OMTND Featured Artist Profile: Yoo Gun

[iheartomntd.livejournal.com]

Starting off our very first artist profile, is the too hot for words hottie, Yoo Gun (Hello God, Muzzang).  He's not very well known here and isn't the most prolific artist out there but after this post, I'm sure you're going to be scrambling to find out more about him.

 

Brief Bio:
This hotties hails from Arizona, USA where lived until he completed high school and later moved to Seoul, Korea. He had his first debut with the very shortlive band O.P.P.A. After leaving the OPPA band he modeled for various brands before venturing out into the world of acting.

Why is he being featured?
Well duh, he's hot. Omona is a very special place where the hotties rule and the rest drool. Besides being hot, he's a pretty decent actor, who recently started alongside veteran actor Sohn Hyun-joo (Sons of Sol Pharmacy, Neighbor Enemies) in the KBS Drama Special that aired on October 23 called Texas Hit.  This past February he showed off his acting chops (and his body) with his theatre debut Thief's Diary where he has "shown a surprising affinity for the flexible vibe of this theater production, managing to ad-lib and improvise smoothly while onstage. (It doesn’t hurt that there’s an undressing scene that allows the fit actor to show off his body.)" dramabeans.com

So here's a little bit more about this hottie

Profile

• Name: 유건 / Yoo Gun / Yoo Goon / Yoo Geon
• Real name: Jo Jung Ik
• Nickname: U Gun (by his agency)
• Profession: Actor, singer and model
• Birthdate: 1983-Jan-21
• Birthplace: Arizona, USA
• Height: 178cm
• Weight: 66kg
• Star sign: Aquarius
• Talent agency: Sim Entertainment

Dramas/TV Shows

• Texas Hit (KBS2, 2010) to start airing on
• Prosecutor Princess (SBS, 2010)
• I Can't Stop (MBC, 2009)
• Fight (TVN, 2008)
• Bad Couple (SBS, 2007)
• Hello, God (KBS, 2006)
• One Percent of Anything (MBC, 2004)

Movies

• My Mighty Princess (2008)
• Mission Possible: Kidnapping Granny K (2007)
• Project Makeover / Go Go Sister (2006)
• Dasepo Naughty Girls (2006)

Where Can You See His Work:

• Mysoju Page
• Music Videos featured in:
  
  • ShinJae "My Chest Hurts
  • Yoo Seo Jin "Stupid" (This is a MUST WATCH! Beautiful song. Beautiful video)
  • Honey Family
  • Kin Dongwan "Handkerchief"

Interesting Fact:  Ranked # 39 on Korea's Top 100 Bachelor's Official List


Where can you see him now: Texas hit




Preview

Where you last saw him: Prosecutor Princess (role was pretty minor)




Best Drama/Movie: Hello God. (His first lead role and made me cry buckets of tears.)



I LOVE LOVE LOVE this drama. Yoo Gun's role as a mentally disabled man was nearly spot on, and I was pleasantly surprised by his acting depth in it. A pretty boy and not a bad actor? Sign me up for more.


Worst Drama/Movie: Mighty Princess (movie was fun but took a left turn in to hot ass mess territory)

You would think adding Yoo Gun and Shin Min-ah in a movie together would be perfect right? Well not so much so. This movie had all the potential of being an epic movie. Well it was epic all right. An Epic Fail. Don't get me wrong. I love every last bits of it if only because it was just a hot ass mess of a movie that made no sense what so ever. And Yoo Gun role was so insignificant that I still wonder just why he was in it to begin with. But it's worth a try. If only for the lulz.

Personal Favorite: Bad Couple



He was the highlight of this drama for me. It was the first one I saw him in and rest was history.  Bad couple was a good drama somewhat and personally he could've had a little better of a role. He plays a rich guy who falls for a married older woman who hired him to make her cheating husband jealous (yes I know pretty contrite), but seeing his gorgeous face (and body) on screen was more than enough for me. Note. Bad Couple tells the stories of three female friends who are going through their trials and errors in the romance department.


Sources: Hancinema. Dramabeans 1 & 2 , DramaWiki, YongGeonBlogspot, YooGeon Soompi Page
Video Sources: Hancinema , Doggymo

ETA: He has a Twitter: http://twitter.com/iggiegun Thanks mikarella for the heads up.

So Omonaians. Do you fancy?

Actually I'm a slave to constructive feedback/criticism. What do you gals/guys think of this artist profile. The good, the bad, and (hopefully not) the ugly.

We would like to see this take off a bit. Maybe you can feature your favorite artist/band/actor/ next time.

Comments

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

Just to clarfiy, yes, this IS a pimp post (surprise!) but we're trying to place the spotlight on some lesser known actors/actresses or indie bands that we don't know about.

If you have any band or actor/actress that you would love to do a write up on, you can email us or PM any of the mods. :)

[iheartomntd.livejournal.com]

I have a couple bands :D

and can I edit this page to add a "where to see his work:" to include his Mysoju page and viiki?

[loveholic198.livejournal.com]

[vvitchbaby.livejournal.com]

oh, hello.

[paint-asmile.livejournal.com]

I read it as Yoo Geun and clicked. LOOL
but he's cute (:

[letsrelapse.livejournal.com]

He was in Dasepo Naughty Girls? maaan I love that film, was one of the first korean films I watched so i had no idea about any of the actors. Gave me a reason to rewatch so i can spot Yoo Gun!

[gator-yoong.livejournal.com]

Seeems interesting, I'm amused he's from AZ. Seems most are just from CA so that's a nice change 8D

[la-geni.livejournal.com]

Closest state to Korea besides Hawai'i that's why.

[icedevil0289.livejournal.com]

hello god was great, he did a fantastic job in it.

[big-bananas.livejournal.com]

Something about him reminds me of Won Bin, which is pretty awesome in my book.

[iheartomntd.livejournal.com]

lol he's known as Won Bin's doppelganger

[beauty0fparting.livejournal.com]

Loved him in Hello God! OMG and he's from AZ?!?!? I wanna hear him speak English.

[sweetshisus.livejournal.com]

da
yum

[inchywermy.livejournal.com]

Omona is a very special place where the hotties rule and the rest drool. No seriously.

cringing rn

[corrakun.livejournal.com]

no, seriously

[corrakun.livejournal.com]

aside from the writeup, a+ for the info collection and a++ for the subject

yoo gun was fucking FANTASTIC in hello god. but then again i have a huge soft spot for anything related to flowers for algernon

[nandexdame.livejournal.com]

Prosecutor Princess was really good. I remember him from that.

[bulleusekat.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah great idea !! but I'm not sure everyone in omona watches a lot of dramas (other than the ones with idols ?)
I couldn't finish Hello God... I mean it's not because of his acting, it's just that after watching 1 litre of tears I can't handle this kind of drama...
Haha yeah My Mighty Princess was such a fail (the Pucca manual was hilarious too)

[integrawh.livejournal.com]

I saw him in Prosecutor Princess and was seriously taken back by his face. Like...this is what you call GORGEOUS.
He's amazing. Totally love him.

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

He's Aight....
I like lesser known PP. *thumbs up
don't know about texas hit.

[o-o-mai-o-o.livejournal.com]

Yes, I do fancy.

I've been a fan of his for awhile now. ♥ God, I found him GORGEOUS in Bad Couple.

[mikarella.livejournal.com]

he's on Twitter too! (@iggiegun)

[iheartomntd.livejournal.com]

he is? can I add that to the post?

[couturegirlxox.livejournal.com]

oooh i love this featured artist profile idea~!!! nice to meet chu yoo gun~~ ;D

[creepypiecakes.livejournal.com]

Aaaah its him! freakin hot stuff yes! And fiiiinally someone that is actually older than me XDD getting a bit tired of all 16yrolds :D

[poison-cheeks.livejournal.com]

OMG the guy from Bad Couple!

[chibi-rei.livejournal.com]

I'll give Texas Hit a try if only to see what this guy is all about.

[likeap0ny.livejournal.com]

idk why but he seems so similar to me... he's hawt

[grapewhine.livejournal.com]

This is a really good idea, OP. As long as you keep up the KJW too. :P

[kpop-arsenal.livejournal.com]

OP I LOVE YOU. i love that b/c of you k-actors are getting more spotlight in omona. actors were wat got me into kpop so this is awesome. ;~;

and to start it with a gorgeous gqmf. ♥

thank you. i can't wait to see others.

[iheartomntd.livejournal.com]

thank you :D