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Mason Moon Moorhouse (born March 21, 2007) is a Canadian-Korean
child actor The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated t ...
and
model A model is an informative representation of an object, person or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin ''modulus'', a measure. Models c ...
. 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 Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul ( th, นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล; ; born June 24, 1988), better known mononymously as Nichkhun ( ko, 닉쿤), is a Thai American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and model who is currently based in Sou ...
", 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 ''Hello Baby'' () is a South Korean reality show where celebrities experience parenthood by raising children ages 5 and under. The main purpose is to see whether or not the celebrities make "good" parents. The show aired for seven seasons, and ...
''. He has been a model for the
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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. His mother, Moon Mi-Won, is Korean. 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".


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. In 2010 Moon was a model for the
Benetton Group Benetton Group S.r.l. () is a global fashion brand based in Ponzano Veneto, Italy, founded in 1965. Benetton Group has a network of about 5,000 stores worldwide. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Benetton family's holding company Edizi ...
fashion brand. In 2012 Moon was chosen as the face of kid's brand R.ROBOT.


Film

In June 2008 Moon started appearing alongside
Jang Keun-suk Jang Keun-suk () is a South Korean actor and singer. He is best known for starring in the Korean television dramas ''Beethoven Virus'' (2008), '' You're Beautiful'' (2009), ''Mary Stayed Out All Night'' (2010), '' Love Rain'' (2012), ''Pretty M ...
in profile pictures and movie previews of his first film '' Baby and I'', leading up to the August 2008 release. The father and son relationship depicted in the film has continued to be commented on by the media. In early 2009 Moon attended a press conference for child actors and was photographed crying. In November 2012 Moon made a cameo appearance in his second movie called ''Love Clinique''/''Tone Deaf Clinic''. 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 Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul ( th, นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล; ; born June 24, 1988), better known mononymously as Nichkhun ( ko, 닉쿤), is a Thai American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor and model who is currently based in Sou ...
from the K-Pop boy band
2PM 2PM (; romanized; ''Tupiem'') is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: Jun. K (formerly known as Junsu), Nichkhun, Taecyeon, Wooyoung, Junho and Chansung. Originally a seven-piece group, fo ...
. After more than a year of being compared to Nichkhun, they met and posed together in July 2011.


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''. From November 2010 until February 2011 Moon and his two younger brothers were in a South Korean reality show called ''
Hello Baby ''Hello Baby'' () is a South Korean reality show where celebrities experience parenthood by raising children ages 5 and under. The main purpose is to see whether or not the celebrities make "good" parents. The show aired for seven seasons, and ...
'' where celebrities experience parenthood by raising children ages 5 and under. The three brothers were cared for by K-pop girl group
T-ara T-ara (; ko, 티아라) are a South Korean girl group formed by MBK Entertainment in 2009, consists of four members: Qri, Eunjung, Hyomin and Jiyeon. T-ara's career is marked by hook-heavy dance-pop music, a result of their close partners ...
. 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 ''Shinhwa Broadcast'' () is a South Korean variety television programme broadcast on general service cable channel JTBC. It is hosted by six-member boy band Shinhwa: Eric Mun, Lee Min-woo, Kim Dong-wan (up until April 2013), Shin Hye-sung, Jun Ji ...
'', hosted by six-member boyband
Shinhwa Shinhwa () is a South Korean six-member boy band based in Seoul, composed of Eric Mun, Lee Min-woo, Kim Dong-wan, Shin Hye-sung, Jun Jin, and Andy Lee. Launched by SM Entertainment on March 24, 1998, the group signed with Good Entertainment ...
.


References

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