Dong-gun won Best Supporting Actor for Chingoo in 2001 at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival. He has won Baek Sang TV Art Awards for Best New Actor and Most Popular Actor. He also won a Blue Dragon Award for Best Actor in 2004. As an actor and celebrity endorser he is one of the highest paid in Korea. Jang is known for his kind, gentle image. He went public with his relationship with Ko So-young in 2009 and they were married in 2010. The couple has two children together.