Eric Mun

Eric Mun
Birth name	Mun Jung Hyuk (문정혁)
Also known as	Eric
Born	16 February 1979 (1979-02-16) (age 32)
Origin	South Korea
Genres	K-pop, J-pop, Dance, R&B, rap
Occupations	singer, rapper, actor
Years active	1998–present
Labels	SM Entertainment (1998-2003) Good Entertainment (2004-2007) Top Class Entertainment (2007-present) Shinhwa Company (2011-present)
Associated acts	Shinhwa

Korean name
Hangul	문정혁
Hanja	文晸赫
Revised Romanization	Mun Jeong-hyeok
McCune–Reischauer	Mun Chŏnghyŏk

Eric Mun Jung Hyuk, (Hangul: 문정혁, Hanja: 文晸赫), mononymously credited as Eric, was born on 16 February 1979. He is a South Korean entertainer, known as the leader and rapper of six-member boy band Shinhwa and his lead roles in Korean dramas The Phoenix and Super Rookie.

Career

Eric attended John Burroughs Middle School located in Los Angeles, CA and Sunny Hills High School located in Fullerton, CA. He joined SM Entertainment as a trainee and was featured as a rapper on label mate girl group S.E.S.'s single "I'm Your Girl" along with Andy. On 24 March 1998, Eric debut with Shinhwa with their single "해결사" (The Solver) on KM Music Tank. He stated that their debut album Resolver did not perform well and the band almost disbanded. At the time, he thought seriously about giving up and returning to the U.S. ^[1]

In 2005, Eric starred in lead role of Super Rookie, which was also broadcast on Fuji Television. Where he went to Japan in Decemebr 2005 to promte it.^[2]

In early 2006, Eric was injuried on the set of MBC drama Wolf, resulting in it being pulled off air after four episodes. Then in August he again played a tough unemployed man with an embarrassing sense of humour in Invincible Parachute Agent, which is similar to the Kang Ho character in Super Rookie.^[3]

Eric was the first Shinhwa member to serve his mandatory military service in November 2008, on non-active duty eg public service worker, after under going four weeks of basic training. He was discharged on 30 October 2010.

He is the official producer for the girl group Stellar, which debuted in August 2011 with the song Rocket Girl. ^[4]

Filmography

TV series

• SBS: Banjun Drama
• 2003 - MBC: Breathless
• 2004 - MBC: The Phoenix
• 2004 - SBS: Good Sunday Show
• 2005 - MBC: Super Rookie (aka New Employee)
• 2006 - MBC: Wolf
• 2006 - SBS: Invincible Parachute Agent
• 2007 - MBC: Que Sera, Sera
• 2008 - KBS2: Strongest Chil Woo (aka Choi Kang Chil Woo)
• 2011 - KBS2: Spy Myung-wol

Movies

• 2002 - Emergency Act 19 - cameo with Shinhwa
• 2005 - A Bittersweet Life
• 2005 - Diary of June

TV shows

• 2005 - Love Letter
• 2005 - X-Man - SBS
• 2006 - Heroine 6
• July 2006 - Infinity Challenge - Quiz Challenge with Shinhwa - MBC

Awards

Years	Awards
2004	MBC Best New Actor YeonKi Daesang Male Newcomer Popular Male Award
2005	MBC Best Actor 41st Baek Sang Arts Popularity Award 41st Baek Sang Arts New Actor Award
2006	2006 SBS Best Actor Netizen "Best Male Actor"

References

1. ^ "Eric Steps Out of Character for 'Recruit'" Chosun Ilbo. 7 April 2005. Retrieved 2011-11-08
2. ^ "Huge Crowds Greet Eric's Arrival in Tokyo" Chosun Ilbo. 19 December 2005. Retrieved 2011-11-08
3. ^ "Moon Jeong-hyeok Chooses Interesting Roles" Dong-A Ilbo. 31 August 2006. Retrieved 2011-11-08
4. ^ http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=111&aid=0000235425

External links

• Good Entertainment - Shinhwa's Official Page^{[dead link]}
• Mun Chong Hyok - Eric's Official Site

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