Park Bo-gum

Park Bo-gum strikes me as the rare star whose reputation for decency is actually the engine of his career, not a publicist's garnish. The records are impressive, youngest two-time winner of Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year and the first actor to top the Forbes Korea Power Celebrity list, but what interests me more is how consistently audiences trust him. He can sing, he can carry a melodrama, and he lets his image mature gracefully instead of chasing trends. In a Korean Wave full of manufactured personas, his sincerity reads as a long-term strategy, and I suspect it will outlast flashier rivals.

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Name (English)

Park Bo-gum

Name (Japanese)

パク・ボゴム

Reading

ぱく・ぼごむ

Born

June 16, 1993 (age 33)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

actor / singer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

University

Myongji University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bogummy/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park%20Bo-gum
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%82%B4%E3%83%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15977222

Tags

• actor
• singer
• musician

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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