Won Bin

Won Bin is one of those rare people who makes you genuinely wonder whether the universe ran out of flaws when it built him — the face alone launched a thousand magazine covers, but what keeps me coming back is that he actually delivered. His breakout in Autumn in My Heart in 2000 hit Korean audiences like a freight train, and then he went and topped himself with The Man from Nowhere in 2010, a lean, brutal action film where he carried nearly every frame on pure screen presence. What's fascinating is how selective he's been — long gaps between projects, almost no tabloid noise — which in an industry that chews people up for content feels almost rebellious. The Grand Bell Award is well-earned, but honestly his biggest achievement might be staying genuinely compelling while barely showing up.

Name (English)

Won Bin

Name (Japanese)

ウォンビン

Reading

うぉんびん

Born

November 10, 1977 (age 48)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

Origin

Jeongseon County, South Korea

Occupation

film actor / actor / television actor / model

High school

Chuncheon Mech Tech High School

University

Yong In University

Awards & achievements

• Grand Bell Awards

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.wonbinus.co.kr
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3

Tags

• film actor
• actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.