Moon Mason

In this Korean name, the family name is Moon .

Mason Moon Moorhouse
Born	(2007-03-21) 21 March 2007 (age 16) South Korea
Occupation(s)	Child actor, model
Years active	2007-present
Parent(s)	Moon Mi-Won James Moorhouse
Relatives	Moon Mavin (Brother) Moon Maden (Brother)
Korean name
Hangul	문 메이슨
Revised Romanization	Moon Mason
McCune–Reischauer	Moon Mason

Mason Moon Moorhouse (born March 21, 2007) is a Canadian-Korean former child actor and model. ^[1] Following his acting debut as an infant in the movie Baby and I , he kept up media appearances by hosting a weekly TV show called Good Daddy and then began being called "Little Nichkhun", after the popular 2PM member. He was then in a TV series called 3 Suspicious Men, then in another TV series with his two younger brothers called Hello Baby . He has been a model for the Benetton Group fashion brand and was also chosen as the face of kid's brand R.ROBOT. In 2012 he appeared in his second movie, Love Clinique.

Family

Moon's father, James Moorhouse, is Canadian. ^[2] His mother, Moon Mi-Won, is Korean. ^[3] Moon and his two younger brothers Mavin Moon (born December 17, 2008) and Maden Moon (born December 18, 2009) are known as "the Moon Brothers". ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Career

Model

Moon has been a model since his traditional 100th day celebration in 2007. Prior to his 2008 movie Baby and I he was involved in an entertainment company and appeared in magazines. ^[3] In 2010 Moon was a model for the Benetton Group fashion brand. ^[8] In 2012 Moon was chosen as the face of kid's brand R.ROBOT. ^[9]

Film

In June 2008 Moon started appearing alongside Jang Keun-suk in profile pictures and movie previews of his first film Baby and I , leading up to the August 2008 release. ^[3] The father and son relationship depicted in the film has continued to be commented on by the media. ^[10] In early 2009 Moon attended a press conference for child actors and was photographed crying. ^[11] In November 2012 Moon made a cameo appearance in his second movie called Love Clinique/Tone Deaf Clinic. ^[12] He also starred in the movie Making Family along with Ha-Nuel Kim and Aarif Rahman.

Little Nichkhun

From about April 2010 Moon's face started being compared to Nichkhun from the K-Pop boy band 2PM. ^{[13] [14]} After more than a year of being compared to Nichkhun, they met and posed together in July 2011. ^{[15] [16]}

Television

From November 2008 until January 2009 Moon hosted a weekly South Korean TV program called Good Daddy . In August and September 2010 Moon and his two younger brothers were in a South Korean TV program called 3 Suspicious Men. ^{[17] [18]} From November 2010 until February 2011 Moon and his two younger brothers were in a South Korean reality show called Hello Baby where celebrities experience parenthood by raising children ages 5 and under. The three brothers were cared for by K-pop girl group T-ara. ^[6]

In 2012, Mason and his two younger brothers appeared alongside actor Lee Jung-ryong's two sons and seven other children in the "Children Channel: Popularity Battle" episodes of Shinhwa Broadcast , hosted by six-member boyband Shinhwa.

References

1. "Moon Mason - Actor". Han Cinema.
2. "James Moorhouse Co-founder of ASK Now". Ask Now. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
3. "Everyone's eyes on Moon Mason from "Baby and I"". Han Cinema. 30 June 2008.
4. "Moon Mason, Moon Maybeen, Moon Maden, handsome brothers, "Can't you be my brother?"". Han Cinema. 15 March 2011.
5. "Moon Mason's three siblings and mother's appearance "Too cute"". Han Cinema. 22 January 2012.
6. "T-ara to take care of Moon Mason for "Hello Baby"". All K-Pop. 11 November 2010.
7. "Cute pictures of "The Moon Brothers" revealed!". All K-Pop. 30 December 2010.
8. "Child actors in Benetton campaign". Han Cinema. 20 May 2010.
9. "The 'nation's child stars': My, how they've grown!". All K-Pop. 17 August 2012.
10. "Jang Geun Suk Reunites with His Son Mason Moon". Soompi. 27 August 2012.
11. "Mason Moon, crying!". Han Cinema. 14 February 2009.
12. "Moon Mason snaps a picture with actor Yeo Jin Goo at the VIP preview of 'Tone Deaf Clinic'". All K-Pop. 22 November 2012.
13. "'Little Nichkhun' Moon Mason bakes bread". All K-Pop. 3 April 2010.
14. "New Trend In K-Pop: Pretty-Beasts?". Han Cinema. 12 August 2010.
15. "Nichkhun poses with his look-a-like Moon Mason". All K-Pop. 4 Jul 2011.
16. "Nichkhun: The 'shy little boy' turned K-Pop sensation". CNN. 8 November 2010.
17. "Moon Mason meets the beautiful ladies of After School". All K-Pop. 5 August 2010.
18. "Mason Moon corrects Kim Jong Min on his English". All K-Pop. 1 September 2010.