The model-actor generation in South Korea

Korean entertainment industry is very superficial. Only the money, handsome, talent and time make it to the top. In the reality, most Korean people want to become a famous model/ actor because they want the acceptance from others, sometimes to change to new lives. Let’s say hypothetically, nowadays in Korea, you just need money, a good-looking appearance, a little bit talent, KBS/SBS/ MBC will pay you around US $120- US $ 500 per day-time drama, episode and miniseries respectively.


Currently there are numerous of rich, handsome and talent idols, be it from K-drama, K-pop and models in Korean entertainment industry. Let’s pick up five the rich, handsome and talent gentlemen who working in Korean entertainment industry to evaluate.

Bang Sung Joon

Bang Sung Joon is a South Korean actor and model. He is well-known for the leading roles in television series Shut Up Flower Boy Band in the year 2012, then continue with Can We Get Married and I Need Romance 3 which he is the main actor.

Besides the talent and a handsome aspect, Bang Sung Joon makes attention to mass media by the influential family. Bang Sung Joon was born in 1990 in a rich and wealthy family. His parents own one of the wizarding world’s most influential hotel chain companies.

Nich Khun

Nichkhun’s Mother is a CEO of Union Medical – the leading importing and distributing medicine in Thailand.

Nich Khun studied at Wanganui University in New Zealand. In the year 2008, he joined in Korean entertainment industry as a member of 2PM (Korean boy band) and actor. His drama includes Ouran High School Host Club, Seven Something, One and A Half Summer and Kindaichi Shounen No Jikenbo.

Jung Il Woo

Jung Il Woo, is a South Korean actor and model, born in 1988 in a influential family. Jung Il Woo’s grandfather is a physician of former South Korean president and now is a president of the biggest hospital in Seoul, South Korea. Jung Il Woo’s father is a CEO of Kendo Academy. Jung Il Woo’s mother is a textile research manager of Korean University and also a professor at National Cultural Heritage University in South Korea.

Lee Sungmin

Lee Sungmin is well-known as a South Korean singer, DJ and Musical theatre actor. Lee Sungmin is best known as the member of K-pop boy band Super Junior.

Similar with Bang Jung Yoon, Lee Sungmin surprises his fan by the rich family. Lee Sungmin’s father is a CEO of two big companies in South Korea as SendBill and Network Mania. Since childhood, Lee Sung Min has been living in the lap of luxury.

Kang Dong Won

Kang Dong Won is one of the popular South Korean actors and models. He was born on January 1981 in South Korea.

Career: Kang Dong Won debuted in 2003 as a model and after he started a new role as a professional actor in Korean Movie Industry.

Family: Not only handsome and talent, Kang Dong Won is also born in an intelligent family. Kang Dong Won’s father is a vice president of SSP Company – One of the largest company shipbuilding companies in the world, and himself has IQ of 137.