Ok Taec-yeon

In this Korean name, the family name is Ok.

Ok Taec-yeon
Taec-yeon in July 2023
Born (1988-12-27) December 27, 1988 (age 35)
Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea[1]
EducationDankook University (BS)
Korea University Graduate School of International Studies (MS)
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • actor
  • entrepreneur[2]
Years active2008–present
Agents
Musical career
Also known asTY
Genres
Labels
Member of
Formerly of
Website2pm.jype.com
Korean name
Hangul
옥택연
Hanja
Revised RomanizationOk Taek-yeon
McCune–ReischauerOk T'aegyŏn
Signature

Ok Taec-yeon (Korean: 옥택연; born December 27, 1988),[5] known mononymously as Taecyeon, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, actor and entrepreneur. He is the rapper of the South Korean boy band 2PM.

In 2010, Ok debuted as an actor in the Korean drama Cinderella's Stepsister and since then has starred in television series Dream High (2011), Who Are You? (2013), Wonderful Days (2014), Assembly (2015), Let's Fight, Ghost (2016), Save Me (2017), The Game: Towards Zero (2020), Secret Royal Inspector & Joy (2021) and Vincenzo (2021) and Heartbeat (2023), as well as the movies Marriage Blue (2013) and House of the Disappeared (2017).

  1. ^ "택연". Cinefox (씨네폭스) (in Korean). Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "2PM 택연, '옥캣' 캐릭터 사업 스타트 CEO변신 : 스포츠조선". Sports Chosun (in Korean). October 12, 2013. Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
  3. ^ "[공식입장 전문]옥택연, 51K와 전속 계약 체결 "배우+2PM 활동 전폭지원"". Sports Chosun (in Korean). July 25, 2018. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  4. ^ Jung, Hyeon-tae (February 27, 2023). "옥택연, 톰 홀랜드와 한솥밥..美 에이전시 WME와 계약 체결[공식]" [Taecyeon Ok, Tom Holland and Rice Cooked Together.. Signed a contract with US agency WME [Official]] (in Korean). Herald POP. Archived from the original on February 27, 2023. Retrieved February 27, 2023 – via Naver.
  5. ^ ":: 2PM ::". 2pm.jype.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2016.