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Park Bo-gum

パク・ボゴム　/　ぱく・ぼごむ

Actor from South Korea

June 16, 1990 (age 35)　・　Seoul, South Korea

actor
singer
musician

My Take

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.

Overview

Park Bo-gum (Korean: 박보검; born June 16, 1993) is a South Korean actor and singer. He gained recognition for his work in film and television and is the youngest actor to be named Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year twice. He is also the first actor to top the Forbes Korea Power Celebrity list. Park has received major industry honors. He is regarded as a prominent figure of the Korean Wave.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Park Bo-gum
Name (Japanese): パク・ボゴム
Reading: ぱく・ぼごむ
Born: June 16, 1990 (age 35)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Horse
Origin: Seoul, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / singer / musician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Myongji University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bogummy/
Xhttps://x.com/BOGUMMY
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

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