Jeong Jae-yeong (born Jeong Ji-hyeon; November 21, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He is known for starring in the films Guns & Talks (2001), Silmido (2003), Someone Special (2004), Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005), Public Enemy Returns (2008), Castaway on the Moon (2009), Moss (2010), and Confession of Murder (2012), as well as the television series Partners for Justice (2018–19).
Early years and education Jung completed his education at Seoul Hanyeong High School and then in 1990 enrolled to Department of Theater of Seoul Institute of the Arts. During his time in university he participated in a play and received recognition for his outstanding performance, which greatly influenced his career trajectory. From his early days as a theater actor, Jung Jae-young has collaborated with director Jang Jin, who was a year ahead of him in the Department of Theater at Seoul Institute of the Arts. He made his debut in the theater production "Heotang" and subsequently appeared in "Leave When I Clap," "Liar," and "Magic Time."
Career Jung Jae-young started his career taking minor roles in films ranging from his debut The Adventures of Mrs. Park to Green Fish (1997), The Quiet Family (1998), and Die Bad (2000). However throughout this period he was primarily occupied with works by director/playwright Jang Jin, both on the stage and in minor roles for the films The Happenings and The Spy.
Jung's first prominent film role came in Jang Jin's third film Guns & Talks in 2001, where he played one member of the film's central quartet of assassins. The following year, he played a ruthless, cruel-minded hustler in Ryoo Seung-wan's No Blood No Tears. In 2003, his role as a death row convict turned soldier in the record-breaking Silmido marked the height of this stage of his career.
In 2004, Jung reunited with Jang in a romantic comedy Someone Special which provided him with his first lead role. For his performance in the film, he won Best Actor award at Busan Film Critics Awards. He then starred in a commercially and critically successful film Welcome to Dongmakgol. The film was based on one of Jang Jin's plays which Jung had also performed in. For his performance as a war-weary North Korean officer who befriends his counterparts from the South, Jung won Best Actor at Director's Cut Awards.
From 2005 to 2009, Jung played a string of various roles; from a shy rural farmer who travels to Uzbekistan in the hopes of finding a wife in Wedding Campaign, a betrayed gangster in Righteous Ties, a cop during a bank robbery drill gone awry in Going by the Book, a CEO under investigation in Public Enemy Returns, to a Joseon merchant who gets drawn into plans for developing a rocket against the Ming Dynasty in The Divine Weapon, and a suicidal man who finds himself washed up and stranded on an uninhabited island in Castaway on the Moon.
In 2010, Jung starred as a sinister 70-year-old village elder in the film adaptation of the popular webcomic Moss. His performance in Moss won him Buil Film Awards and Blue Dragon Film Awards for Best Actor. The following year, Jung was cast as a fading baseball star who is forced to coach a team of hearing-impaired kids in GLove, and a cold-hearted debt collector who needs a transplant in Countdown.
Jung returned in 2014 as a detective facing off against a bestselling novelist who makes a Confession of Murder, an obsessive-compulsive who falls for a carefree musician in rom-com The Plan Man, a father tracking down his daughter's killers in Broken, and an undercover assassin who tries to protect King Jeongjo in a period drama The Fatal Encounter.
In 2015, Jung was cast in his first ever television series as a welder-turned-rookie lawmaker in political drama Assembly. He next starred as a detective in science fiction thriller Duel, followed by Hong Sang-soo's film Right Now, Wrong Then. The film won the Golden Leopard, the top prize at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival, as well as Best Actor for Jung. For his performance in Right Now, Wrong Then, Jung also won Best Actor at the 35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards, 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 53rd Gijón International Film Festival, and 3rd Wildflower Film Awards. In the same year, he starred in a comedy film You Call It Passion.
Jung reunited with Hong Sang-soo in a 2017 film On the Beach at Night Alone. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. The following year, Jung played in his second television series Partners for Justice. For his performance in the series, Jung won Top Excellence Award at the 2018 MBC Drama Awards.
In 2019, Jung played Joon-gul in a comedy film The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale.
In 2021, Jung appeared in the MBC drama On the Verge of Insanity aired on MBC, alongside Moon So-ri and Lee Sang-yeob.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1996 The Adventures of Mrs. Park 불량배 1997 Green Fish cabaret guest Push! Push! Park Jang-geun 1998 The Quiet Family Hyun-suk, the gigolo The Happenings 낯익은 1999 The Spy taxi robber #4 2000 Taxi of Terror Nonstop Die Bad Seong-bin's older brother short film "Nightmare" A Terrible Day short film 2001 Guns & Talks Jae-young 2002 No Blood No Tears Dok-bul Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance husband of Dong-jin's ex-wife cameo No Comment stalker/arsonist high school bully #1 short film "Enemies in Four Directions" short film "My Nike"2003 So Cute 뭐시기 ("So-and-So") Silmido Han Sang-pil 2004 Someone Special Dong Chi-sung 2005 Welcome to Dongmakgol Rhee Su-hwa Murder, Take One bully cameo Wedding Campaign Hong Man-taek 2006 My Captain, Mr. Underground Kim Dae-chul Righteous Ties Dong Chi-sung 2007 My Son father goose voice cameo Going by the Book Jung Do-man 2008 Public Enemy Returns Lee Won-sool The Divine Weapon Seol-joo 2009 Castaway on the Moon Kim Seung-geun 2010 Moss Cheon Yong-deok The Quiz Show Scandal judo man cameo2011 GLove Kim Sang-nam Countdown Tae Gun-ho 2012 Confession of Murder Detective Choi Hyung-gu 2013 Our Sunhi Jae-hak 11 A.M. Woo-seok 2014 The Plan Man Han Jung-seok Broken Lee Sang-hyeon The Fatal Encounter Sang-chaek 2015 Right Now, Wrong Then Ham Chun-su You Call It Passion Ha Jae-kwan 2017 On the Beach at Night Alone Myung-soo 2019 The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale Joon-geol 2022 Carter Dr. Jung Byung-hoNetflix film 2023 Noryang: Deadly Sea Chen Lin 2024 Revolver Min Ki-hyun Special appearance 2027Heuk Su-gang
Television series Year Title Role Network Notes 2015 Assembly Jin Sang-pil KBS2 2017 Duel Jang Deuk-cheon OCN 2018–19 Partners for Justice Baek Beom MBC Season 1 and 2 2021 On the Verge of Insanity Choi Ban-seok
Theater +List of Theater Play(s) Year Title Role Theater Date English Korean 1995 Heotang 허탕 Yoo Dal-soo colspan="2" 1997Taxi Driver - Where are you going?택시 드리벌 - 당신은 어디까지 가십니까? Jang Deok-bae Arts and Culture Center Small TheaterFebruary 27–March 181997(21st) Seoul Theater Festival: Taxi Driver - Where are you going?(제21회) 서울연극제: 택시 드리벌 - 당신은 어디까지 가십니까?October 10–15 1998 Magic Time 매직타임 Jung Ji-hyun colspan="2" 1999 Heotang 허탕 Yoo Dal-soo Academic Green Small Theater August 7 to October 31 Liar 라이어 Detective Trotton colspan="2" 2000 Leave When They're Applauding 박수칠 때 떠나라 Jeong Ha-yeonLG Arts CenterJune 16–30 2002 Welcome to Dongmakgol 웰컴 투 동막골 NovelistLG Arts CenterDecember 14–29 2004 Taxi Driver - Where are you going? 택시 드리벌 - 당신은 어디까지 가십니까? Jang Deok-bae Dongsoong Hall of the Dongsoong Art Center July 16-August 29, 2004
Accolades
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2004 25th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Silmido 3rd Korean Film AwardsBest Supporting Actor Asian Film Critics Association Awards 5th Busan Film Critics Awards Best Actor Someone Special 2005 4th Korean Film Awards Welcome to Dongmakgol 13th Chunsa Film Awards 8th Director's Cut Awards 2008 5th Max Movie Awards Going by the Book 17th Buil Film Awards Best Supporting Actor 7th Korean Film Awards Best Actor The Divine Weapon 2009 46th Grand Bell Awards 32nd Golden Cinematography Awards Castaway on the Moon 2010 46th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actor 11th Korea Visual Arts FestivalPhotogenic Award (Movie Actor category)Moss 18th Korean Culture and Entertainment AwardsGrand Prize (Daesang) for Film 11th Korean Entertainment Culture Awards 31st Blue Dragon Film AwardsBest Leading Actor 19th Buil Film Awards Best Actor 47th Grand Bell Awards 8th Korean Film Awards 2011 8th Max Movie Awards 2015KBS Drama AwardsTop Excellence Award, ActorAssembly Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama 68th Locarno International Film FestivalBest ActorRight Now, Wrong Then 9th Asia Pacific Screen AwardsBest Actor 36th Blue Dragon Film AwardsBest Leading Actor 35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Actor 53rd Gijón International Film Festival 2016 21st Chunsa Film Art Awards 3rd Wildflower Film Awards 25th Buil Film Awards 2017 14th International Cinephile Society Awards 201838th MBC Drama AwardsGrand Prize (Daesang)Partners for JusticeTop Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday-Tuesday Miniseries201939th MBC Drama AwardsPartners for Justice 2 2021 41st MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries On the Verge of Insanity Best Couple Award with Moon So-ri
Listicles +Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placementPublisherYearListicleRank Korean Film Council 2021 Korean Actors 200 The Screen20091984–2008 Top Box Office Powerhouse Actors in Korean Movies 20192009–2019 Top Box Office Powerhouse Actors in Korean Movies
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References
External links
Jung Jae-young Fan Cafe at Daum