Hong Kyung

Hong Kyung quietly snuck up on me, and I think that's exactly his superpower. A Hanyang University theater grad born on Valentine's Day — already kind of poetic — he broke out in Innocence and then delivered back-to-back punches with Weak Hero Class 1 and Revenant, two wildly different projects that showed he can do raw, brawling teen drama and slow-burn supernatural mystery with equal conviction. What I find genuinely compelling is that he doesn't seem to court the spotlight; he just shows up in interesting work and makes you remember him anyway. He's the kind of actor whose IMDb page you visit after a show specifically to figure out who that guy was. Early career, serious craft, worth tracking closely.

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Name (English)

Hong Kyung

Name (Japanese)

ホン・ギョン

Reading

ほん・ぎょん

Born

February 14, 1996 (age 30)

Occupation

actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rat

University

Hanyang University

• Official sitehttp://www.jwide.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=21&wr_id=31
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bluecages/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong%20Kyung
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55736058

Tags

• actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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