[article-3] Jang Keun Suk: There’s Nothing He Can’t Do – A Growing Type Actor [Thumbs Up JKS (3)]

Original source: http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0003337811
English translation: Wen Lee from ECI

In 1993, the 7 years old Jang Keun Suk debuted as a model for children’s clothing after being persuaded by somebody who knew him. In 1997, he started as an actor in the family drama ‘Happiness for Sale’. In the past 20 years or so, even though Jang Keun Suk has been working as an actor, but his capabilities are not limited to acting. His singing is good, he’s also good at show hosting (MC). He’s been liked by everyone as a ‘multi-talented artist’.

In 2001, JKS started hosting (VJ) work in SBS’ ‘Inkigayo’ with his splendid speech skills and brilliant explosiveness. From 2004, he was a DJ in SBS Power FM’s ‘Jang Keun Suk’s Young Street’. Later in 2007, he was co-MC with Kim Heechul in ‘Inkigayo’. Not only that, he also appeared as MC in various concerts and celebratory events, attracting notice from people.

The show that can most confirm his unique MC abilities is the recently very hot Mnet show ‘Produce 101’. ‘Produce 101’ was a show which elected eleven girls to form a girl group and trainees from various entertainment agencies participated in the competition. JKS led the show as a representative.

In ‘Produce 101’, JKS was responsible for relaying the scores to the participants and announcing their rankings. Objective and neutral, he led the show passionately as the MC. He was experienced and natural making the show more dramatic and interesting, and he also did everything just right.

In a live broadcast where anything can happen unexpectedly, the audience could once again confirm how good JKS’ skills were as an MC. As a senior and mentor, he passed on the experiences he has accumulated in the entertainment industry since he was little. Only JKS could have done this.

JKS appeared both in ‘Produce 101’ and SBS’ ‘Royal Gambler’ at the same time but his different performances made people suspect if it was the same person, he suitably showed the value of himself. At the same time he was the calm ‘Rep Jang’, he disregarded his image to play Dae-gil. It showed the reason why people around the world like him.

Apart from that, JKS is known as a ‘multi-talented artist’, it’s because he possesses special talents in singing, dancing, and concerts planning etc. Through his role in ‘You’re Beautiful’, he can be known as an idol. Not only that, a movie he directed ‘The Great Legacy’ has been chosen to be one of the films to be shown at the ‘20th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival’ in the Fantastic Short Film category.

JKS is currently a post-graduate student at Hanyang University. He made this movie last year with his fellow students. The story is about a father who’s in a coma and left only a bank passbook and a son who was only interested in his father’s bank passbook.

In 2012, JKS received a special award at Japan’s ‘Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia’ (SSFF & Asia) with his short film titled ‘Is it Good to Live Like This’. Not only JKS was the scriptwriter, director, editor, lead actor, he spent 13 hours editing the film himself.

JKS always does his best with anything new, always challenges with his biggest passion, and also can do it very well. In future, what surprises will he bring to everyone? The sentence ‘JKS can do anything’ suits JKS very well. We are more and more curious of his Fantastic 30s. [END]