Joon Park
| Joon Park | |
|---|---|
 On the cover of KoreAm, April 2009, with Jamie Chung | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Park Joon-hyung |
| Born | July 20, 1969 |
| Origin | South Korea |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | JYP Entertainment, SidusHQ |
| Associated acts | g.o.d |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박준형 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Bak Jun-hyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Chun-hyŏng |
Joon Park (born Park Joon-hyung, Hangul: 박준형) is a Korean-American singer, actor and leader of the Korean pop group g.o.d. He was born on July 20, 1969 and graduated from La Quinta High School in Westminster, California and attended California State University, Long Beach. During his days with g.o.d, he served as the group's leader-rapper. He made an appearance in Fated to Love You (Korean version) as himself in 2014
Early life
He was raised in Southern California. He had a lot of hobbies which consisted of surfing, skateboarding, water polo, drawing, martial arts, body building, dancing, rapping-singing, etc.
During and after his college years he was a graphic designer with his talented drawing background. In his college days he did some modeling but never really thought of himself as a model and one day was discovered in Hollywood by a casting agent for a Janet Jackson video in which he had his first 15 minutes of fame on TV.
Moving to Seoul
In 1997 through his sister's contacts in Korea, he packed up and moved to Seoul, South Korea to pursue his goal in the K-pop industry. He wanted to mix Korean Music with a twist of western culture so in 1999 he gathered the members of his group g.o.d (Groove Over Dose) through numerous auditions. The first member he recruited was his cousin Danny Ahn, and then Danny's friend Son Hoyoung, and then Yoon Kye-sang.
Park was cast for a Beer commercial "OB Lager" which was a complete success in which he held the title of "Lagerman". He landed his first role as himself on a SBS sitcom called "Soon Poon San Boo In Kua" as Song Hye Gyo's Boyfriend. With his quirky humor and imperfect, childlike grasp of the Korean language, in contrast to his Eurasian masculine looks and tanned chiseled physique, he won the hearts of all the viewers And through this show he gained mass appeal/recognition and was wanted on numerous magazines to show off his physique with his platinum blonde hair which was unheard of at the time for an Asian. Park then teamed up with Korean Pop Star/Producer Park Jin Young (JYP) and then shortly thereafter the last member Kim Tae-woo joined the group through auditions.
First album
Their first album g.o.d 1st Chapter in 1999 was made and the title song "Uh Muh Ni Kae (To Mother)" with lyrics based from partial true life incidents of Park's childhood growing up with his widowed mother and also with other members childhood incidents all included, was an instant hit. And then the second song released was a dance song titled "Kwan Chal (Observation)" which also was a hit.
Second album
The second album was released shortly thereafter and was an instant hit selling more than 1.8 million copies and during the second Album g.o.d had their own TV show that held the highest Korean record TV ratings for its whole 2-3 year duration on MBC called "Yoo Gwa Il Ki (An Infants Diary)" which was a reality show with the five g.o.d members and a one year old baby. Somewhat like 3 men and a baby, but reality based, it won the hearts of Korean households as it was a non-scripted show showing the funny stories of how five clueless young men would deal with a one-year-old baby.
Hiatus
In 2006 the group decided to take a break as the lead vocalist of the group Kim Tae-woo was required to perform his compulsory military duty. Park has since moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting, having a cameo on Speed Racer as the Platinum blond-haired Yakuza Driver and the role of Yamcha in the live-action film version of Dragonball Evolution in which he starred with Chow Yun Fat, Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum and Jamie Chung.[1]
He is also set to star in the Friday Night Lights spin-off film, S.M.A.S.H., as Lee Cho.
Personal Life
On May 4, 2015, Park Joon Hyung’s agency, Sidus HQ, told OSEN that Park Joon Hyung would be getting married. His reps revealed that he had been dating a civil citizen, who is 13 years his junior, for about a year.[2] On June 26 of the same year, Park Joon Hyung married his wife, who is currently working as a flight attendant.[3]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Speed Racer | Yakuza Driver |
| 2009 | Dragonball Evolution | Yamcha |
| 2011 | Hero: 108 | Mr. No Hands |
| 2015 | Bean in the Backyard | Mr. Ben |
Drama
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dark Blue | Shin (uncredited) |
| 2014 | Fated To Love You | Cameo (Himself) |
| Love Cells | Doraejoon (One man salesman) |
Variety show
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Infinity Challenge | Guest (Himself) |
| Roommate Season 2 | Himself | |
| 2015 | Animals | Himself |
| Running Man | Guest (ep. 248, 260-261, 272) | |
| Abnormal Summit | Guest (ep. 58) | |
| 2016 | Knowing Bros | Guest (ep. 26) |
Music video appearance
| Year | Song title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Shake That Brass | Amber |
References
- ↑ Rossum roars onto 'Dragonball' cast
- ↑ http://www.soompi.com/2015/05/03/g-o-ds-park-joon-hyung-confirmed-to-be-tying-the-knot-next-month/"g.o.d’s Park Joon Hyung Confirmed to Be Tying the Knot Next Month". 3 May 2015.
- ↑ http://www.soompi.com/2015/06/25/g-o-ds-park-joon-hyung-gets-married-in-private-ceremony/"g.o.d’s Park Joon Hyung Gets Married in Private Ceremony". 25 June 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Park Joon Hyung. |
- Joon Park at the Internet Movie Database
- Joon Park on Facebook