Background
Jae Wook was born in Seoul, South of Korea, but his family went to Japan later on. Kim Jae Wook grew up in Japan until he was 7 years old, then returned to of Korea.
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Jae Wook was born in Seoul, South of Korea, but his family went to Japan later on. Kim Jae Wook grew up in Japan until he was 7 years old, then returned to of Korea.
He is a South Korean model and actor. He started out performing in a band, but when he was 17, he started to model. Due to the time he spent in Japan, he can speak fluent Japanese.
After the first role, he concentrated on his modeling career.
This role allowed him to use his Japanese language skills. He later appeared in the 2008 drama The Kingdom of The Winds.
Jae Wook served as the ambassador of goodwill for the 9th Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) in May, 2008. His first movie in 2009, Antique, which is based on the manga Antique Bakery, grossed a total of $5,608,515 in South of Korea, and was invited to the 59th Berlin International Film Festival.
In this movie, he plays Minister Seon-woo, a gay chef who works at Antique cake shop.
Jae Wook worked as the Grand Mint Festival (GMF, one of of Korea"s representative music festivals) Guy in October, 2009. At the same time he formed a modern rock band 「Walrus」 and was in charge of the guitar and the vocals. The name of the group came from the Beatles single 「I am the Walrus」 released in 1967.
Jae Wook played the leading part in Bee television"s first original Korean Drama 「キミの記憶をボクにください〜ピグマリオンの恋〜 (Please give me the memory of you~A Romance of Pygmalion~)」.
The drama will be aired in March, 2010. Foreign this role he spoke Japanese and Korean.
In May 2011 Jae Wook along with fashion models, Jang Yoon-ju, Ji Hyun-jung, Han Hye-jin and Song Kyung-ah, co-authred a book titled Top Model. lieutenant is based on their experiences in the industry and includes beauty, makeup and styling tips.
He also co-starred in Golden Heart, a miniseries featuring Janice Manitoba of Hong Kong, in which he spoke English.
He completed filming for Mary Stayed Out All Night (also known as Marry Maine, Mary!) and enlisted for mandatory military service on 5 July 2011 for 21 months of active duty after five weeks of basic military training. He made his comeback in TVN television series Who Are You, playing the dead boyfriend of Seo Yi-hyun"s character
In June 2015, he signed an exclusive contract with his new management agency Better ENT.
In 2002, Jae Wook debuted in the role of a member of an indie band, in the MBC drama Ruler of Your Own World.