Eric Mun

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Eric Mun (born Mun Jung-hyuk on February 16, 1979) is a South Korean rapper and actor.

He is a member and leader of the South Korean boy band Shinhwa.

He is also well known for several dramas such as Phoenix (2004), Super Rookie (2005) and Another Oh Hae-young (2016).

He was with Top Class Entertainment from 2007 to December 2013.

In 2014, Mun and his manager of 10 years, Lee Jong-hyun, set up a new management agency, E&J Entertainment, for his individual activities.

Mun is also the CEO of Shinhwa Company, the home agency of his group, with Lee Min-woo as co-CEO since 2011, and with the remaining members—Kim Dong-wan, Shin Hye-sung, Jun Jin and Andy Lee—as shareholders.

Early life

Mun was born in Seoul. He is the youngest of the three siblings with two older sisters. He attended Daechi Elementary School located in Seoul. When his family moved to the U.S, he went to John Burroughs Middle School located in Los Angeles. Mun spent his years at Parks Junior High School and Sunny Hills High School, both of which are located in Fullerton, California. In 1996 he returned to Korea and joined SM Entertainment as a trainee and was featured as a rapper on label mate girl group S.E.S.' single "I'm Your Girl" along with Andy. On March 24, 1998, with the stage name Eric, he debuted as leader and main rapper of group Shinhwa with their single "해결사" (The Solver) on KM Music Tank. He stated that their debut album, Resolver, did not perform well and the band almost disbanded. At the time, he thought seriously about giving up and returning to the U.S.

In 2005, Mun graduated from Dongguk University with a major in Theater and Film.

Personal life

In 2014, it was first reported that Eric had been dating actress and model Na Hye-mi but did not confirm their relationship. It was not until February 2017 when they publicly confirmed it through their respective agencies. After five years of dating, Mun and Na got married on July 1, 2017 in a private church ceremony with family and friends at Youngnak Presbyterian Church in Jung-gu, Seoul.

On August 23, 2022, Eric's agency announced that Na is pregnant with the couple's first child, after 6 years of marriage.

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Career

Mun and his Shinhwa colleagues made a cameo appearance in the movie Emergency 19 Act in 2002. Park Sung-sooo, a director from MBC's series Breathless (I Run), starred him in a supporting role (I Run). He appeared in the drama Phoenix (Bulsae) in early 2004.

Mun starred in the lead role in MBC's Super Rookie in 2005, alongside actor Han Ga-in. It was also available on Fuji Television. During the broadcast, it received a solid response in Korea. Since Fuji TV paid 2 billion for the broadcast rights in Japan, Super Rookie in Japan was also a big success in Japan. When it was broadcast in Japan, it was commercially profitable. Mungo went to advertise Super Rookie in Japan in December 2005, where he was welcomed by a large crowd.

Mun was stabbed on the set of MBC drama Wolf in early 2006, resulting in the show being pulled off air after four episodes. Mun was wounded while shooting near Namdaemun in Seoul, where he was to prevent co-star Han Ji-min from being run over by a car. The stunt car driver, who was unclear of the instructions, sped away from them at 40 mph and did not stop in front of them as planned.

Munchute Agent (also known as the Korea Secret Agency) worked with its writers in August to create Invincible Parachute Agent (also known as the Korea Secret Agency) after the successful run of Super Rookie, especially in Japan.

Shinhwa's 10th anniversary concert in March 2008 marked the start of the Shinhwa clan's hiatus as a group obligated to provide basic military service. Muno appeared in a period drama for the first time in his acting career with Strongest Chil Woo. Munch Woo was the highest paid singer-turned-actor in the country at the time, with 30 million wons per episode.

Munro gave up his US citizenship in order to continue his military service in 2003. In October 2008, he became the first Shinhwa citizen to enlist for compulsory military service. After four weeks of basic training, Munter returned to non-active service due to his back injury from Wolf's filming. He was discharged on October 30, 2010.

Mun's first project, after being delayed, was supposed to be KBS' action drama Poseidon opposite Kim Ok-bin, which was supposed to be broadcast in July 2011. However, they were forced to stop production after the Bombardment of Yeonpyeong in November 2010. Rather, he appeared in another KBS drama, Spy Myung-seul with Han Ye-seul in July, portraying a Korean wave actor at the forefront of a North Korean agent's kidnap plot.

Mun, CEO (with Lee Min-woo as co-CEO) of Shinhwa Company, a joint venture company for members of Shinhwa, began operating as a corporation on July 1, 2011. The organization as a whole is managed by the company, although individual accounts are handled by their respective departments.

He created Stellar, a female sensation who debuted on August 2011 with the song "Rocket Girl" as part of Top Class Entertainment.

Mun reunited with his Shinhwa colleagues in March 2012 for their comeback after four years under Shinhwa Company's leadership. The group's tenth studio album The Return to Asia and their first exclusive variety show Shinhwa Broadcast premiered on March 17, 2012.

Mun's rap on Brown Eyed Girls' Ga-in's digital single "Nostalgia" was released on November 30, 2012.

Shinhwa's agency announced the 2013 Shinhwa Grand Tour: The Classic on February 8, 2013 to commemorate the organization's 15 years since its debut was announced. The Classic is the album's name.

Mun and Shinhwa received Mwave Global Star Awards, many music awards, and a Triple Crown on M Countdown for their music comeback.

Mun's deal with Top Class Entertainment came to an end in December 2013. He did not re-sign another deal with Top Class Entertainment, and no longer has a primary front-runner. Stellar, the founder, who helped the company develop and promote the original line up, was he did not re-sign another contract.

Munhwa's 16th Anniversary Concerts concluded in March 2014. After numerous casting calls from KBS, Munch returned to television in August 2014 in the drama Discovery of Love, which reunites him with Jung Yu-mi, his co-star in MBC's 2007 Que Sera, Sera. Lee Jong-hyun, his boss of ten years, had formed his own management firm, E&J Entertainment.

Despite a low Nielsen rating, Mun and the Discovery of Romance's team received accolades for their performances, and Mun won a 'Triple Crown' at KBS 2014 Year End Award (Excellent Actor, Best Couple, and Netizen Award). Mun had won acting awards at all three major broadcasting networks with this triumph. Discover of Love was nominated for the 2015 Rockie Award in the Melodrama category, alongside 30 Vies (Canada), EastEnders (UK), Grey's Anatomy (China), and My Sunshine (Japan). Mun's Kang Tae-ha Discover of Romance remains in the top ten in a 2015 Instiz blog post about viewers' favorite drama characters.

Munrin returned to acting and appeared in the South Korean television network drama Another Oh Hae-young with Seo Hyun-jin on Shinhwa's 18th anniversary in March. On May 2, the drama premiered with a higher rating than its predecessor Pied Piper. On its 6th episode, it surpassed its original rating of 5% and became tvN's all-time highest-rated drama, with a rating of 9.9% in its final episode. After the drama concluded, another Oh Hae-young crew was given a trip to Thailand. Mun has been named "Ro-Co King" at the tvN10 Awards on October 9, 2009. Seo Hyun-jin was also named "Ro-co Queen" for his appearances in Another Oh Hae-Young.

Mun joined as a cast member of Three Meals A Day - Fishing Village 3 with Lee Seo-jin and Yoon Kyun-sang on September 16, a preview for the new season of tvN "Three Meals a Day." Fishing Village was shot on Deukryang Island this season. On October 14, the season premiere took place. It was Mun's first appearance as a cast member of a variety show without Shinhwa. Mun enjoyed his E-Chef award due to his exceptional cooking skills. The show had a high rating of above 10% on average (AGB) 13%, with the highest rating being 11.53 percent (TNmS).

Mun and Shinhwa released Unchanging: Orange as part of their 13th album at the end of November 2016.

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Shinhwa released Unchanging: Touch, the second part of their 13th album, in January 2017. Shinhwa 18th, the first self-produced variety show on Naver's paid subscription service for Vapp+, was released on March 24.

Continue to be Jean Michael Basquiat and ULOS brand ambassadors. Eric was also selected to represent Bibigo by CJ E&M, a global Korean food company CJ Cheil Jedang, as the representative for Bibigo. Netmarble Games' latest CF, Lineage 2 Revolution, an online and mobile game, was released later this year. For their big-scale mobile MMORPG Lineage2 Revolution, Netmmarble Game also released a web drama starring Kim Sang-joong, Kim Myung-min, and Eric. Eric was playing a rookie who was struggling to make a corporate environment, while at the same time he was reigning as the King of Lineage2 Revolution. Eric, on the other hand, has been revealed that he is in fact a top-ranked participant of the "Lineage2 Revolution."

Eric and actress Na Hye-mi announced their friendship in February 2017, the first time it was revealed in the news. After five years of dating, the couple married in Jung-gu, South Korea, on July 1, 2017.

Eric and Shinhwa were in the middle of celebrating the company's twentieth anniversary since its inception in 2008 with a remake music video titled "All Your Dream" and a special fan party on March 24 and 25. With the introduction of a new music video "Kiss Me Like That" in August, the group made a music comeback, as well as the release of a new mini album "Heart." They also attended various fan festivals as well as appearances on variety shows. On October 6 and 7, Shinhwa concluded their year-long celebration with a two-day concert at Olympic Gymnastics Arena (KSPO Dome), followed by a concert at Taipei Arena on October 13 and Hong Kong Asia World Expo Hall on November 24.

Eric had joined his bandmate Andy at TOP Media on January 1, 2019. Eric, to everyone's surprise, has created a Youtube channel to post a variety of topics, from cooking, outings, to how he didn't get a ticket for his own fan meeting. He held a birthday fan meeting "2019 ERIC's Moonday" at Kwanglim Art Center, BBCH Hall, the following month.

"Will The Locals Eat It" was his first broadcast appearance for 2019. (also known as 4 Wheeled Restaurant) in America. On April 18, the show premiered on April 18.

On April 20 and 21, 2019, Eric and Shinhwa held their 21st anniversary concert, 'Chapter 4' at KSPO Dome.

Mun was cast in MBC's latest variety series, "The Barber of Seville" on May 22, 2011. The filming took place in Seville, Spain, and it was broadcast every Thursday from July 11 to Sep.12th.

Eric was also predicted to return to drama this year. Eric and Go Joon-hee had been rumored to join KBS' fantasy rom-com drama "Perfume," but he turned down the bid. Eric was confirmed as the lead actor in Channel A's "Yoobyeolna" on November 05th. Go Won-hee stars as the lead actress in Chef Moon's film. In March 2020, the drama is scheduled to be broadcast.

Eric and Yoo In-na of MBC's rom-com drama 'The Spy Who Loved Me' was announced on April 1, 2020. Eric was named lead actor for MBC's rom-com drama "The Spy Who Loved Me" alongside Yoo In-na and Lim Ju-hwan about two months later, on June 22, as well as Yoo In-na and Lim Ju-hwan. The drama is expected to premiere sometime in October 2020.

Eric has left TOP Media in October 2022.

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