Ahn Jae Wook

Infobox Korean name
hangul=안재욱
hanja=安在旭
rr=An Jae-uk
mr=An Chae-uk

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. Ahn Jae Wook, then a young man, took up side roles in several of the 1995-96 dramas before taking up a lead role in the 1997 drama, "Star In My Heart". Together with Choi Ji-woo, both of them took up leading roles in the movie "First Kiss" in the following year.

Ahn Jae Wook also pursued a career in singing. He composed and sang several songs by making his debut in music from his music album, "Forever". It was sung as the last song of Kang Min's concert in the ending part of "Star In My Heart", and sold over 700,000 copies. His other main albums include "Memories" and "Red in Ahn Jae-wook".

Filmography

Drama

* 1994: Song of Blind Bird (눈먼 새의 노래)
* 1994-7: Partner/Jjack
* 1995: Hotel (호텔, 1995)
* 1995: War And Love (전쟁과 사랑)
* 1996: Their Embrace(그들의 포옹)
* 1996: Salted Mackerel(자반고등어)
* 1996: Three Men Three Women
* 1997: Star In My Heart(별은 내가슴에)
* 1998: Revenge and Passion
* 1998: Sunflower
* 1999: Goodbye My Love
* 2000: Mom and Sister (MBC)
* 2000: Bad Friends (MBC)
* 2001: 아파트
* 2003: Fairy and Swindler (선녀와 사기꾼) (SBS)
* 2004: Destiny (MBC)
* 2004: O! Pil-seung Bong Sun-yeong (오!필승 봉순영, KBS)
* 2006: Mr. Goodbye (KBS)
* 2008: Saranghae-I Love You (SBS)

Film

* 2003: Garden of Heaven
* 1998: Tie a Yellow Ribbon
* 1998: First Kiss
* 1998: Rub Love

Discography

Albums

Forever

(Released 24/4/97)
# Prologue
# Forever
# 아침 고은 햇살
# Don't go baby
# 어둠 그리고 그림자
# 방황
# 널 보낸 지금
# Main The Piano Solo
# Forever (BonusTrack)

Memories

(Released 17/4/98)
# 이별 (Good Bye)
# 기댈 수 없는 세상 (Unreliable World)
# 天愛擊兒 (천애지아) (Memories)
# 가 (Go)
# Only You
# Tears
# 그런게 아냐 (It's Not Like That)
# 기약 (Promise)
# 지금은 냉전중 (In Cold War)
# 덫 ( A Trap)

Yesterday

(Released November 1999)
# Goodbye
# Yesterday
# Please don't go away
# 인연 (Fate)
# 너 없는 내일 (Tomorrow Without You)
# 부탁 (Favor)
# Baddest
# Illusion
# 나의 너에게 (To Me You)
# Yesterday (Instrumental)

Red in Ahn Jae-wook

Released March 17th, 2003
# Dear...
# Pain
# Friend
# 시작 (Start)
# 벽 (Wall)
# 수호천사 (Guardian Angel)
# Blessing
# 배신 (Betrayal)
# 넌 또다른 나 (Me Other Than You)
# 모래시계 (Sand Glass)
# 떠나지마 (Don't Leave)
# Never Ever
# 변명 (Alias)
# 자유 (Freedom)

Sounds Like You

(Released November 2005)
# Scene #1 ‘They…’
# 혼잣말
# 두루루 (타이틀곡)
# 너를 사랑하던
# 말해줘
# Scene #2 ‘Time that we spent’
# 못잊어
# 반지
# 사랑은 아프다
# Her Smile(Instrumental)
# 뒷모습
# 세상을 가진 것처럼…
# 바람
# 너를 닮아서

Awards

* 2000: MBC Best Actor Award

See also

* List of Korea-related topics
* Contemporary culture of South Korea
* Korean music
* List of Korean pop artists

External links

* [http://www.ahnjaewook.co.kr/ Official Site]
* [http://www.jaewookie.net/ WookieNet]
* [http://www.anjaewook.org/ AJW World]
* [http://www.sakai.zaq.ne.jp/ajw-ne_sarang/ Japanese Fan Site]
* [http://www.freewebtown.com/flojera/ahn/ TFL Approved Fanlisting (Actor Category)]
* [http://www.potterhands.com/anjae/ TFL Approved Fanlisting (Singer Category)]
* [http://gbreak.com/index/Ahn_Jae_Wook Ahn Jae Wook Profile, Video, Photo]