My Take
I honestly think Jin Goo is one of those actors who makes everyone around him look better just by showing up, and he proved it definitively in Bong Joon-ho's Mother back in 2009 — that performance earned him Best Supporting Actor at both the Grand Bell Awards and the Blue Dragon Film Awards, which is about as strong a double stamp of approval as Korean cinema can give. Then he pivoted to the small screen and held his own opposite Song Joong-ki in Descendants of the Sun, a drama so massive it basically broke streaming records across Asia. What I respect is the range: he can do brooding thriller one year and glossy military romance the next, and neither feels like a stretch. Born in 1980, educated at Sahmyook University, quietly grinding away — Jin Goo is the kind of career actor who lets the work do the talking.
Overview
Jin Goo (Korean: 진구; born July 20, 1980) is a South Korean actor. He won Best Supporting Actor at the Grand Bell Awards and Blue Dragon Film Awards for his role in Bong Joon-ho's 2009 noir thriller Mother. He is also known for his role in the critically and commercially successful series Descendants of the Sun.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jin Goo
- Name (Japanese)
- チン・グ
- Reading
- ちん・ぐ
- Born
- July 20, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Monkey
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Sahmyook University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.bhent.co.kr/jingoo/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/actor_jingoo/
- Xhttps://x.com/actorjin9
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.