Yang Dong-geun

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.2928

Gender

Male

Birthday

01-Jun-1979

Age

(46 years old)

Place of Birth

Seoul, South Korea

Also Known As
  • YDG
  • 양동근
  • Dong-kun Yang
  • Yang DongGeun
  • Dong-Geun Yang
  • Yang Dong Geun
  • 杨东根
  • 梁東根
  • 楊東根
  • 梁东根
  • یانگ دونگ گون
  • Ян Дон-гын

Yang Dong-geun

Biography

Yang Dong-geun (양동근) is a South Korean film, television, and theater actor.  He also performs hip-hop music under the name "YDG".


Credits

짱 짱 (1998) Character: Jong Gu
The arrival of new music teacher makes a big difference for a group of troubled high school students.
追跡者 SHOT GUN 追跡者 SHOT GUN (2014) Character: N/A
While imprisoned in South Korea, Kuroki (Hitoshi Ozawa), leader of a yakuza clan, is offered one deal. In exchange for an early release from prison, he is asked to kill a man. The target's name is Tatsuhiko Kaji (Hakuryu), a man who grew up in Japan and is now a senior member of the Korean mafia.
미스터리 핑크 미스터리 핑크 (2018) Character: N/A
In the beginning, young man and woman are sitting around a pink front door on the ground. As the man looks through the door crevice. A young girl, a middle aged woman and a old woman appear. They argue they are relatives of her, insist they won´t hand out a corpse, and ask for money. In the film, the color pink is seemingly connected to selfish fantasy about love of men. Just splendid color and light, and afterimages of them matter.
배우수업 배우수업 (2024) Character: Chung Geum
A film about an aspiring actor receiving unusual acting lessons from his manager.
댄스댄스 댄스댄스 (1999) Character: Sundo
A young student is drawn into the world of a dance troupe after witnessing the beautiful grace of a female member. He must cope with the dynamics of the group whilst hoping to get closer to the woman whose dancing enraptured him.
잠은행 잠은행 (2019) Character: Bank Chief Officer
Seong Jae works at a major firm, but always works late due to the workload. Once, he falls asleep while working overtime and reaches the Sleep Bank, where he takes a sleep loan from the branch manager. Seong Jae returns to the sleep bank after continuous nights of overtime and extends his sleep loan. Seong Jae manages to reach his target achievement thanks to the sleep loan, but the interest has built up, and the time when he has to pay it all back has come.
반창꼬 반창꼬 (2012) Character: Detective Bang
A doctor tries to woo a grieving, widowed firefighter in her attempt to get him to testify on her behalf in a medical malpractice case.
화이트 발렌타인 화이트 발렌타인 (1999) Character: Han Suk
A girl named Jung-min writes to a young man named Hyun-jun, who is serving in the army. She lies about her age and claims to be a teacher. As Jung-min turns twenty, a 30-year-old man, who has eyes filled with sadness moves into her village. Every night, he sends letters through a pigeon to a deceased woman he loved dearly. He sends them high up in the sky, knowing that he will never get a reply. Then one day, like magic, he receives a letter. The letters sent through pigeons reveal someone's loneliness and sadness. And the two people meet each other by sheer chance..
퍼펙트 게임 퍼펙트 게임 (2011) Character: Seon Dong-yeol
The Lotte Giants' Choi Dong-won and the Haitai Tigers' Seon Dong-ryeol are rival pitchers in 1980s baseball. The film reenacts the legendary match of May 16, 1987, which baseball fans today still recall as "the perfect match," when Choi and Sun compete as pitchers for the last time.
바람의 파이터 바람의 파이터 (2004) Character: Choi Bae-dal
An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. This film concentrates on the period when he is still young, and developing his famous karate style, Kyokushin.
야차 야차 (2022) Character: Hong
Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.
죽지않는 인간들의 밤 죽지않는 인간들의 밤 (2020) Character: Doctor Jang
So-hee enjoys her seemingly perfect life as a newlywed with her seemingly perfect husband. For being so perfect, she begins to suspect that her husband isn’t as he seems. Wanting some answers, she hires a private detective agency to trail him around.
와일드 카드 와일드 카드 (2003) Character: Bang Je-su
Two detectives investigate a string of horrific murders in Seoul and zero in on a sadistic gang leader who carries an actual ball and chain.
응징자 응징자 (2013) Character: Chang-sik
Back in his high school days, Joon-Seok was bullied by Chang-Sik Because of this, Joon-Seok's high school days were like a nightmare. Now, Joon-Seok finds it difficult to live a normal life due to the bullying. Meanwhile, Chang-Sik, who has forgotten what he did to Jeon-Seok, lives a relatively happy life. He is about to marry Ji-Hee. Joon-Seok will pay him back for all the misery.
해적, 디스코왕 되다 해적, 디스코왕 되다 (2002) Character: Seong Gi
When her father has a terrible accident a girl is forced to work as a hostess in a popular disco bar owned by a powerful gangster. Her brother tries to free her, but the gangster refuses and instead sets the brother, a bad dancer, an impossible challenge: if he wants to free his sister, he must win an upcoming disco contest!
모노폴리 모노폴리 (2006) Character: Kyung Ho
Kyung-ho is a genius computer programmer who manages the on-line networks of all banks in Korea. One day, he accidentally runs into a man, John, who is an attractive businessman. John invites Kyung-ho to experience his lifestyle in high society. Through these lavish escapades, Kyung-ho is awakened to his hidden desires. As Kyung-ho finds out about a secret project John is working on, John asks him to join him in a plan to illegally withdraw small amounts of money from all the bank accounts across Korea by using Kyung-ho’s genius computer programming skills. With absolute trust in John, Kyung-ho finally joins this huge con game against Korea. Will John and Kyung-ho, who dream of being on top of the world, be the winners of this game?
천화 천화 (2018) Character: Jong-kyu
Old man, Moon-ho, spends his time masturbating because of Alzheimer. Yoon-jeong works as caretaker for Moon-ho. One day, Yoon-jeong finds Moon-ho completely recovered from dementia…
수취인불명 수취인불명 (2001) Character: Chang-guk
Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After surviving Japanese colonization, Korea became the first war zone of the Cold War. The legacy of war remains today in this divided country.
블랙 가스펠 블랙 가스펠 (2013) Character: Himself
Dong-keun, Jun, You-mi, members of Korea’s only gospel choir Heritage, along with eight other people travel to Harlem to learn about gospel music and to perform with the Harlem gospel singers. As they go through series of lessons, they begin to realize that Black Gospel is not about brilliant techniques, nor beautiful voices; it is something that begins from the soul.
마지막 늑대 마지막 늑대 (2004) Character: N/A
A detective tired of bloody and cruel crimes in Seoul negotiates a transfer to a crime-free town in the country, where he lives a life of peace and bliss. But then his new police station is listed for closure due to the town's complete absence of crime in the last 20 years.
그랑프리 그랑프리 (2010) Character: Lee Woo-seok
Grand Prix" covers the world of horse racing, centered around the romance between a male horse jockey and a female horse jockey. Seo Joo-Hee (Kim Tae-Hee) is an ambitious equestrian who loses her beloved horse in a racing accident and also injures her arm. Devastated she quits the sport and travels to Jeju Island. On Jeju Island, Seo Joo-Hee meets fellow equestrian Woo-Seok (Yang Dong-Kun), a former winner of the Japan Cup who is also experienced a similar slump as Seo Joo-Hee. With Woo-Seok's help, Seo Joo-Hee becomes inspired to compete for the Grand Prix Chamionship.
해변으로 가다 해변으로 가다 (2000) Character: Jae-seung
A group of Internet chatters decides to spend the summer together at a beach, renting an apartment and trying to know each other for real (or maybe they just want to have sex). Apparently a guy named "Sandmanz" committed suicide when he was ousted from the chatroom, and the group has split opinions on the matter. Some think he was just a psycho with no life, and he had it coming. Some others, like Yoo-na (the one who got closer to him), think that someone spread lies to force him to quit. Suddenly, the group is decimated by a mysterious figure who keeps e-mailing everyone that his/her fate will not be unlike Sandmanz's. The search for the killer begins, while people die right and left. (lovehkfilm.com)
사마귀 사마귀 (2025) Character: Gwang-cheon / Bi-cheon
The secret society of contract killers falls into chaos, unleashing a new breed of assassins. With old rules in ruins, who dares claim the shadows?
배우는 배우다 배우는 배우다 (2013) Character: Kang Bin
Young is a nameless actor who dreams of becoming a big movie star. Then one day, he makes his breakthrough with a film and becomes a star overnight.
우리 돈 벌레 우리 돈 벌레 (2023) Character: Dong-geun
On the day Dong-geun is released from prison, Director Yoon of the financial investment company introduces him to meet the CEO of Butter Cream Bread Entertainment. Butter(CEO) tells Dong-geun that his artists are naive and easy to rip off, and that there is a small “culture and arts fund” that he can use for his benefit. Dong-geun accepts Butter's suggestion and meets ‘What's Up’, one of Butter’s new artists. As it turns out, Dong-geun is a bizarre musician who sang 'Woman in the Rain' under the name of DG in the past. Dong-geun begins to have a heart for ‘What's Up’ and slowly regains the passion he had as DG in the past. Dong-geun finally decides to help 'What's Up'.
오징어 게임: 시즌2 제작 이야기 오징어 게임: 시즌2 제작 이야기 (2025) Character: Self
From set designs to character arcs, get exclusive cast and director interviews on how Season 2 of the globally most-watched series was brought to life.



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