |access-date=May 14, 2015 |date=November 25, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085632/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2009/11/201_56105.html |archive-date=May 18, 2015 }}{{cite web|last1=Eun|first1=Elizabeth|title=Seoul's celebrity-owned restaurants|url=http://travel.cnn.com/seoul/eat/seouls-celebrity-restaurants-039053|publisher=CNN|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=April 21, 2011|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518084012/http://travel.cnn.com/seoul/eat/seouls-celebrity-restaurants-039053|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Genegabus|first1=Jason|title=Bae Yong Joon to open Waikiki café|url=http://www.honolulupulse.com/2012/01/korean-star-bae-yong-joon-to-open-waikiki-cafe/|website=Honolulu Pulse|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=January 24, 2012|archive-date=February 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219230908/http://www.honolulupulse.com/2012/01/korean-star-bae-yong-joon-to-open-waikiki-cafe/|url-status=live}} As the most famous Korean actor in Japan, he became a proponent for Korean cuisine, and his Gosire lunchboxes (or bento) are sold in Japanese convenience stores and supermarkets.{{cite web|title=Yonsama Lunchbox on Sale in Japan |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2009/06/123_46907.html |website=The Korea Times |access-date=May 14, 2015 |date=June 16, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085617/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2009/06/123_46907.html |archive-date=May 18, 2015 }} In 2006, Bae became one of Korea's wealthiest celebrities as the majority shareholder (34.6%) of management agency KeyEast (his stocks are valued at {{USD|128 million}} as of May 2015).{{cite web|title=Yonsama Effect Sends Firm's Share Price Soaring |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/04/04/2006040461031.html |website=The Chosun Ilbo |access-date=May 14, 2015 |date=April 4, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305001647/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2006/04/04/2006040461031.html |archive-date=March 5, 2015 }}{{cite web|title=Top 10 stock billionaire celebrities|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150104000330|website=The Korea Herald|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=January 4, 2015|archive-date=May 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527063449/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150104000330|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=YG Entertainment head tops list of stock-rich celebrities |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2015/05/201_178344.html |website=The Korea Times |access-date=May 14, 2015 |date=May 5, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075600/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2015/05/201_178344.html |archive-date=May 18, 2015 }}{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon becomes the stock-richest celebrity|url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2015050633768|website=The Dong-A Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=May 6, 2015|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518093203/http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2015050633768|url-status=live}} Most of the KeyEast executives, including president Bae Sung-woong, are Bae's former managers and have worked with him for more than ten years.
Bae made his much-anticipated return to television in 2007 in The Legend (also known as Taewangsasingi, lit. "The Four Guardian Gods of the King"). The big-budget period-fantasy epic was written by Song Ji-na and directed by Kim Jong-hak, and Bae played dual roles: Gwanggaeto, 19th ruler of the Goguryeo kingdom; and Hwanung, believed to be the son of God and founder of Gojoseon.{{cite web|last1=Sa |first1=Eun-young |title=Yonsamas Drama Hits TV Screens |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2007/09/201_9966.html |website=The Korea Times |access-date=May 14, 2015 |date=September 11, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085529/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2007/09/201_9966.html |archive-date=May 18, 2015 }}{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Hyo-won|title=TV Drama Taewangsasingi Goes to Japan|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/06/201_14912.html|website=The Korea Times|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=December 4, 2007|archive-date=June 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615173224/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/06/201_14912.html|url-status=live}} He was paid {{SK won|250 million}} ({{USD|217,000}}) per episode, making him the highest paid Korean television actor of all time.{{cite web|last1=Park|first1=Si-soo|title=Who is the highest paid actor?|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2013/06/386_138183.html|website=The Korea Times|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=June 26, 2013|archive-date=June 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629235829/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2013/06/386_138183.html|url-status=live}}
In 2009, Bae and Winter Sonata co-star Choi Ji-woo reunited as voice actors for the animated series Winter Sonata Anime, which aired in Japan.{{cite web|title=A reunion in 7 years: Yonsama and Jiwoohime|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092918564427201|website=Asiae|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=September 29, 2009|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221174540/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092918564427201|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Stars reprise Winter Sonata roles for anime|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/09/30/national/stars-reprise-winter-sonata-roles-for-anime/|website=Japan Times|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=September 30, 2009|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518133027/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/09/30/national/stars-reprise-winter-sonata-roles-for-anime/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon, Choi Ji-woo reunite for Winter Sonata anime|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010020212531420351|website=Asiae|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=February 2, 2010|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181533/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010020212531420351|url-status=live}} He also wrote a book of photo-essays A Journey in Search of Korea's Beauty, which promoted Korean traditional culture such as ceramics, liquor, hanbok, pansori, hanok, Hangul, kimchi-making, temple stays, museums and historical sites.{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon promotes book on Korean culture|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092218144860446|website=Asiae|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=September 22, 2009|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518112646/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2009092218144860446|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon Dreams of Simple Farming Life|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/23/2009092300362.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=September 23, 2009|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518191519/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/23/2009092300362.html|url-status=live}} It became a bestseller, and has been translated to Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese and English.{{cite web|last1=Park|first1=So-young|last2=Seo|first2=Ji-eun|title=Bae Yong-joon wows them in Japan|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2910779|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=October 1, 2009|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075604/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2910779|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon Garners More Laurels with Book About Korea|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/09/09/2010090900287.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=September 9, 2010|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518191402/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/09/09/2010090900287.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon's Book About Korea Published in English|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/12/04/2010120400228.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=December 4, 2010|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518191422/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/12/04/2010120400228.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon's Photo Essay Nominated for Book of the Year in China|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/01/11/2011011101299.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=January 11, 2011|archive-date=March 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304193204/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/01/11/2011011101299.html|url-status=live}} A Journey in Search of Korea's Beauty was later turned into an eight-episode TV documentary that aired on MBC Life in 2011.{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon's Book to Be Filmed for Asia-Wide Distribution|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/10/28/2010102800954.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=October 28, 2010|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518191405/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/10/28/2010102800954.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Park |first1=Uliana |title=Baes documentary on Korea eyes bigger audience |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/01/135_79307.html |website=The Korea Times |access-date=May 14, 2015 |date=January 7, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085620/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/01/135_79307.html |archive-date=May 18, 2015 }}
In 2009 and 2010, he was the star of D3 Publisher's Nintendo DS edutainment series Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS ("Learn Korean with Bae Yong-joon"), consisting of three games: Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS (beginner level), Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS Date Hen (intermediate level), and Bae Yong-joon to Manabu Kankokugo DS Test Hen (advanced level).{{cite web |url=https://www.d3p.co.jp/byj/ |title=ぺ・ヨンジュンと学ぶ韓国語DS【トップページ】 |website=www.d3p.co.jp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808073626/http://www.d3p.co.jp/byj/ |archive-date=2009-08-08}}
Bae and KeyEast entered into a joint partnership with Park Jin-young and JYP Entertainment in 2009, which eventually produced Dream High (2011), a teen musical series that revolved around the lives of students attending a high school for the performing arts.{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon & Park Jin-Young in Lucrative World Project|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/01/02/2009010261008.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=January 2, 2009|archive-date=March 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304224143/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/01/02/2009010261008.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Song|first=Woong-ki|title=JYP, Bae looking further ahead|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20090108000027|website=The Korea Herald|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=January 8, 2009|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518081227/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20090108000027|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Oh|first=Jean|title=Dream High: Just a JYPE vehicle, or something more?|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20101228000724|website=The Korea Herald|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=December 28, 2010|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518081225/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20101228000724|url-status=live}} As creative producer, Bae supervised the screenplay and production; he also appeared in a four-episode guest arc.{{cite web|last=Han |first=Sang-hee |title=Actor Bae May Appear in His Own Drama |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2009/02/178_40119.html |website=The Korea Times |access-date=May 14, 2015 |date=February 23, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085629/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2009/02/178_40119.html |archive-date=May 18, 2015 }}{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Lucia|title=Bae Yong-joon takes part in shoot for Dream High|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010120811104583845|website=Asiae|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=December 8, 2010|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518112641/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010120811104583845|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Seo|first=Ji-eun|title=Bae Yong-joon fuels Dream in Japan|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2941145|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=September 6, 2011|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075553/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2941145|url-status=live}} The collaboration between KeyEast and JYPE, named Holym, lasted until 2013.
Personal life
He and actress Park Soo-jin announced their engagement in May 2015 and married on July 27, 2015 at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill Hotel. The couple only invited friends and relatives to the wedding and forbade attendance of the press media.{{cite news|last=Lim|first=Jeong-yeo|title=Bae Yong-joon is no longer a bachelor|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150727001069|website=The Korea Herald|access-date=July 29, 2015|date=July 27, 2015|archive-date=July 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729011633/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150727001069|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Hallyu star Bae Yong-joon marries Park Soo-jin|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2015/07/201_183631.html|website=The Korea Times|access-date=July 29, 2015|date=July 27, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085053/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2015/07/201_183631.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon Weds Actress in Private Ceremony|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/07/28/2015072801070.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=July 30, 2015|date=July 28, 2015|archive-date=April 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427163225/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2015/07/28/2015072801070.html|url-status=live}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | 1994
| The Young Man || | rowspan="2" | Bit part || |
| scope="row" | 1997
| PpilKu || Shock member || |
| scope="row" | 2003
| Untold Scandal || Jo-won || || |
| scope="row" | 2005
| April Snow || In-su || || |
= Television series =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" | |||
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| scope="row" | 1994
| Salut D'Amour || Kim Young-min || || | |||
| scope="row" rowspan=3|1995
| Our Sunny Days of Youth || Ha Seok-joo || || | |||
| Drama Game: "Six Steps to Separation" | Kyung-min | ||
| Sea Breeze | Jang Moon-young | ||
| scope="row" rowspan=3|1996
| Papa || Choi Hyun-joon || || | |||
| Colors: "Blue" | |||
| First Love | Sung Chan-woo | ||
| scope="row" | 1997
| The Angel Within || Man in café || Cameo || | |||
| scope="row" | 1998
| The Barefooted Youth || Han Yo-seok/Jang Yo-seok || || | |||
| scope="row" | 1999
| Did We Really Love? || Kang Jae-ho || || | |||
| scope="row" | 2001
| Hotelier || Shin Dong-hyuk/Frank Shin || || | |||
| scope="row" | 2002
| Winter Sonata || Kang Joon-sang/Lee Min-hyeong || || | |||
| scope="row" rowspan=2|2007
| Hotelier || Shin Dong-hyuk || Cameo; Episode 1 || | |||
| The Legend | Damdeok/Hwan-woong | ||
| scope="row" | 2009
| Winter Sonata Anime || Kang Joon-sang/Lee Min-hyeong || Voice role || | |||
| scope="row" | 2011
| Dream High || Jung Ha-myung || Guest role; Episodes 1–4 || |
=Music video appearances=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | 2001
| "Goodbye, My Love" || Jo Sung-mo || |
| scope="row" | 2002
| "Ditto and Sympathy 2" || || |
Video games
Bibliography
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | 2004
| The Image: Volume 1 || |
| scope="row" | 2005
| 100 Days of Bae Yong-joon || |
| scope="row" | 2007
| BYJ Family Book || |
| scope="row" | 2009
| Journey in Search of Korea's Beauty || |
| scope="row" | 2012
| Visit to Kyoto || |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination ! scope="col" | Award ceremony ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Nominee / Work ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} | |
| scope="row" rowspan="5" | Baeksang Arts Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 1996 | Our Sunny Days of Youth | {{nom}} | | |
|---|---|
| style="text-align:center" | 1997
| Most Popular Actor – Television | {{won}} | | |
| style="text-align:center" | 2002
| Most Popular Actor – Television | {{won}} | | |
| style="text-align:center" | 2004
| {{won}} | | |
| style="text-align:center" | 2008
| {{nom}} | | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | Blue Dragon Film Awards
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 2003 | rowspan="2" | Untold Scandal | {{won}} | | |
| Popular Star Award
| {{won}} | | |
| scope="row" | Grand Bell Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2004 | Best New Actor | {{nom}} | | |
| scope="row" | Japan Men's Fashion Association
| style="text-align:center" | 2004 | Best Dressed of the Year, International category | Bae Yong-joon | {{won}} | | |
| scope="row" rowspan="7" | KBS Drama Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 1994 | Best New Actor | {{nom}} | | |
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 1995
| Best New Actor | rowspan="2" | Our Sunny Days of Youth | {{won}} | | |
| Photogenic Award
| {{won}} | | |
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 1996
| Excellence Award, Actor | rowspan="2" |First Love | {{won}} | | |
| Popularity Award
| {{won}} | | |
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 2002
| Popularity Award | rowspan="2" | Winter Sonata | {{won}} | | |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor
| {{won}} | | |
| scope="row" | Korea Brand Image Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2009 | Broadcasting Category | Bae Yong-joon | {{won}} | | |
| scope="row" | Korea Drama Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2008 | Hallyu Achievement Award | {{won}} | | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | Korean Entertainment 10th Anniversary Awards in Japan
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | 2013 | Best Actor | rowspan="2" | Winter Sonata | {{won}} | style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" | {{cite web|last1=Bae|first1=Ji-sook|title=Bae Yong-joon wins grand prize at Japan's hallyu awards|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20131020000335|website=The Korea Herald|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=October 20, 2013|archive-date=January 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183128/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20131020000335|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Bae Yong-joon Still Adored by Japanese for Winter Sonata|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/10/21/2013102101362.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=May 14, 2015|date=October 21, 2013|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518191412/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/10/21/2013102101362.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Peter|title=Actor Bae wins top prize at Japan hallyu awards|url=http://www.koreaobserver.com/bae-yong-joon-wins-grand-prize-japans-hallyu-awards-8117/|access-date=May 14, 2015|website=The Korea Observer|date=October 21, 2013|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518111304/http://www.koreaobserver.com/bae-yong-joon-wins-grand-prize-japans-hallyu-awards-8117/|url-status=live}} | |
| Grand Prize (Daesang)
| {{won}} | |
| scope="row" | Korean Model Center Best Dressed Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 1996 | Recipient | Bae Yong-joon | {{won}} | | |
| scope="row" | Korean Most Popular Entertainment Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 2002 | Best Actor (Television) | {{won}} | | |
| scope="row" | Kyunghyang Shinmun Readers' Choice: Special Advertisement Awards
| style="text-align:center" | 1997 | Readers' Favorite Advertisement Model | Bae Yong-joon | {{won}} | | |
| scope="row" rowspan="4" | MBC Drama Awards
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="4" | 2007 | Best Couple Award | Bae Yong-joon {{small|(with Lee Ji-ah)}} | {{won}} | | |
| Grand Prize (Daesang)
| rowspan="3" | The Legend | {{won}} | | |
| Popularity Award | {{won}} |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor | {{nom}} |
=Honors=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Name of country or organization, year given, and name of honor or award |
| scope="col" | Country or organization
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Honor / Award ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| scope="row" | Journalists Association of Korea
| style="text-align:center" | 2004 | Proud Korean Award – Public Art Category | |
| scope="row" | Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
| style="text-align:center" | 2008 | style="text-align:center" | {{cite web|last1=Han |first1=Sang-hee |title=Bae Receives National Order of Culture Merit |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/10/135_32915.html |website=The Korea Times |access-date=May 14, 2015 |date=October 19, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085623/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2008/10/135_32915.html |archive-date=May 18, 2015 }} |
| scope="row" | Stars of Korean Tourism Awards{{Efn-ua|Hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism}}
| style="text-align:center" | 2010 | Achievement Award | |
= Listicles =
Notes
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See also
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References
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- [http://www.keyeast.co.kr/index/artist/profile.asp?art_idx=9 Bae Yong-joon] at KeyEast {{in lang|ko}}
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