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Jin Goo

チン・グ / ちん・ぐ

American actor

July 20, 1980 (age 45) ・ Seoul, South Korea

  • actor
  • film actor
  • television actor

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
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Agency
Private
Occupation
actor / film actor / television actor

2. Background

Elementary school
Private
Junior high
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High school
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University
Sahmyook University

3. Relationships

Spouse
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Children
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Parents
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Siblings
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4. Personality

Motto

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7. About this entry

Tags

  • actor
  • film actor
  • television actor
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.