Yang Dong-geun

Yang Dong-geun
Yang Dong-geun
	Yang Dong-geun in March 2012
Background information
Also known as	YDG ; Dong-kun Yang
Born	June 1, 1979 (age 42)
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Actor, rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, breakdancer
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Polaris Entertainment (acting) ; (2013–present) ; Brand New Music (musician) ; (2016–present)
Korean name
Hangul	양동근
Hanja	梁東根
Revised Romanization	Yang Donggeun
McCune–Reischauer	Yang Tonggŭn

Yang Dong-geun (Korean: 양동근; born June 1, 1979) or YDG is a South Korean actor, rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer and breakdancer. Yang majored in Theatrical Performance at Yong-In University.^[1]

Biography[]

Yang enlisted for mandatory military service in May 2008 for 21 months of active duty. During which time he starred in military musical, Mine with Kangta. It is about the true life story of Lieutenant Lee Jong-myung, who lost his legs in a land mine explosion near the demilitarized zone, in June 2000, when he saved fellow soldier, Sul Dong-seob from the minefield.^[2]

Yang and his wife Park Ga-ram have two sons and a daughter.^[3]^[4] Their daughter Joy has appeared on The Return of Superman along with the daughters of actors In Gyo-jin and Oh Ji-ho.

Career[]

His comeback project after being discharged from the military was in film Grand Prix with Kim Tae-hee. He was cast as male lead Lee Woo-suk after Lee Joon-gi had to pull out when the Military Manpower Administration declined his application to postpone enlistment for military service.^[5]^[6] He joined as a member of KBS variety show The Return of Superman with his daughter Yang Joy in 2016.

Filmography[]

Television series[]

Year	Title	Role	Network
	Three Families Under One Roof		MBC
1987	탑리		KBS
1989	Carousel		KBS1
1989	MBC Best Theater "초승달과밤배"		MBC
1990	Seoul Earthen Bowl	Jang Soo-gon	KBS
1991	Hyung (My Older Brother)	young Dong-hoon	KBS2
1992	Gwanchon Essay		SBS
1995	New Generation Report: Adults Don't Know		KBS1
1996	Three Guys and Three Girls		MBC
1999	School	Jo Suk-ho	KBS2
1999	Ad Madness	Hwang Dae-joo	KBS2
2000	Drama City "그가 간이역에 내렸다"		KBS2
	New Nonstop	Yang Dong-geun	MBC
	8.15 Drama "Seongam Island"		MBC
2001	The Full Sun	Choi Dong-pal	KBS2
2002	Ruler of Your Own World	Ko Bok-su	MBC
2006	Dr. Kkang	Kang Dal-go	MBC
2007	I Am Sam	Jang Yi-san	KBS2
2012	[ko]	Kim Heuk-chul	OCN
2014	The Three Musketeers	Heo Seung-po	tvN
2016	My Fair Lady	cameo	KBS2
2017	Missing Nine	Yoon Tae-young	MBC
	The Bride of Habaek	Joo Dong	tvN
		Choi Go-Bong	MBC
2018	The Third Charm^[7]	Lee Dong-jae	JTBC
2018	My Secret Terrius	Cha Jung-il	MBC
2020	365: Repeat the Year	Bae Jung-tae	MBC
2021	Lost	Woo-nam^[8]	JTBC

Film[]

Year	Title	Role
1991	Super Hong Gil-dong 5 – 부채 도사와 홍길동	Dol-yi
1992	해룡이와 달자의 추억의 책가방
1998	Zzang (The Best)	Yang Jong-gu
1999	White Valentine	Han-seok
1999	Dance Dance	Soon-do
2000	Bloody Beach	Jae-seung
2001	Address Unknown	Chang-guk
2002	Bet on My Disco	Wang Seok-gi
2003	Wild Card	Bang Je-su
2004	The Last Wolf	Choi Cheol-kwon
2004	Fighter in the Wind	Choi Bae-dal
2006	Monopoly	Na Kyung-ho
2010	Grand Prix	Lee Woo-seok
2011	The Perfect Game	Sun Dong-yeol
2012	Love 911	Detective Bang Je-su (cameo)
2013	Days of Wrath	Chang-shik
	Rough Play	Kang Bin (cameo)
	Black Gospel (documentary)	himself
2020		Dr. Jang^[9]
TBA	Yacha	Chief Hong ^[10]

Variety shows[]

Year	Title	Network	Role
2014	Show Me the Money 3	Mnet	Producer of "Team YDG"
2016	The Return of Superman	KBS2	Himself, with his children
2016	Unpretty Rapstar 3	Mnet	Host
2017	Law of the Jungle in Komodo	SBS	Cast member (Episodes 274–278)^[11]
2017	King of Mask Singer	MBC	Contestant as "Columbus" (Episode 125)^[12]
2020	King of Mask Singer	MBC	Contestant as "Sergeant" (Episodes 261–262)^[13]^[14]

Theatre[]

Year	Title	Role
2005	Offending the Audience^[15]^[16]^[17]
2008	Mine	Kang Bong-tae
2015–2017	In the Heights	Usnavi

Awards and nominations[]

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1991	27th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Young Actor	Hyung	Won
1991	KBS Drama Awards	Best Young Actor	Hyung	Won
2001	21st Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	Best New Actor	Address Unknown	Won
2001	MBC Entertainment Awards	Top Excellence Award in a Sitcom	New Nonstop	Won
2002	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Ruler of Your Own World	Won
		TV Actor of the Year (chosen by journalists)		Won
		TV Actor of the Year (chosen by netizens)		Won
2003	39th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actor (TV)		Won
2003	1st Korea Fashion World Awards	Best Dressed, Film category	N/A	Won
2004	27th Golden Cinematography Awards	Most Popular Actor	Wild Card	Won
2004	41st Grand Bell Awards	Best Actor	Wild Card	Nominated
2006	1st Anniversary of the Police Film Festival	Plaque of Appreciation	N/A	Won
2009	Award from the Army Chief of Staff	Recipient	N/A	Won
2017	MBC Entertainment Awards	Special Award in Sitcom	Borg Mom	Won

References[]

^ "NATE" (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 7, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
^ Lee, Eun-joo (October 2, 2008). "Military musical mines true story of loyalty and sacrifice". Joongang Daily. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
^ "Yang Dong Geun And Wife Reveal Photos Of Newborn Third Child". Soompi. May 1, 2017.
^ 중앙일보의 양동근 셋째 아기에 대한 스토리 이미지양동근, 셋째 득남 사진 공개…'깜찍한
^ Ko, Kyoung-seok (April 28, 2010). "Lee Jun-ki to enter military next month". 10Asia. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
^ Kim, Lyn (May 10, 2010). "Yang Dong-geun to make comeback in film Grand Prix". 10Asia. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
^ "[공식입장]'제3의 매력' 양동근-이윤지, 출연 확정…서강준·이솜과 호흡". Sports Chosun (in Korean). July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
^ Tae Yu-na (July 12, 2021). "전도연→류준열 '인간실격' 베일 벗었다" [Jeon Do-yeon → Ryu Jun-yeol took off the veil of 'disqualification']. Ten Asia (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ Herald, The Korea (September 2, 2020). "'Night of the Undead' features more than just absurd comedy". www.koreaherald.com. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
^ Jung Yu-jin (August 13, 2021). "설경구·박해수 '야차', 넷플릭스 공개 확정" [Seol Kyung-gu and Park Hae-soo's 'Yacha' to be released on Netflix]. News1 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
^ Im Joo-hyun (March 21, 2017). "이수근부터양동근·유이까지..'정법' 코모도라인업완성(공식)". Star News (in Korean). Retrieved March 21, 2017.
^ Yoo Ji-hye (August 20, 2017). "'복면' 김대희·예빈·양동근·임상아..이게 '소름 반전' [종합]". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved August 20, 2017.
^ Kim Na-ra (June 28, 2020). "[종합] '복면가왕' 오승아X창빈X차준환X강재준, 원더걸스 등 원곡자도 놀란 반전 '깜짝'". My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ Ji Min-kyung (July 5, 2020). "'복면가왕' 장미여사, 2연승 성공 '감격의 눈물'..오징어 정체는 김정민 [종합]". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ "양동근 연극무대 데뷔". Retrieved March 11, 2015.
^ "::리빙앤조이". Archived from the original on May 12, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
^ "[生生인터뷰] '관객모독'으로 연극무대 도전 양동근". Retrieved March 11, 2015.

External links[]

[1] "NATE" (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 7, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2009.

[2] Lee, Eun-joo (October 2, 2008). "Military musical mines true story of loyalty and sacrifice". Joongang Daily. Retrieved December 1, 2012.

[3] "Yang Dong Geun And Wife Reveal Photos Of Newborn Third Child". Soompi. May 1, 2017.

[4] 중앙일보의 양동근 셋째 아기에 대한 스토리 이미지양동근, 셋째 득남 사진 공개…'깜찍한

[5] Ko, Kyoung-seok (April 28, 2010). "Lee Jun-ki to enter military next month". 10Asia. Retrieved October 17, 2012.

[6] Kim, Lyn (May 10, 2010). "Yang Dong-geun to make comeback in film Grand Prix". 10Asia. Retrieved October 17, 2012.

[7] "[공식입장]'제3의 매력' 양동근-이윤지, 출연 확정…서강준·이솜과 호흡". Sports Chosun (in Korean). July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018.

[8] Tae Yu-na (July 12, 2021). "전도연→류준열 '인간실격' 베일 벗었다" [Jeon Do-yeon → Ryu Jun-yeol took off the veil of 'disqualification']. Ten Asia (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 12, 2021.

[9] Herald, The Korea (September 2, 2020). "'Night of the Undead' features more than just absurd comedy". www.koreaherald.com. Retrieved September 28, 2020.

[10] Jung Yu-jin (August 13, 2021). "설경구·박해수 '야차', 넷플릭스 공개 확정" [Seol Kyung-gu and Park Hae-soo's 'Yacha' to be released on Netflix]. News1 (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved August 13, 2021.

[11] Im Joo-hyun (March 21, 2017). "이수근부터양동근·유이까지..'정법' 코모도라인업완성(공식)". Star News (in Korean). Retrieved March 21, 2017.

[12] Yoo Ji-hye (August 20, 2017). "'복면' 김대희·예빈·양동근·임상아..이게 '소름 반전' [종합]". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved August 20, 2017.

[13] Kim Na-ra (June 28, 2020). "[종합] '복면가왕' 오승아X창빈X차준환X강재준, 원더걸스 등 원곡자도 놀란 반전 '깜짝'". My Daily (in Korean). Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[14] Ji Min-kyung (July 5, 2020). "'복면가왕' 장미여사, 2연승 성공 '감격의 눈물'..오징어 정체는 김정민 [종합]". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[15] "양동근 연극무대 데뷔". Retrieved March 11, 2015.

[16] "::리빙앤조이". Archived from the original on May 12, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2015.

[17] "[生生인터뷰] '관객모독'으로 연극무대 도전 양동근". Retrieved March 11, 2015.

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show v t Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Actor – Television
1970s	Kim In-moon (1974) Gu Chung-seo and Hyun Seok (1975) N/A (1976) N/A (1977) Lee Young-ha (1978) Jung Dong-hwan (1979)
1980s	Yu In-chon (1980) N/A (1981) N/A (1982) Jung Han-yong (1983) Kang Seok-woo (1984) Son Chang-min (1985) Choi Jae-sung (1986) Choi Sang-hoon (1987) Jung Ha-wan (1988) Park Sang-won (1989)
1990s	Kim Kap-soo (1990) Lee Won-young (1991) Chun Ho-jin (1992) Son Ji-chang (1993) Jang Dong-gun (1994) Lee Min-woo and Lee Jung-jae (1995) Jung Woo-sung and Ahn Jae-wook (1996) Jung Heung-chae (1997) Lee Sang-in (1998) Cha Tae-hyun (1999)
2000s	Ahn Jae-mo and Yoon Tae-young (2000) Won Bin (2001) Ryoo Seung-bum (2002) Yang Dong-geun (2003) Kim Min-jun (2004) Mun Jung-hyuk (2005) Chun Jung-myung (2006) Park Hae-jin (2007) Song Chang-eui (2008) Lee Min-ho (2009)
2010s	Kim Nam-gil (2010) Park Yoo-chun (2011) Joo Won (2012) Lee Hee-joon (2013) Jung Woo (2014) Im Si-wan (2015) Ryu Jun-yeol (2016) Kim Min-seok (2017) Yang Se-jong (2018) Jang Ki-yong (2019)
2020s	Ahn Hyo-seop (2020) Lee Do-hyun (2021)

show Korean Association of Film Critics Awards for Best New Actor
1980s	Jung Han-yong (1981)
1990s	Lee Geung-young (1990) Kim Byung-se (1994) Lee Jung-jae (1995) Jung Woo-sung (1997) Park Shin-yang (1998) Lee Sung-jae (1999)
2000s	Sol Kyung-gu (2000) Yang Dong-geun (2001) Hwang Jung-min (2002) Park Hae-il (2003) Gang Dong-won (2004) Ha Jung-woo (2005) Lee Yeong-hoon (2006) Daniel Henney (2007) Kang Ji-hwan (2008) Choi Jae-woong (2009)
2010s	Song Sae-byeok (2010) Lee Je-hoon (2011) Kim Sung-kyun (2012) Yeo Jin-goo (2013) Park Yoo-chun (2014) Choi Woo-shik (2015) N/A (2016) Park Seo-joon (2017) Nam Joo-hyuk (2018) Park Hyung-sik (2019)
2020s	(2020)

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