Born in Busan in 1981, to a major company executive, GANG, who boasts an IQ of 137, attended Hanyang University, graduating with honors in Mechanical Engineering. All that changed however, when he was spotted by a modelling agent and began a successful career as a runway model. Following an appearance in a music video, he decided to change his focus to acting, becoming a full-time performer in 2003 when he got his start on TV. His first film followed soon after, with 2004’...
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Born in Busan in 1981, to a major company executive, GANG, who boasts an IQ of 137, attended Hanyang University, graduating with honors in Mechanical Engineering. All that changed however, when he was spotted by a modelling agent and began a successful career as a runway model. Following an appearance in a music video, he decided to change his focus to acting, becoming a full-time performer in 2003 when he got his start on TV. His first film followed soon after, with 2004’s <Too Beautiful to Lie> and his breakthrough <Romance of Their Own>, based on a popular internet novel. His popularity shot up, even developing fan bases across other Asian countries, such as Japan. He next starred in LEE Myung-se’s idiosyncratic period swordplay film <The Duelist> (2005); as a prisoner in the praised drama <Maundy Thursday> (2006); and the antagonist in the hit kidnap drama <Voice of a Murderer> (2007). That year, GANG also appeared in the fiercely artistic <M>, as a writer getting lost in his own head. Another hit came GANG’s way with CHOI Dong-hoon’s <Woochi>, in which played a charismatic time-hopping Joseon Era magician in 2009, and then another as a North Korean agent alongside SONG Kang-ho in JANG Hoon’s <Secret Reunion> (2010). He took one more role, the sci-fi superhero pic <Haunters>, before entering his military service. His return came in 2014 with both YOON Jong-bin’s period action film <Kundo: Age of the Rampant> and E J-yong’s melodrama <My Brilliant Life>. GANG’s star power came back in a big way at the end of 2015 when he appeared alongside KIM Yun-seok in the hugely successful exorcism thriller <The Priests>. Just a few months later, his pairing with HWANG Jung-min in the prison thriller <A Violent Prosecutor> proved even more potent.
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