Hyun Bin

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Hyun Bin
Hyun Bin at his fan signing event on January 22, 2011.
Born	Kim Tae-pyung September 25, 1982 (1982-09-25) (age 29) Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater	Chung-Ang University[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Height	1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)[1]
Korean name
Hangul	현빈
Hanja	玄彬
Revised Romanization	Hyeonbin
McCune–Reischauer	Hyŏnbin
Birth name
Hangul	김태평
Hanja	金太平
Revised Romanization	Gim Tae-pyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim T'aep'yŏng
Website
hyun-bin.co.kr

Hyun Bin (Korean: 현빈, also romanized as Hyeon Bin) (born Kim Tae Pyung on September 25, 1982) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his lead roles in the dramas My Name is Kim Sam Soon (2005) and Secret Garden (2010).


Career


Hyun shot to stardom in 2005 when he appeared in the hit drama My Name is Kim Sam Soon with Kim Sun-ah. It was a success with an average rating of over 37% and 50.5% for the finale. He won the Top Excellence award at the MBC Drama Awards. In 2008 he took the leading role in The World That They Live In where he played television PD Jung Ji-Oh, opposite Song Hye-Kyo who played television PD Ju Jun-Young.
From November 2009 to March 2010 Hyun filmed with Tang Wei in Late Autumn (2010). It is a remake of a 1966 Korean film with the same name, directed by Kim Tae-Yong.^[2][3] Late Autumn was shot in Seattle, Washington.^[4][5]
In 2010 he was cast in Secret Garden in which he starred as a young and arrogant department store owner who falls in love with a penniless stunt girl played by Ha Ji-won. He also took part in the soundtrack for the show with the song "That Man", which swept the Korean music charts leading first place in 8 music charts.^[6] In February 2011 his film, Come Rain, Come Shine, was released which premiered In Competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.^[7]
On March 7, 2011, he enlisted with the marines training camp for his compulsory 21 months of military service; his discharge date has been set for December 6, 2012

Personal life

Hyun was born and raised in Seoul. He has an older brother. He graduated from Chung-Ang University in 2004 where he majored in Theater Studies. Since 2009 he has been enrolled at the same university for a master's degree.^[1]
In February 2006 Hyun began dating Hwang Ji-hyeon, but they separated in March 2007

Relationship with Song Hye-kyo

 

He met Song Hye-kyo in 2008 while shooting the drama The World That They Live In, and in June 2009 their agencies confirmed that they were dating.^[10][11] Hours after Hyun Bin's military enlistment in March 2011, his and Song's agencies confirmed speculation that the couple had broken up. According to the joint press release, "Both have been very busy shooting films and dramas both in and out of Korea, which inevitably caused them to grow apart. Excessive media scrutiny of their relationship put extra strain on them, and rumors of their split were a source of great stress. They did not have enough time to overcome these obstacles and the distance between them grew." With rumors of their separation circulating since the end of 2010, the agencies said the two split up in early 2011 but wanted to keep it secret for the time being "because neither of them wanted the public attention to be directed on their split instead of their professional work. Hyun also did not want a personal issue to interfere with his last days with his fans before starting his military service