- Jeon Do-Yeon
Jeon Do-yeon (전도연) is a South Korean actress. She won "Prix d'interprétation féminine du Festival de Cannes (Best Actress)" for "Secret Sunshine" in 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
- Bae Yong Joon
Bae Yong Joon, is a South Korean actor best known for his roles in numerous television dramas. He is also known as the abbreviated BYJ to many of his fans, or as "Yon-sama" (ヨン様), with the "sama" being an honorific suffix.
- Bong Joon-Ho
Bong Joon-ho (b. September 14 1969 in Seoul) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is a graduate of the Korean Academy of Film Arts. Bong directed multiple critically-acclaimed short films before his feature film debut "Barking Dogs Never Bite" in 2000. For his 2003 film "Memories of Murder", he won the South Korean film industry's Grand Bell Award for best film director. He is probably best known as the director of "The Host", …
- Ha Ji-Won
Ha Ji-won (born 28 June 1979 as Jeon Hae-rim), is a Korean actress and singer. She was born in Seoul, South Korea.
- Lee Young Ae
Lee Young-Ae (born January 31 1971 in Seoul) is a famous South Korean actress who has a great fan base in numerous countries, particularly in the East and Southeast Asian countries which have been hit by the Korean Wave. She earned a title as 'Oxygen Lady' when she made her debut as TV model. Recently years, she captured the hearts of many fans as a sweetheart of Asia due to her cherubic beauty.
- Jang Jin
Jang Jin (b. 1971 in Seoul) is a South Korean movie director (comedies) writer and producer.
- Rain
Rain (Real name: Jung Ji-Hoon, born on 25 June 1982 in Seoul) is a male Korean R&B and pop singer. He has become well-known throughout East and Southeast Asia-- including Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Mainland China, Vietnam and Thailand. In April 2006, he was mentioned in the "Time" magazine website article that named the "100 Most Influential People Who Shape Our World." In 2007, Rain topped Time Magazine's online user poll, …
- Jang Nara
Jang Nara (b. 18 March 1981) is a Korean singer and actress. As a child, Jang spent most of her childhood in her birthplace, Seoul, but appeared with her father in a play, Les Miserables, in her primary school days, thus sparking her interest to become an actress. Jang also went on to become an advertisement model for some CF advertisements in her highschool days before entering into the Department of Theater, the Faculty of the Art in Chungang University around March 2000.
- Kim Ha Neul
Kim Ha Neul (born February 21, 1978 in Seoul) is a South Korean actress. She has received numerous awards including Best Actress from the 2004 40th Baeksang Arts Awards.
- Jang Dong-Gun
Jang Dong-gun (born March 7, 1972) is a South Korean actor and musician. Spending his childhood in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, he later went on to the Hangook School of Arts, dropping out before obtaining a degree. He made his debut in the MBC drama "Our Heaven".ing Actor Award in the Blue Dragon Awards again for his role as the dedicated cop in "Nowhere to Hide". In 2000, he starred in the film "Friend", …
- Kim Hee-Sun
Kim Hee-sun is a South Korean actress from Seoul who has been acting in Korean TV dramas and films for over a decade. Kim debuted on TV as a year 11 student and later majored in Drama at Chung-Ang University. Since then she has acted in many TV dramas, becoming well known in South Korea. In recent years, Kim has also gradually built up a career in film, beginning in 1997 with "Repechage" opposite Jang Dong-gun.
- Lee Byung-Hun
Lee Byung-hun is a South Korean actor. He was born on July 12, 1970 in Seoul, South Korea.
- Hong Sang-Soo
Hong Sang-soo (born October 25 1960 in Seoul) is a contemporary and highly-regarded Korean film director.
- Ahn Jae Wook
Ahn Jae-wook (born September 12 1971) is a South Korean actor, composer and singer. As a child he spent most of his childhood in his hometown, the district of Donamdong in Seoul, before graduating from Seoul Art College, where he majored in theatre. After graduating in 1994, Ahn Jae Wook later went on to make his debut in the drama, "The Song of Blind Bird", a drama that was based on a real-life story.
- Han Ga In
Han Ga In (born February 2, 1982) is a South Korean model/actress. She made her debut in the series "Sunshine Hunting". She starred in Super Rookie with Eric Mun of Shinhwa (MBC 2005) after marrying fellow actor Yun Jung Hoon on April 26, 2005. In March to May 2007, she played the lead actress in romantic comedy drama, Witch Amusement with Jae Hee, Kim Jeong Hoon, and Dennis Oh.
- Choi Min-Sik
Choi Min-sik was born on January 22 1962 in Seoul, South Korea. Along with Song Kang-Ho, he is one of the premiere Korean actors both domestically and on the global scene. Choi started his career as a theatrical actor before adding in film roles, first with parts in Park Jong-won's films "Kuro Arirang" and "Our Twisted Hero" and later in the nineties by appearing as a police investigator in "No.
- Hyun Bin
Hyun Bin is a South Korean actor who is known for his role as cocky restaurant owner Hyeon Jin Hun in the MBC drama "My Name is Kim Sam Soon".
- Chung Mong-Koo
Chung Mong-koo (b. March 19 1938 in Seoul) is the chairman of Hyundai Motor Group. He graduated from Hanyang University in 1967. In 1999, he took over as head of Hyundai, succeeding his father and founder Chung Ju-yung. In 2000, he attracted widespread attention when he defied his father Chung Ju-yung's order to step down. He was named by BusinessWeek as one of the top managers for 2004.
- Bae Doona
Bae Doona (b. 1979) is a South Korean model, actress and photographer. She is best known outside Korea for her role as the protagonist's political activist girlfriend, Cha Yeong-mi, in Park Chan-wook's film "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" (2002) and as Park Nam-ju in "The Host" (2006).
- Ryu Jin
Ryu Jin is a South Korean actor.
- Jun Ji-Hyun
Jun Ji-hyun (30 October 1981) is a South Korean actress and model famous for her role in My Sassy Girl.
- Lee Na-Young
Lee Na-young (born in Seoul, South Korea on February 22, 1979) is one of the Korean film and TV industry's most visible up-and-coming actresses. She has taken a variety of roles, playing the role of a deadly warrior in the thriller "Dream of a Warrior"; a quirky, love-sick public official in the romantic comedy "Please Teach Me English"; and a reserved, yet charming girl who has secretly admired a man for 10 years, but has never said a word to him, …
- Lee Dong-Gun
Lee Dong-gun is a South Korean actor. Lee made his debut as an actor and singer in 1997. Currently, he is enrolled in the Department of Theatre and Cinema at Hanyang University. Lee has stated that he will take a break from acting in 2006 because he feels overwhelmed with his workload in TV and film. He will resume acting in 2007. He once said that his singing career was like a wheel. Sometimes he’s up and sometimes he’s down.
- Jeong Ryeo Won
- Yunjin Kim
Yunjin Kim (Hangul: 김윤진, Hanja: 金允珍, RR: "Gim Yun-jin", M-R: "Kim Yun-chin", born November 7, 1973) is a Korean American film and theatre actress, best known outside South Korea for her role as Sun Kwon on ABC television series Lost.
- Seung-Hui Cho
Seung-Hui Cho (January 18 1984 – April 16 2007) was a mass murderer who killed 32 people and wounded 25 others in a shooting spree known as the Virginia Tech massacre. The massacre took place on April 16 2007 at the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Cho, a senior English major at Virginia Tech, committed suicide that day after law enforcement officers breached the doors of the academic building where he had wounded and killed most of his potential victims.
- Kim So-Yeon
Kim So-yeon is a South Korean actress best known for her starring role in the television series "All About Eve". As of 2005 she performed Tsui Hark's "Seven Swords".
- Ko Ah-Seong
Ko Ah-seong (born August 10, 1992) is a South Korean child actress. Already established as a star in childrens entertainment, Ko made her film debut in 2006 with a starring role in "The Host", having been cast in an extensive audition process. The films director, Bong Joon-ho, praised her work, saying that she "showed really mature acting for her age, and that's one of her defining charms as an actress".
- Cha Tae-Hyun
Cha Tae-Hyun (born 25 March 1976, Seoul) is a South Korean actor, TV personality, and singer. He made his acting debut in a 1995 television drama. He appeared in his first film, Hallelujah, in 1997, and made his singing debut in 2001. Internationally he is perhaps best known for his leading role in the 2001 romantic comedy "My Sassy Girl" opposite Jun Ji-hyun. Other roles include "Papa" (1996).
- So Ji-Sub
So Ji-sub is a Korean actor.
- Cha Seung-Won
Cha Seung-won (Born June 7, 1971 in Seoul) is a South Korean actor. He received an engineering degree from Mokwon University before embarking on a successful career as a model in 1988. This led, in 1997, to a role in the SBS sitcom "New York Story". Although his debut film "Holiday in Seoul" (1997) and many of his subsequent roles did not establish him as a major star, …
- Han Suk-Kyu
Han Suk-kyu (born December 22 1964 in Seoul) is a South Korean actor. He started his career as a voice actor, before moving on to television and later film. He made his television debut in 1990, in the MBC campus drama "Our Paradise", before rising to stardom with "Moon Over Seoul" (1994) as a manipulative gigolo -- opposite well-known actors Choi Min-sik and Baek Yun-shik (Save the Green Planet!).
- Kim Seung-Woo
Kim Seung-woo (born February 24, 1969 in Seoul) is a South Korean actor.
- Yiruma
Yiruma, (born 15 Feb 1978, Seoul, Korea) is a South Korean piano music composer. His works have also been released in Japan. Yiruma is well known throughout the world, and his albums are sold all over the United States and Europe, as well as Asia. His most famous pieces include "Kiss the Rain", "May Be" and "River flows in You" (From the Yellow Room). Although he formerly held dual citizenship as a citizen of the United Kingdom and South Korea, …
- Sung-Hi Lee
Sung Hi Lee (born April 1, 1970) is a Korean American model who appears mostly in soft-core nude photoshoots. She has appeared in "Playboy" magazine as well as in numerous other magazines and some commercial advertising. Born in Eunpyong-Gu (Gija-Chon), a borough of Seoul, Lee moved to the United States in 1978. She attended Ohio State University on a scholarship for three years.
- James Kyson Lee
James Kyson Lee (born December 13, 1975) is an American actor who is best known for his role of Ando Masahashi on the NBC television series "Heroes".
- Ryu Shi-Won
Ryu Shi-won is a Korean actor and singer. After he made his debut in the KBS drama 느낌 ("feeling") in 1992, Ryu pursued a singing career. In December 12, 2004, Ryu specially came with another Taiwanese actress to Singapore for the presentation of the Star awards to Singaporean actors in the Mediacorp Star Awards 2004. The event was broadcasted on Mediacorp's TV Channel 8. Ryu confessed that he is the 14th-generation descendant of the former Korean Prime Minister, …
- Do-Ho Suh
Do-Ho Suh is a Korean sculpture and installation artist. He was born in Seoul, Korea in 1962. After earning his BFA and MFA in Oriental Painting from Seoul National University, and fulfilling his term of mandatory service in the South Korean military, Suh relocated to the United States to continue his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design and Yale University. Best known for his intricate sculptures that defy conventional notions of scale and site-specificity, …
- U;nee
U;Nee, (Hangul: 유니, born Heo Yoon May 3, 1981 – January 21 2007) was a K-Pop South Korean songstress and actress. Before changing to music, she used a stage name Lee Hye-Ryeon (이혜련, 李慧蓮), which was believed to be her birth name until her death. She committed suicide by hanging herself; she had reportedly been suffering from depression.
- Jang Jin-Young
Jang Jin-young is an award winning South Korean actress, known for her roles in films such as "Sorum", "Singles", and "Blue Swallow". She is one of the highest paid stars in the Korean film industry, earning in the region of ₩300-350 million per film.