Jang Dong-gun
-He's a very private person and made a big surprise when he went public about his romance with his girlfriend Ko So-young
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| Where do they find these incredibly sexy Asian guys? |
-Had his appendix removed before the filming of Friday the 13, and for the character's post death shot, he is seen hanging upside down from some rafters, exposing the surgical staples from his surgical wound.
-Guitarist and co-founder of The Smashing Pumpkins
-Fluent in Japanese, English and Spanish. Hobbies include kendo where he carries rank of shodan
-Practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism
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| Ooh, he looks serious. I like his movies, very good. |
-Grew up poor in a farming community on Lamma Island in Hong Kong
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| His movies rock too!! |
-At 6'1'', he is considered unusually tall by Japanese standards. He stands a whole head taller than most of his Japanese co-stars, male or female
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| Memoirs of a Geisha |
-Studies Kyokushin kaikan, a type of full contact karate and in 2002, he starred in the play King Lear, making him the first Japanese actor to perform with the Royal Shakespeare Company. But it turns out he is not the first Japanese actor to perform with the RSC as Togo Igawa performed with the RSC
-On Oct. 25, 2007, Kim was arrested by Honolulu police after police found him to be driving under the influence of alcohol.
-Is openly gay and began a relationship with talent agent Richie Jackson in 1988. They have twins who were born through a surrogate mother.
-Most recently, in 2009, he took on the role of Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek, a role previously played by George Takei.
