Jung Jae-young

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jung Jae-young
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Nov 21, 1970(1970-11-21)
Age	54
Birthplace	Seoul
Country	South Korea
Horoscope	Scorpio

Jung Jae-young Biography

Jung Jae-young is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on November 21, 1970 in Seoul, South Korea. Jeong Jae-yeong (born Jeong Ji-hyeon in November 21 1970) is an actor from South Korean actor. He is most well-known for his performances in the critically highly acclaimed movies Silmido (2003), Right Now, Wrong Then (2015) and On the Beach at Night Alone (2017). For his work in films that he was awarded his Best Actors and Best Supporting Actor awards at the Blue Dragon Film Awards, Busan Film Critics Awards Director’s Cut Awards Korean Association of Film Critics Awards, 9th Asia Pacific Screen Awards and Locarno International Film Festival.

Between 2005 and in 2009 Jung performed roles ranging from a shy farmer who visits Uzbekistan with the intention of finding a wife for the Wedding Campaign, a betrayed criminal as in Righteous Ties, a cop in a bank robbery exercise which went wrong during Going by the Book, an executive under investigation as in Public Enemy Returns, to the Joseon merchant who is drawn into plans to develop an anti-ming Dynasty rocket Ming Dynasty in The Divine Weapon and a suicidal person who ends up being washed away and stranded in an uninhabited Island within Castaway in the Moon.

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 Gijon International Film Festival, and 3rd Wildflower Film Awards. In the same year, he starred in a comedy film You Call It Passion.

In 2004 Jung was reunited with Jang in the romantic comedy called Someone Special which provided him with his first leading part. In recognition of what he did in the movie Jung won the Best Actor award at Busan Film Critics Awards. Then, he starred in the critically and commercially successful movie Welcome to Dongmakgol. It was made based on one Jang Jin’s plays that Jung had also appeared in. In recognition of his portrayal of an exhausted North Korean officer who befriends his fellow officers who are from South Korea South, Jung won Best Actor at the Director’s Cut Awards.

Jung Jae-young Net Worth

Jung Jae-young is one of the richest Actor from South Korea. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jung Jae-young 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jung Jae-young began his career performing part in minor films in length from the debut The Adventures of Mrs. Park to Green Fish (1997), The Quiet Family (1998) along with Die Bad (2000). In the meantime, the majority of his time was spent on the work of director/playwright Jang Jin, both on the stage and in lesser roles in the film The Happenings and The Spy.

Jung’s first film role was in the third film of Jang Jin Guns & Talks in 2001 in which he was a character in the film’s central group of assassins. In the next year, he portrayed the ruthless, cruel hustler for Ryoo Seung-wan’s No Blood No Tears. His performance as a death-row convict transformed into a soldier for the life-changing Silmido was the pinnacle of this phase of his career.

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.

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Who is Jung Jae-young Dating?

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Jung Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Korea. Jung Jae-young celebrates birthday on November 21 of every year.