Ahn Jae-hyun

Ahn Jae-hyun

In March 2014
Born (1987-07-01) 1 July 1987
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation model, actor
Years active 2009–present
Agent ESteem (modeling)
HB Entertainment (acting)
Height 186 cm. (6 ft. 1 in.)
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 model and actor. He is best known for his roles in television dramas such as My Love from the Star (2013), You're All Surrounded (2014), Blood (2015), Cinderella and Four Knights (2016) and Reunited Worlds (2017).

Career

Anh 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.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

In 2013, Anh'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.[5][6] This led to more acting offers in 2014; as one of the main characters in police comedy You're All Surrounded,[7] and the webtoon film adaptation Fashion King.[8][9] The same year, he was appointed as a MC for Mnet's music program M Countdown.[10]

In 2015, Anh played his first leading role as a vampire doctor in Blood.[11][12]

In 2016, Anh starred in tvN's romantic comedy series Cinderella and Four Knights, playing an arrogant chaebol and playboy.[13] He won the Top Excellence Award at the 9th Korea Drama Awards for his portrayal.[14] He also joined the cast of travel reality show New Journey to the West, replacing Lee Seung-gi who enlisted in the army.[15] The same year, he starred in the Chinese romance film Perfect Imperfection alongside Taiwanese actress Ady An.[16]

In 2017, Ahn co-starred in SBS's fantasy romance drama Reunited Worlds.[17]

Personal life

On March 11, 2016, Ahn was confirmed to be dating his Blood co-star Ku Hye-sun since April 2015.[18] The couple officially registered their marriage at the Gangnam district office on May 20, 2016.[19] They announced that instead of holding a wedding party, they would donate the money to the pediatric ward of Severance Hospital.[20] The pair is confirmed to be appearing in the upcoming reality show Newlywed Diary produced by Na Young-seok, which will showcase their married life.[21]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Fashion King Kim Won-ho
2015 Wedding Bible Chinese film; not released
2016 Perfect Imperfection Ann Chinese film

Television series

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 KBS2
Snow Lotus Ma Moon-jae SBS
2016 Cinderella and Four Knights Kang Hyun-min tvN
2017 Reunited Worlds Cha Min-joon SBS

Variety show

Year Title Network Notes
2011-2012 Lee Soo-geun and Kim Byung-man's High Society jTBC Cast member,
episodes 1-53
2012 MelOn Music Awards Presenter
2013 Music Talk Talk Ma bling MBC Music Host[22]
2014 M! Countdown Mnet Host[23]
2016 New Journey to the West Season 2 tvN Cast member
2017 New Journey to the West Season 3
Newlywed Diary with Ku Hye Sun
New Journey to the West Season 4 Cast member

Music video appearances

Year Song Title Artist
2012 "Sad Song" Baek A-yeon
"Please Don't" K.Will
2013 "Gone Not Around Any Longer" Sistar19
2014 "Hair Short" Wings
"The Space Between" Urban Zakapa x Soyou
2017 " On The Way Home" No Reply

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[24] N/A Won
2013
8th Asian Model Festival Awards
Best Fashion Model[24] N/A Won
2014
7th Korea Drama Awards
Best New Actor[25][26] 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
Cinderella and Four Knights
Won
Global Star Award Won
7th Macau International Television Festival
Best Actor[27] 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. "Ahn Jae Hyun Embraces Bora in SISTAR19 MV". enewsWorld. 30 January 2013.
  4. "K.Will is Once Again a Guest for his Own MV". enewsWorld. 16 October 2012.
  5. Lee, Go-woon (25 January 2013). 인터뷰①: 모델 안재현 "모델로 기억되고 싶다". Energy & Environment News (in Korean). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  6. Lee, Go-woon (25 January 2013). 인터뷰②: 모델 안재현 "꿈은 멋진 아빠, 행복한 가정". Energy & Environment News (in Korean). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  7. 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.
  8. Ha, Soo-jung (8 November 2014). "Interview: Ahn Jae Hyeon Used to Starve Excessively in Order to Stay Lean". enewsWorld. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  9. Lee, Seung-mi (12 November 2014). "Actor fashions his own future". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  10. "Jung, Ahn will host ‘M Countdown’". Korea JoongAng Daily. 25 February 2014.
  11. Ahn, Sung-mi (12 February 2015). "Little brother from My Love gets shot at big time". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  12. "Ahn Jae-hyun ready for vampire surgeon role". Kpop Herald. 12 February 2015.
  13. "Ahn Jae-hyun, Jeong Il-woo and Park So-dam to star in "Cinderella and the Four Knights"". Hancinema. 29 January 2016.
  14. "김소연, 데뷔 22년만에 첫 연기대상..2관왕 영예[2016 KDA 종합]" [Winners Of The 2016 Korea Drama Awards Revealed]. OSEN (in Korean). 7 October 2016.
  15. "Actor Ahn Jae-hyun joins season 2 of 'New Journey to the West'". The Korea Times. 19 February 2016.
  16. "《处女座》定档 安以轩安宰贤星座虐恋" (in Chinese). 27 September 2016.
  17. "Ahn Jae-hyun, a chef in "Reunited Worlds"". Hancinema. 12 July 2017.
  18. "Romance blooms for Ahn Jae-hyun, Ku Hye-sun". The Korea Times. 11 March 2016.
  19. "Actress Ku Hye-sun to marry in May". The Korea Times. 8 April 2016.
  20. "Celebrities donate during a wedding event". Korea JoongAng Daily. 23 May 2016.
  21. "Newlywed reality show to air on tvN". Korea JoongAng Daily. 31 December 2016.
  22. "MBC Music Launches New Daily MV Program With Dal Shabet’s Subin and Model Ahn Jae Hyun". enewsWorld. 16 January 2013.
  23. Ha, Soo-jung (8 November 2014). "Interview: Ahn Jae Hyeon Gets Nervous and Makes Mistakes on MCD Every Week". enewsWorld. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  24. 1 2 "Models rushing to small screen". The Korea Times. 21 March 2014.
  25. "‘별그대’ 김수현 KDA 대상, 5관왕 영예(코리아드라마어워즈)". Newsen (in Korean).
  26. "Kim Soo-hyun wins at drama festival". Korea JoongAng Daily. 3 October 2014.
  27. "2016第七届澳门国际电视节获奖名单". Macau International Movie Festival (in Chinese).
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