Julien Kang

Julien Kang (Korean: 줄리엔 강; born 11 April 1982) is a French and Canadian actor and model.

Julien Kang
Kang in 2019
Born	(1982-04-11) 11 April 1982 (age 43) Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France
Occupations	Actor model
Years active	2008–present
Agent(s)	Jellyfish Entertainment (2015–2017)
Spouse	JJ (m. 2024)
Relatives	Denis Kang (brother)
Korean name
Hangul	줄리엔 강
Hanja	줄리엔 姜
Revised Romanization	Jullien Gang
McCune–Reischauer	Chullien Kang

In May 2012, Kang starred opposite Ryu Si-won as Kang Gu-ra, a rival fighter to Ryu's Seung-hyuk in Channel A's Goodbye Dear Wife.^[1]

Early life

Kang was born in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, France, to a Korean father and a French mother. He lived there until he was five, then lived briefly in Spain before emigrating to Canada and settling there. His mother and siblings were originally French citizens who later acquired Canadian citizenship, making him a dual citizen of France and Canada. However, having grown up in Canada since was young, he always presents himself as Canadian and has a strong Canadian identity.

He is the younger brother of mixed martial artists Denis Kang and Tommy Kang.^[2][3][4]

Other activities

On 18 August 2012, Kang was paired with South Korean actress Yoon Se-ah, beginning the transition between season 3 and season 4 of We Got Married. The virtual couple dubbed KangYoon couple and Juliah couple by fans, moved into House #1 in the new We Got Married Village. Kang was elected as Chief of the WGM Village by the current couples.

In August 2015, Kang signed with Jellyfish Entertainment.^[5]

Personal life

On June 27, 2023, Kang announced his engagement to fitness influencer JJ on her YouTube channel.^[6] The couple married on May 10, 2024.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2014	Casa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies	Muscle man	Cameo
2021	Mission: Possible	Yoo Ri	[8]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2008	Star's Lover	Cameo	SBS
2009	Dream	David
	High Kick Through the Roof	Julien	MBC
2010	Personal Taste	Cameo
	Road No. 1	U.S. Marine Corps Platoon Leader
2011	Real School!	Cameo	MBC Every 1
	High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged	Julien	MBC
2012	12 Signs of Love	Alex	tvN
	Goodbye Dear Wife	Kang Gu-ra[9]	Channel A
	To the Beautiful You	Daniel Dawson	SBS
2013	Potato Star 2013QR3	Julian	tvN
2014	Golden Cross	Evan	KBS2
	Marriage, Not Dating	Richard Bernstein	tvN
2016	Entourage	Cameo (Episode 9)
2017	Fight for My Way	John Karellas (Cameo, Episodes 13–14, 16)	KBS2
2020	300 Year-Old Class of 2020	Julien Kang (Cameo, Episode 5)	YouTube, Naver TV, KakaoTV

Variety show

Year	Title	Role/Notes
2012–2013	We Got Married	Cast member[10][11] (Episodes 133–159)
2013–2015	Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education	Cast member (Episodes 29–38, 41–43, 46–52, 101–102) Guest (Episode 116)
2015–2016	Real Man 2	Cast member
2016	Law of the Jungle in Mongolia	Cast member (Episodes 234–237)
2017	Society Game 2	Cast member
2018	Law of the Jungle in Mexico	Cast member (Episodes 320–324)
2019
	Happy Together	Guest (Episode 603)
	Law of the Jungle in Chatham Islands	Cast member (Episodes 358–362)
	Master in the House	Special appearance (Episode 89-90)
2021
	Law of the Jungle in South Korea	Cast member (Episodes 432–433)
	Cooking - The Birth of a Cooking King	Contestant[12]
	Wild Idol	Trainer[13]
	The Strong Man 2	Team leader[14]
2022	The King of Ssireum	Contestant; Spinoff[15]
2024	Knowing Brothers	Guest (Ep. 433)

Reality show

Year	Title	Role
2020	Handsome Tigers	Cast member (Episode 1-present)

Music video appearances

Year	Song title	Artist	Role/Notes
2010	"No PlayBoy"	Nine Muses	Male lead
2012	"Because I'm Upset" (속상해서) (also known as "Depressed")	Zia	Male lead (with Mina Fujii)