Yeon Jung-hoon

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In this Korean name, the family name is Yeon.
Yeon Jung-hoon
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Born (1978-11-06) November 6, 1978 (age 43)
Busan, South Korea
Other namesYoun Jung-hoon
EducationArtCenter College of Design
Myongji University
Years active1999-present
Agent935 Entertainment
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2005)​
Children2
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeon Jeong-hun
McCune–ReischauerYŏn Jŏnghun

Yeon Jung-hoon (born November 6, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for generational epic East of Eden (2008),[1] crime procedural Vampire Prosecutor (2011-2012)[2][3][4][5] and the domestically popular weekend drama Pots of Gold (2013). Outside of acting, Yeon hosted the first three seasons of Top Gear Korea, the South Korean version of the BBC show,[6][7] and is a cast member of the popular variety-reality show 2 Days & 1 Night.

Early life[]

Yeon is the only son and younger of two children of veteran actor Yeon Kyu-jin.[8][9] He was sent to the United States as a teenager and lived with his aunt while attending junior high and high school.[10][11] He spent his freshman year of college at the ArtCenter College of Design but returned to South Korea due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis and continued his education at Myongji University, majoring in product design.[11][9][12] Despite his father being an actor, he never showed any inclination towards the entertainment industry until he was in college. He made his acting debut whilst a college student and eventually decided to pursue it as a career after graduating.[10][13][9] His father had misgivings over his new career path out of concern; Yeon later stated that his father was finally convinced after he was named Best New Actor at the 2003 KBS Drama Awards.[12][14]

Career[]

Early career and military service: 1999-2005[]

In 1999 Yeon made his debut in the drama Wave. After appearing in several dramas in minor or supporting roles, he first came to prominence with domestic audiences in the highly-rated 2003 daily soap Yellow Handkerchief and portrayed lovers with his future wife.[15][11] They both went on to win the Best New Actor and Best New Actress awards respectively at the year-end KBS Drama Awards.[16] He was cast in Sad Love Story as a last-minute replacement for Song Seung-heon, who was embroiled in a scandal involving his exemption from mandatory military service and forced to pull out.[17] Yeon himself nearly did not get the role as his character's background story required him to film on location in New York City for several weeks and he had to get a visa at short notice.[18] The drama received much attention as it was also broadcast overseas in Japan and other countries in the Middle East and Africa. Although domestic viewership was lower than expected, Yeon was praised for ably stepping into the role at the last minute and it led to a rise in popularity for him, especially in Japan. It was his last drama before enlisting for mandatory military service in November 2005.[19]

Hosting Top Gear Korea and domestic popularity: 2008-2013[]

After his discharge, Yeon began diversifying into other genres and largely shied away from romantic melodramas to avoid being typecast.[20][21] His comeback project was the critically-acclaimed 2008 generational drama East of Eden in which he and Song Seung-heon portrayed brothers who grew up in a mining town during the turbulent 1970s and later find themselves on opposing sides of the law.[14][22][23] He then starred in his first sageuk (historical period drama) Jejungwon.[24] From 2011 to 2012, Yeon, an avid car enthusiast and former Formula 4 driver, was a co-host of Top Gear Korea and hosted the first three seasons before leaving to concentrate on acting and other interests. He also starred in the OCN legal drama Vampire Prosecutor, portraying the titular character, a prosecutor who becomes a vampire and hides it but uses his newfound powers to solve crimes. To prepare for the action scenes required of his role, he lost weight and learned Jeet Kune Do for several months prior to filming.[25][26] The drama became the most watched cable drama of the year 2011 and received rave reviews from both critics and viewers.[27] Its popularity prompted the producers to bring it back for a second season.

Yeon's next two roles were as chaebol businessmen in romantic comedies. In the 2012 cable drama Can Love Become Money, he played the CEO of a hospitality company who hides his sensitive and caring side behind an unpleasant and emotionless exterior.[28][29] He reunited with his East of Eden co-star Han Ji-hye the following year in Pots of Gold, in which he portrayed the eldest son of a chaebol family embroiled in a saga involving his father's mistresses.[30] A domestic ratings hit, the weekend drama consistently topped its time slot and he was named Best Actor in a Serial Drama at the 2013 MBC Drama Awards.[31][32][33]

Overseas projects and 2 Days & 1 Night: 2014-present[]

Yeon's next project was the 2014 TVB microfilm A Time of Love where he played the boyfriend of Linda Chung.[34] After mostly portraying straight-laced protagonists, he played the main antagonist in the drama Mask, winning rave reviews for his portrayal of a remorseless, cold-hearted lawyer.[35][36] He was nominated for the Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama at the 2015 SBS Drama Awards, losing to his Mask co-star Ju Ji-hoon. He made a guest appearance in the 2016 JTBC drama My Horrible Boss before making his Hollywood debut in the Hong Kong-Chinese-American collaboration buddy cop film Skiptrace and played the right-hand man of a businessman-cum-mob boss (played by Winston Chao).[37][38]

Yeon returned to cable drama in the action-comedy-thriller Man to Man and played the main antagonist, an unscrupulous businessman with a painful past.[39][40] He then co-headlined the weekend melodramas Bravo My Life and My Healing Love, the latter of which earned him the Top Excellence Award in a Soap Opera at the 2018 MBC Drama Awards.[41] He returned to the supernatural genre in the cable comedy-thriller Possessed, which aired in early 2019. In November 2019, Yeon was announced as a fixed cast member of 2 Days & 1 Night for the upcoming new season.[42][43] In 2020 he starred in the Channel A drama Lie After Lie with Lee Yoo-ri and it ended its run as one of the most watched cable dramas of the year.[44]

Personal life[]

Yeon married actress Han Ga-in on April 26, 2005 after a two-year courtship.[15][45][46][47][48][49][50] They have two children, a daughter (born April 13, 2016)[51] and a son (born May 13, 2019).[52][53]

In November 2005 Yeon enlisted for mandatory military service at the 306th Replacement Battalion in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province.[54][55] As he was married, he was allowed to commute to his duty station from home after completing the five weeks of basic training.[56][55] He was assigned to the 52nd Infantry Division and discharged in October 2007.[57][58] He was previously a United States permanent resident but gave up his green card when he entered the entertainment industry, thus making him eligible for conscription.[18][59]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Korean Title Role Notes Ref.
2001 My Wife Is a Gangster 조폭 마누라 Hyo-min
2005 Daddy-Long-Legs 키다리 아저씨 Kim Jun-ho
Love in Magic 연애술사 Woo Ji-hoon
2013 Good Friends 좋은 친구들 K
2016 Skiptrace 絕地逃亡 Willie Chinese Film

Television series[]

Year Title Korean Title Network Role Notes Ref.
1999 Wave 파도 SBS
2000 KAIST 카이스트 Yang Byung-seok
Nonstop 논스톱 MBC Jung-hoon
2002 Drama City – Beautiful Youth 아름다운 청춘 KBS2 Shin Young-jae Drama Special [60]
Drama City – Vienna, Like Coffee 비엔나 커피처럼 Jun-oh [61][62]
2003 Drama City – Captured Pawn 사로잡히다 Prison guard
Yellow Handkerchief 노란 손수건 KBS1 Yoon Tae-young
A Problem at My Younger – Brother's House 흥부네 박터졌네 SBS Jang Hyun-tae
Rosemary 로즈마리 KBS2 Jang Jun-oh
2004 Snow White: Taste Sweet Love 백설공주 Han Jin-woo
Love is All Around 사랑을 할꺼야 MBC Yeon Ha-neul
2005 Sad Love Story 슬픈연가 Lee Gun-woo
2008 East of Eden 에덴의 동쪽 Lee Dong-wook
2009 Dream 드림 SBS Kang Ki-jang Cameo (Episode 1)
2010 Jejungwon 제중원 Baek Do-yang
2011 Vampire Prosecutor 뱀파이어 검사 OCN Min Tae-yeon
2012 Can Love Become Money 사랑도 돈이 되나요 MBN Ma In-tak
Vampire Prosecutor 2 뱀파이어 검사 2 OCN Min Tae-yeon
2013 Pots of Gold 금 나와라, 뚝딱! MBC Park Hyun-soo
2014 A Time of Love 爱情来的时候 TVB King/Kim Dong-seong Hong Kong TV Series
2015 Mask 가면 SBS Min Seok-hoon
Cheo Yong 2 귀신보는 형사, 처용 OCN Police officer Cameo (Episode 5) [63]
2016 My Horrible Boss 욱씨남정기 JTBC Lee Ji-sang
2017 Man to Man 맨투맨 Mo Seung-jae
Bravo My Life 브라보 마이 라이프 SBS Shin Dong-woo
2018 My Healing Love 내사랑 치유기 MBC Choi Jin-yoo
2019 Possessed 빙의 OCN Oh Soo-hyeok [64]
2020 Lie After Lie 거짓말의 거��말 Channel A Kang Ji-Min [65]

Television show[]

Year Title Korean Title Network Role Notes Ref.
2011 Top Gear Korea Season 1 탑 기어 코리아 시즌1 XTM Host
2012 Top Gear Korea Season 2 탑 기어 코리아 시즌2
Top Gear Korea Season 3 탑 기어 코리아 시즌3
2019–present 2 Days & 1 Night Season 4 1박2일 KBS2 Cast member [66]

Discography[]

Album information Track listing
몇번을 헤어져도
Track listing
03. 몇번을 헤어져도 "No matter how many times we part" 11. 몇번을 헤어져도 (Piano Nocturn)
Yeon Jung-hoon Vol. 1
  • Album
  • Released: October 22, 2005[68][69]
Track listing
  1. Intro
  2. All for you
  3. 사랑이 사랑을... "Love Love..."
  4. 그대 알고 있다면 "If you knew"
  5. 오늘까지만 "Just until today"
  6. 사랑했기에...
  7. 고백 "Confession"
  8. 2U
  9. 같은 사랑 (Duet 장미영) "The same love" (Duet with Jang Mi-young)
  10. 단 하나뿐인... "Only one"
  11. All for you (MR)
  12. 사랑이 사랑을... (MR)
  13. 고백 (MR)

Commercials[]

Year Product
2003 Lotte Weezzle
2004 Union Bay
2005 KTF
Haitai Vegetable-Fruit 100 Drink
2010 Samsung Hauzen Bubble Washing Machine

Awards and nominations[]

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
APAN Star Awards 2013 Best Dressed Pots of Gold Won
Baeksang Arts Awards 2004 Best New Actor – Television Yellow Handkerchief Nominated
Ferrari Challenge Race 2014 4th round win in Asia Pacific region Yeon Jung-hoon Won
Grimae Awards 2015 Best Actor Mask Won
KBS Drama Awards 2003 Best New Actor Yellow Handkerchief Won
KBS Entertainment Awards 2020 Best Entertainer Award in Show/Variety Category 2 Days & 1 Night
(season 4) 		Won [70]
2021 Excellence Award, Show/Variety Category Won [71]
MBC Drama Awards 2008 PD Award East of Eden Won
2013 Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Pots of Gold Won
Popularity Award, Actor Nominated
Best Couple Award with Han Ji-hye Nominated
2018 Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama My Healing Love Won [72]
SBS Drama Awards 2010 Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Planning Drama Jejungwon Nominated
2015 Excellence Award, Actor in a Mid-length Drama Mask Nominated
Seoul International Drama Awards 2021 Outstanding Korean Actor Lie After Lie Nominated [73][74]

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