Ahn Jae-hyun

This is a Korean name; the family name is Ahn.
Ahn Jae-hyun
Born (1987-07-01) 1 July 1987
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation Actor, model, jewelry designer
Years active 2009–present
Agent ESteem (modeling)
HB Entertainment (acting)
Spouse(s) Ku Hye-sun (m. 2016)
Korean name
Hangul 안재현
Hanja 安宰賢
Revised Romanization An Jae-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer An Chae-hyŏn

Ahn Jae-hyun (Hangul: 안재현; born 1 July 1987) is a South Korean actor, model, and jewelry designer. He is best known for his roles in the television dramas, such as My Love from the Star, Blood, You're All Surrounded and Cinderella and Four Knights.

Career

Ahn Jae-hyun began his entertainment career as a fashion model in 2009, appearing in runway shows, magazine editorials and commercials. He began to get noticed in 2011 when he played a "handsome delivery man" in the cable variety show Lee Soo-geun and Kim Byung-man's High Society. He also appeared in several music videos, including "Sad Song" by Baek A-yeon, "Please Don't" by K.Will, and "Gone Not Around Any Longer" by Sistar19.[1][2]

In 2013, Ahn's popularity increased when he was cast in a supporting role as Jun Ji-hyun's younger brother in the hit Korean drama My Love from Another Star.[3][4] This led to more acting offers in 2014; as one of the main characters in police comedy You're All Surrounded,[5] and the webtoon film adaptation Fashion King.[6][7]

In 2015, Ahn played his first leading role as a vampire doctor in Blood.[8][9] He is also set to star in the upcoming Chinese romantic comedy film Wedding Bible.[10]

In 2016, Ahn starred in tvN's romantic comedy series Cinderella and Four Knights, playing an arrogant chaebol and playboy. He won the Top Excellence Award at the 9th Korea Drama Awards for his portrayal. He also joined the cast of travel reality show New Journey to the West, replacing Lee Seung-gi who enlisted in the army. His new Chinese film I'm Virgo alongside Ady An will be released on November 25, 2016.

Personal life

On 11 March 2016, Ahn was confirmed to be dating his Blood co-star Goo Hye Sun since April 2015.[11] The couple officially registered their marriage at the Gangnam district office on 20 May 2016.[12] They announced that instead of holding a wedding party, they would donate the money to the pediatric ward of Severance Hospital.[13]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Fashion King Kim Won-ho
2015 Wedding Bible Chinese film
2016 Perfect Imperfection Chinese film

Television drama

Year Title Role Network
2013-2014 My Love from Another Star Cheon Yoon-jae SBS
2014 You're All Surrounded Park Tae-il SBS
2015 Blood Park Ji-sang/Jason -Main KBS2
Snow Lotus Ma Moon-jae SBS
2016 Cinderella and Four Knights Kang Hyun-min tvN

Variety show

Year Title Network Notes
2011-2012 Lee Soo-geun and Kim Byung-man's High Society jTBC Cast member,
episodes 1-53
Korea's Next Top Model Cycle 3 OnStyle Guest, episode 6
Singles' Trend Maker MBC Every 1 Guest, episode 3
MelOn Music Awards Presenter
2013 Music Talk Talk Ma bling MBC Music Host
Style Log NOW OnStyle
2014 2 Days 1 Night 2nd Season (Chinese Version) Dragon Television Guest
M! Countdown Mnet Host[14]
Happy Together KBS2 Guest, episode 370[15]
2015 Happy Together KBS2 Guest, episode 386
2016 New Journey to the West Season 2 tvN Cast member
2017 New Journey to the West Season 3 tvN Cast member

Music video

Year Song Title Artist
2012 "Sad Song" Baek A-yeon
"Please Don't" K.Will
2013 "Gone Not Around Any Longer" Sistar19
"Hello" Cho Yong-pil
2014 "Hair Short" Wings
"The Space Between" Urban Zakapa x Soyou

Discography

Year Title Artist Notes
2013 "Maybe" Dal Shabet Narration
2014 "That Was You" Ahn Jae-hyun Track from You're All Surrounded OST

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2009
4th Asian Model Festival Awards
Best New Model N/A Won
2013
8th Asian Model Festival Awards
Best Fashion Model N/A Won
2014
7th Korea Drama Awards
Best New Actor My Love from the Star Won
3rd APAN Star Awards
Best New Actor Nominated
22nd SBS Drama Awards
New Star Award Won
2015
29th KBS Drama Awards
Popularity Award, Actor Blood Nominated
Best Couple Award with Ku Hye-sun Nominated
2016
9th Korea Drama Awards
Best Actor, Top Excellence Award[16]
Cinderella and Four Knights
Won
Global Star Award[16] Won

References

  1. Hwang, Hyo-jin (1 August 2012). "안재현: My name is…". TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. Hwang, Hyo-jin (1 August 2012). 안재현: 에펠탑보다 너. TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. Lee, Go-woon (25 January 2013). 인터뷰①: 모델 안재현 "모델로 기억되고 싶다". Energy & Environment News (in Korean). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. Lee, Go-woon (25 January 2013). 인터뷰②: 모델 안재현 "꿈은 멋진 아빠, 행복한 가정". Energy & Environment News (in Korean). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  5. Lee, Kyung-nam (13 March 2014). "Ahn Jae Hyeon Cast in You Are All Surrounded with Lee Seung Gi and Cha Seung Won". enewsWorld. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  6. Ha, Soo-jung (8 November 2014). "Interview: Ahn Jae Hyeon Used to Starve Excessively in Order to Stay Lean". enewsWorld. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  7. Lee, Seung-mi (12 November 2014). "Actor fashions his own future". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  8. Choi, Shin-ae (21 January 2015). "Ahn Jae Hyeon Dresses Up as a Vampire Doctor for Blood's First Filming". enewsWorld. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  9. Ahn, Sung-mi (12 February 2015). "Little brother from My Love gets shot at big time". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  10. Jones, Julie (19 March 2014). "Two Stars From You Who Came From The Stars To Film A Love Story". KDramaStars. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  11. Bak, Hyeonmin (11 March 2016). "안재현♥구혜선, 열애 인정 "선후배에서 연인으로"[공식입장]". OSEN. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  12. "안재현·구혜선, 5월 21일 결혼…"평생 함께하기로"". The Hankyoreh. 2016-04-08. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  13. Kim, Da won (2016-04-10). "안재현♥구혜선, '안습'에서 개념커플로 거듭나기까지".
  14. Ha, Soo-jung (8 November 2014). "Interview: Ahn Jae Hyeon Gets Nervous and Makes Mistakes on MCD Every Week". enewsWorld. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  15. "Ahn Jae Hyun talks about fashion and his girlfriend's style on Happy Together 3". Allkpop. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Winners Of The 2016 Korea Drama Awards Revealed". Soompi. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2016-10-10.

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