Ahn Jae-wook is a South Korea

South Korea

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n actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

, composer and singer. He spent most of his childhood in his hometown, the district of Donamdong in Seoul

Seoul

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, before graduating from Seoul Art College

Seoul Institute of the Arts

Seoul Institute of the Arts was founded by Chi-Jin Yoo in 1962. The Ansan Campus was completed in February 2001 and is the designated centre of arts education, whilst the Namsan Campus is the center of art experience. SIA has 2400 students in 13 departments...

, where he majored in theatre. After graduating in 1994, Ahn Jae Wook later went on to make his debut in The Song of Blind Bird, a drama that was based on a real-life story. Ahn Jae Wook, then a young man, took up supporting roles in several 1995-96 dramas before taking up a lead role in the 1997 drama, Star In My Heart. He and Choi Ji-woo

Choi Ji-woo

Choi Ji-woo is a South Korean actress.- Career :Choi was first discovered when she won a talent audition organized by MBC in 1994, and made her debut in the 1995's War and Love, after which she adopted the stage name Choi Ji-woo....

 both had leading roles in the movie First Kiss

First Kiss

is the first album of the J-pop singer Aya Matsuura, a Hello! Project solo artist, containing her first four singles. It was released on January 1, 2002 and sold 293,540 copies.- Track listing :All lyrics are written by Tsunku.# – 4:28...

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 on his 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.

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
  Star in My Heart
  Star In My Heart was a 1997 Korean drama series run on MBC. One of the earlier Korean dramas, it was very popular and helped its cast become widely recognized.- Story :...
  
  (별은 내가슴에)
• 1998: Revenge and Passion
• 1998: Sunflower
• 1999: Goodbye My Love
  Goodbye My Love
  Goodbye My Love was a South Korean TV drama series that ran with 16 episodes in 1999.- Storyline :Ahn Jae-Wook stars as Min-Soo, an aspiring businessman who once saved the life of his friend Ki-Tae . Afterwards, Ki-Tae's wealthy father hires Min-Soo to keep Ki-Tae out of trouble...
  
  
• 2000: Mom and Sister
  Mom and Sister
  Mother and Sister was a South Korean teledrama produced and broadcasted by MBC from November 4, 2000 to April 22, 2001.-Jang family:...
  
   (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)
• 2011: Light and Shadow (MBC)

Film

• 2009: Triangle (Telecinema)
• 2003: Garden of Heaven
  Garden of Heaven
  Garden of Heaven is a 2003 South Korean film starring Ahn Jae-wook and Lee Eun-joo.- Plot :Oh-sung, a doctor at a hospice facility, is emotionally scarred by the experience of losing his parents as a child. One night he meets Young-ju, a make-up artist who has been diagnosed with terminal stomach...
  
  
• 1998: Tie a Yellow Ribbon
• 1998: First Kiss
• 1998: Rub Love

Forever

(Released 24/4/97)

1. Prologue
2. Forever
3. 아침 고은 햇살
4. Don't go baby
5. 어둠 그리고 그림자
6. 방황
7. 널 보낸 지금
8. Main The Piano Solo
9. Forever (BonusTrack)

Memories

(Released 17/4/98)

1. 이별 (Good Bye)
2. 기댈 수 없는 세상 (Unreliable World)
3. 天愛擊兒 (천애지아) (Memories)
4. 가 (Go)
5. Only You
6. Tears
7. 그런게 아냐 (It's Not Like That)
8. 기약 (Promise)
9. 지금은 냉전중 (In Cold War)
10. 덫 ( A Trap)

Yesterday

(Released November 1999)

1. Goodbye
2. Yesterday
3. Please don't go away
4. 인연 (Fate)
5. 너 없는 내일 (Tomorrow Without You)
6. 부탁 (Favor)
7. Baddest
8. Illusion
9. 나의 너에게 (To Me You)
10. Yesterday (Instrumental)

Red in Ahn Jae-wook

Released March 17, 2003

1. Dear...
2. Pain
3. Friend
4. 시작 (Start)
5. 벽 (Wall)
6. 수호천사 (Guardian Angel)
7. Blessing
8. 배신 (Betrayal)
9. 넌 또다른 나 (Me Other Than You)
10. 모래시계 (Sand Glass)
11. 떠나지마 (Don't Leave)
12. Never Ever
13. 변명 (Alias)
14. 자유 (Freedom)

Sounds Like You

(Released November 2005)

1. Scene #1 ‘They…’
2. 혼잣말
3. 두루루 (타이틀곡)
4. 너를 사랑하던
5. 말해줘
6. Scene #2 ‘Time that we spent’
7. 못잊어
8. 반지
9. 사랑은 아프다
10. Her Smile(Instrumental)
11. 뒷모습
12. 세상을 가진 것처럼…
13. 바람
14. 너를 닮아서

See also

• List of Korea-related topics
• Contemporary culture of South Korea
  Contemporary culture of South Korea
  The contemporary culture of South Korea developed from the traditional culture of Korea, and on its own path away from North Korean culture since the division of Korea in 1948. The industrialization and urbanization of South Korea, especially Seoul, have brought many changes to the way Korean...
  
  
• Korean music
  Korean music
  Traditional Korean music includes both the folk, vocal, religious and ritual music styles of the Korean people. Korean music, along with arts, painting, and sculpture has been practiced since prehistoric times....
  
  

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