Park Shin-yang is a South Korean

Korean people

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 actor

Actor

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, who became famous as a cast member in the well-loved Korean television series, Lovers in Paris

Lovers In Paris

Lovers in Paris is a South Korean television drama series broadcast by SBS in the summer of 2004. The show won numerous awards including best television drama at the Baeksang Arts Awards and both Park Shin-yang and Kim Jung-eun were awarded the Grand Prize at the SBS Drama Awards.It is the first...

, joined by Kim Jung Eun and Lee Dong-gun

Lee Dong-gun

Lee Dong-gun is a South Korean actor.-Career:Lee made his debut in 1998 as an actor and singer. However, he has long since given up his singing career...

. Park Shin-yang portrays Han Ki Joo, President of GD Motors. His character falls in love with Kang Tae Yeong (Kim Jung Eun) but competes for her affection with his nephew, Yoon Soo Hyuk (Lee Dong-gun).

Park Shin-yang's recent film project, The Big Swindle

The Big Swindle

The Big Swindle is a 2004 heist film directed by Choi Dong-hun. It follows a group of four con men, one con woman, and one forger in a complex set of plots and counterplots against individual marks, against the Bank of Korea, against the police, and against each other.-External links:* at...

, became a big hit in Korea.

His two latest dramas, Money's Warefare (쩐의 전쟁) and The Painter of the Wind (바람의 화원) with Moon Geun-young, has been highly appraised and received awards. Although his notable drama was Money's Warfare, he made his debut 10 years ago as an actor of drama Yuri in 1996. He got his fame with his innocent image in sad movies such as The Letter

The Letter (1997 film)

The Letter is a 1997 South Korean film starring Choi Jin-sil and Park Shin-yang. A Thai remake, also called The Letter, was released in 2004.- Story :...

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Park is married and has a daughter, who was born in Hawaii

Hawaii

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Films

• 2007 : Shiny day
• 2004 : The Big Swindle
  The Big Swindle
  The Big Swindle is a 2004 heist film directed by Choi Dong-hun. It follows a group of four con men, one con woman, and one forger in a complex set of plots and counterplots against individual marks, against the Bank of Korea, against the police, and against each other.-External links:* at...
  
  
• 2003 : The Uninvited
  The Uninvited (2003 film)
  The Uninvited, also known as A Table for Four, is a 2003 South Korean psychological horror film directed by Lee Su-yeon.-Plot summary:...
  
  
• 2001 : Indian Summer
• 2001 : Let's Play, Dharma
• 2000 : Kilimanjaro
• 1998 : A Promise
• 1998 : White Valentine
  White Valentine
  White Valentine is a 1999 Korean romantic film directed by Yang Yun-ho. It stars Park Shin-yang with Jun Ji-hyun in her movie debut....
  
  
• 1997 : Poison
• 1997 : The Letter
  The Letter (1997 film)
  The Letter is a 1997 South Korean film starring Choi Jin-sil and Park Shin-yang. A Thai remake, also called The Letter, was released in 2004.- Story :...
  
  
• 1996 : Yuri

TV series

• Sign (former name is Heaven) (SBS, 2011)
• The Painter of the Wind (SBS, 2008)
• Money's Warfare (SBS, 2007)
• Lovers in Paris
  Lovers In Paris
  Lovers in Paris is a South Korean television drama series broadcast by SBS in the summer of 2004. The show won numerous awards including best television drama at the Baeksang Arts Awards and both Park Shin-yang and Kim Jung-eun were awarded the Grand Prize at the SBS Drama Awards.It is the first...
  
   (SBS, 2004)
• Fascinate my Heart a.k.a Try to Snatch my Heart (SBS, 1998)
• Power of Love (MBC, 1996)
• Apple Blossom's Fragrance (MBC, 1996)

Awards

• 44th Paeksang Awards: Best Actor Award for Money’s Warfare (2008)
• 2007 SBS Drama Awards: Best Actor Award (DaeSang) for Money’s Warfare
• 2007 SBS Drama Awards: Netizen Award for Money’s Warfare
• 2007 SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars Award for Money’s Warfare
• 2004 SBS Drama Awards: Best Actor Award (DaeSang) for Lovers in Paris
• 2004 SBS Drama Awards: Teen Idol of the Year Award
• 19th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best Leading Actor Award (1998)
• 19th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Most Popular Star Award for “The Promise” (1998)
• 34th Paeksang Art Awards: Most Popular Actor Award (1998)
• 21st Golden Filming Awards: Most Popular Actor Award (1998)
• 18th Young-Pyung-Sang Awards:Most Popular Actor Award (1998)
• 18th Young-Pyung-Sang Awards: Best New Male Actor Award (1998)
• 17th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best New Actor Award (1996)

Ambassador

He was appointed as public ambassador for Tolstoi in South Korea. In 2004, the museum of Tolstoi officially had exhibition in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

which was the right moment he got this title from president of Tolstoi museum.
The exhibition was held in Seoul History Museum and he got the attracition with surprising attendance there.

External links

• Official Website