Jang Hyuk

Jang Hyuk is the kind of actor who makes you forget you're reading subtitles. Born in Busan and trained at Seoul Institute of the Arts, he broke through with the cult hit Volcano High in 2001 and never really slowed down. What gets me is his range — he can play a tortured Joseon-era scholar in Deep Rooted Tree with the weight of someone who actually lived it, then flip into a cold-blooded villain in Money Flower without missing a beat. And the guy holds a taekwondo black belt, which means every action scene feels genuinely physical, not choreographed-for-the-camera. Over two decades he's kept delivering without the tabloid noise, which in this industry is its own kind of impressive.

Name (English)

Jang Hyuk

Name (Japanese)

チャン・ヒョク

Reading

ちゃん・ひょく

Born

December 20, 1976 (age 49)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dragon

Origin

Busan, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / taekwondo athlete / television actor

University

Dankook University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang%20Hyuk
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%A7%E3%82%AF
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Tags

• actor
• film actor
• taekwondo athlete

Last updated

2026-06-02

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