Ahn Jae-hyun

This is a Korean name; the family name is Ahn.
Ahn Jae-hyun
Born 1 July 1987
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation Actor, model
Years active 2009–present
Agent ESteem (modeling)
HB Entertainment (acting)
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
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 and model.

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 the heroine's younger brother in the hit Korean drama My Love from the 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]

Filmography

Film

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

Television drama

Year Title Role Network
2013-2014 My Love from the Star Cheon Yoon-jae SBS
2014 You're All Surrounded Park Tae-il SBS
2015 Blood Park Ji-sang/Jason -Main KBS2

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 On Style Guest, episode 6
Singles' Trend Maker MBC Every 1 Guest, episode 3
MelOn Music Awards Presenter
2013 Music Talk Talk Marbling MBC Music Host
Style Log NOW On Style
2014 M! Countdown Mnet Host[11]
Happy Together KBS2 Guest, episode 370[12]

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 feat. Soyu

Discography

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

Modeling

Fashion shows

Magazines

Endorsements

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
SBS Drama Awards New Star Award Won

References

  1. Hwang, Hyo-jin (1 August 2012). "안재현: My name is…". TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. Hwang, Hyo-jin (1 August 2012). 안재현: 에펠탑보다 너. TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  3. Lee, Go-woon (25 January 2013). 인터뷰①: 모델 안재현 "모델로 기억되고 싶다". Energy & Environment News (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  4. Lee, Go-woon (25 January 2013). 인터뷰②: 모델 안재현 "꿈은 멋진 아빠, 행복한 가정". Energy & Environment News (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  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 2014-04-01.
  6. Ha, Soo-jung (8 November 2014). "Interview: Ahn Jae Hyeon Used to Starve Excessively in Order to Stay Lean". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
  7. Lee, Seung-mi (12 November 2014). "Actor fashions his own future". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  8. Choi, Shin-ae (21 January 2015). "Ahn Jae Hyeon Dresses Up as a Vampire Doctor for Blood's First Filming". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
  9. Ahn, Sung-mi (12 February 2015). "Little brother from My Love gets shot at big time". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  10. Jones, Julie (19 March 2014). "Two Stars From You Who Came From The Stars To Film A Love Story". KDramaStars. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  11. Ha, Soo-jung (8 November 2014). "Interview: Ahn Jae Hyeon Gets Nervous and Makes Mistakes on MCD Every Week". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-11-08.
  12. "Ahn Jae Hyun talks about fashion and his girlfriend's style on Happy Together 3". Allkpop. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-06.

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