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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-10-16 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Seoul, South Korea

Jung Jin-young

Biography:

Jung Jin-young (정진영) is a South Korean actor. He has starred in numerous films, including Hi! Dharma!, Bunt, and The Case of Itaewon Homicide. But Jung is best known for his frequent collaborations with director Lee Joon-ik, namely Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield and its sequel Battlefield Heroes, The Happy Life, Sunny, and particularly for his role as King Yeonsan in the hugely successful King and the Clown.

Known For

Acting

2025

Mother and Mom as Lee Young-wook

2024

Queen of Tears as Hong Beom-joon
LTNS as Baek-ho

2023

Queenmaker as Man

2022

Yonder as Doctor K
Shadow Detective as Choi Do-hyung

2021

The Gossip as Expert
A Year-End Medley as Sang-gyu
Bulgasal: Immortal Souls as Kwon Ho Yeol / Dan Geuk

2020

P1H: A New World Begins as Ahjussi [Future]
My Unfamiliar Family as Kim Sang-sik

2019

Chief of Staff as Lee Sung-Min

2018

Claire's Camera as Director So Wan-soo
Grass as Kyung-soo
Ode to the Goose as Mr. Lee
Sketch as Jang Tae-Joon

2017

Man of Will as Go Jin-sa
The Swindlers as Hwang Yoo-suk
A Taxi Driver as Reporter Lee

2016

Time Renegades as Detective Kang
Pandora as Pyung-sub
Grand Father as Kim Yang-don

2015

Gangnam Blues as Kang Gil-soo
Glamorous Temptation as Kang Seok-hyun

2014

Tabloid Truth as Mr. Park
Ode to My Father as Yoon Jin-gyu
Angel Eyes as Yoon Jae-beom

2013

Miracle in Cell No. 7 as Jang Min-hwan

2012

Love 911 as Detective Oh
Love Rain as Seo In-ha

2011

Battlefield Heroes as Kim Yu-sin
S.I.U. as Hwang Du-su
Brain as Kim Sang-chul

2010

Running Man as Self

2009

The Case of Itaewon Homicide as Prosecutor Park

2008

Sunny as Kim Jeong-man

2007

Happy Life as Gi-yeong
Bunt as Hur Jin-gyu

2006

Love Phobia as Dr. Chu

2005

The King and the Clown as King Yeonsan

2004

Hi, Dharma 2: Showdown In Seoul as Brother Jeong-myeong

2003

Wild Card as Oh Yeong-dal

2001

Guns & Talks as Inspector Cho
Hi, Dharma! as Monk Jeong-myeong

2000

Out Live as Namgung Jun-kwang

1999

The Ring Virus as Choi Yeol

1998

A Promise as Eom Ki-tak

1997

Green Fish as Mak-dong's 3rd-eldest Brother

1995

The Terrorist as Dal-seon

1992

Directing

2020

Me and Me as Director

Writing

2020

Me and Me as Screenplay