I can’t believe Jang Geun-seok is just 24. He’s already got 13 drama series to his name, nine films, about a half-dozen single albums, and a whole crapton of CFs. And I don’t even think he’s close to his peak yet.
Jang celebrated his birthday, August 4, with staff and cast from his movie You’re My Pet, which is currently filming. In it, he plays the titular “pet” to Kim Haneul’s sophisticated careerwoman; he’s a ballet dancer who is taken in by the professional with a horrible romantic track record and lives as her companion/friend/pet. Kim’s also in one of the shots below, holding out his cake to him while he makes a wish.
Jang recently concluded his 2011 Asia Tour with a finale concert in Seoul, held on August 7. The tour took him through six cities in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, and China.
You’re My Pet is due out later this year, after which we can hope Jang returns to dramaland with a new project. His last one was a miss (the crazy, ill-plotted Mary Stayed Out All Night), but discounting that, he’s had a pretty successful last five years with dramas like You’re Beautiful, Beethoven Virus, Hong Gil Dong, and Hwang Jini. Can’t wait to see what he picks next.
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AWWW. happy birthday!
Happy Birthday my Jang Geun Suk!!! I want you so bad,,
YEAAAAAAAAA!!!! ^________^
I wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY, too!!!
WOOT WOOOT!!!!!
Ah just wanna know. is his 24 an international age or korean?
Happy Birthday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
happy birthday jang geun suk… this is my wish for you… god gives you more blessings to come…
First!
Or maybe not… damm… lol
OH the fail that the “‘First’” comment always induces.
99% of the time it’s always 2nd.
Happy Birthday!! I love his hat — TOO CUTE!!!
Agreed! So cute!
I just re-watched YAB… missing him on my small screen… i know this movie would be good… happy birthday!
“… and then filming could not go on because Jang Geun-seok adorabled the hell out of everyone.”
He looks so cute
Congrats and i can’t wait to see this movie
and his new project he picks
who’s this girl?
LOL!
he’s so frail and feminine. They should cast him as a female lead in the next drama
Yeah, I’m kind of thinking the same thing.
Although I think Jang Geun-seok is a solid actor, I find his frail stature, very boyish and somewhat effeminate face a bit of a turn-off. I still think he’s cute, just not for a lead role in a romance. But then again I am biased toward older, masculine men (i.e. Cha Seung Won).
I think it’s a phase, he likes to change a lot. In his Beethoven drama he was kind of buff and had a buzz cut. I think he is hanging on to this look because it’s popular in Japan and he is making a nice bit of change there.
Can’t wait for his next drama, but his hair has to go asap and he’s either got to get a new coordi or a get a new wardrobe:
http://www.allkpop.com/2011/08/overseas-fans-donate-2-12-tonnes-of-rice-in-jang-geun-suks-name
Wow, only 24? Lol.
Just 24? Perfect. He’s just the right age for my daughter.
Ooh, wait. My original ICOMYM as my son-in-law? That could get awkward… Guess I’ll have to deal with it.
i don’t know.. i like the dude, but he’s not really leading man status for me.. at least not in dramas. i adore him as leads in movies though.
Wishing all the best and sooo love him…just hope that he get’s rid of this hairdo soon, after the drama is done
i agree i hate his ahjumma hair!
i love his facial expressions,especially in YAB,he is really really good actor and also singer.I hope he will do a great comeback in a drama sooner.
Jang Geun Seok has been cast as the male lead in the upcoming drama ‘사랑은 비를 타고’ with PD Yoon Seok Ho.
Yoon Seok Ho is back … Oh dear …
really??? i want a new drama with JGS so badly…
And this time it’s “Love Comes With The Rain”?
Now that Yoon Seok Ho’s run out of seasons to name his dramas, he’s moving on to the weather? What’s next? Sunshine, snow, fog, hail, wind …
Hahahaha…this made me laugh so hard. I cant place the pd atm. But the comment was funny
no wonder he’s not registering…I have heard of autumn tale and winter sonata but havent seen these or any of his works.
ROFLMAO! This PD always makes his actors look amazing. Let’s cut our hair for this drama, JGS!!!!! I want to see you looking manly for once, I want to see a haircut that matches your manly voice. How about the buzz cut ala your fellow Leo, G Dragon?
True dat. If anything … THE PRETTEH is one thing that Yoon Seok Ho does get right.
Hilarious comment! Can’t stop laughing likewise! I’ve heard through the grapevine Geun Seok will be cutting his hair very soon for his new drama! Let’s throw a hair cutting party in blogland when that happens. I’ll bring ice cream hehehe…
First!
While I think he is truly adorable, I look forward to the future when he finally grows into that voice!
that’s a cool hat! Also, that hair needs to go
yes, lots of us wishing his hair gone : )
auww ^__^ Happy B-Day tooooo you XD
And that almost looks like a man’s shirt he’s wearing. Baby steps… so proud.
LOL!
bulls eye, hahaha.
Even though Mary Stayed Out was a nightmare in terms of mad, irritating fathers and strange plotting u-turns, JKS was outstanding in it I reckon. Very talented guy . . . his Hwang Tae Kyung was one of THE outstanding comic characters and contrast that with, eg, his role in the Itaewon Murder Case to Beethoven Virus to his lighter comedy and then onto his video for Let Me Cry
I would have been in the same year of school as JGS. Reading his accomplishments in a list like that makes me feel like I really need to pull my socks up…
Ha, I graduated 3 months ago and still can’t find a job! Bachelor degrees these days are totally worthless! And yes, reading his accomplishments in a list pretty much added salt to that wound…
On a positive note, he’s adorable and deff haven’t reached his peak yet. I wish, like everyone else, that he’d cut his hair:( Somewhere along the lines like the haircut in “Baby & Me” would be nice
He’s a great actor! Can’t wait for his movie to come out!
I always forget he’s so young.
His hat looks so similar to the cake lol
Yeah he was awesome in Hong gil dong XD mwahahaha, so cool in that drama, and here, so cute in the pictures! XD
I love that he looks so happy (and need I say, adorable!!) with the gifts..
so he is 24 years old now! i hope his fashion sense improves!
Indeed he’s such an accomplished young man. It helps that he started so young in showbiz.
He also recently purchased a US$ 10 M six-storey building in Seoul with his savings. That’s an amazing accomplishment for a person his age.
He purchased a what? *boggles* What does he need a building for?
That being said, I think he looks utterly adorable in these pictures. By the way, if he’s celebrating his Korean 24th, that means he’s really 23, right?
The building probably is the new tree j company office since they recently changed addresses.
no in korea he’s 25 years old. 24 years old everywhere else (except china because they add an extra year like korea.)
I don’t know why I was thinking Han Ye Seul and not Kim Han Eul was in this movie >>. Silly me.
! Happy Belated Birthday to him 
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And I can’t believe he is only 24
It always surprises me when I find out that an actor is about the same age as me. Maybe it’s just from reading too much from girlfriday and javabeans but I always feel like a noona.
He picks Singing in the rain with Yoon Seok-Ho! Yay, I’m really looking forward to this drama. And also, I can’t believe he’s just 24 with loads of success.
Wow. All these hard working people make me feel like a bum. What have I done with my life? Oh, yeah: waited for the Korean version of Your My Pet to come out.
Lol I hear ya!
But it’s not like I’m not trying. Opportunities r so hard to come by these days…
happy birthday JGS!!!
i am so eagerly awaiting for his next drama project…
and according to this article… http://geungeuncouple.blogspot.com/2011/08/jang-keun-suk-is-cast-in-role-of-male.html
Actor Jang Keun Suk was cast in the role of a male lead character in great director Yoon Suk Ho’s new drama. i hope this is true….
he is so freaking awesome, i cant wait for his new drama coming out early next year, there are plans for him to cut his hair for that drama…..im patiently waiting for his more manly look to return….btw his new building now houses his management company tree J, and he is planning for other albums later this fall
please tell me when he can shed that mop on his head that they call hair… but apart from that he looks adorkable in the first pic!!!!!! JGS <3
Wait…he’s my birthday twin!
Same age AND same birthday!
Course I celebrated mine studying for med school exams but whatever, Happy Birthday to him too!
Happy Birthday! Quinze!
*Balloons, Streamers, Cake, and Hugs*
Aww thank you
I love cake and hugs and balloons and streamers!
Happy Birthday, Jang Geun Seok! Hope you will soon stop looking like Princess Lulu
I really like you, but your style freaks me out.
Happy Birthday Jang! Happy Birthday to me too. LOL
wish you have a decent years ahead and ehem a decent haircut. cuuuuuuuu :*
Ah off topic, but I’ve seen Ryujin’s A Thousand Kisses stills. GAH ROMANTIC is that all I can say
OH YEAH!!!!! (nods) I love that JGS is already 24 yrs old now & I am sure that he might plan to cut his hair, like, whoooossshhhh………to BACK to normal: VERY manly and handsome, heheh!!!!
WISH YOU A HAPPPPYY BIRTHDAY & HAVE FUN, whoo whoo!!! (dances so wildly) Hehe! =D
yay!!! He is casted in a new drama!!
http://10.asiae.co.kr/Articles/new_view.htm?sec=ent0&a_id=2011080910275067802
It’s so weird he will play the father and the son, why not other actor to play the father…
what the what?! he’s only 24?!?!?!
I feel so OLD!!!!
we have the same birthday… that thrills me to no end
Happy Birthday to us… Happy Birthday to us…
Aw, love. Gosh he’s so damn cute, but he’s older than me and a guy.
I don’t even understand.
Can’t wait for Kimi wa Petto, hope its good…
He’s cute in a girly/little boy way. I do like him in most of the stuff I’ve seen him in, he’s turning into a pretty good actor. But, my husband saw a pic of him and said “Who is she?”.
happy birthday to him
i am huge fan of jang geun suk…..n eagerly waiting for next drama…………..
Happy birthday JGS oppa!
i wonder what hacci’s gift to him? hehe…
saeing il chuka hae yo Jang geum ssi! you’re one of my top K actors in my long list! keep up your good work & beautiful self! aja aja