Jung Kyung-ho

Jung Kyung-ho is one of those actors who makes you forget you're watching someone perform — he just lives in a role. I first really noticed him in Prison Playbook, where he played a baseball star derailed by circumstance with this quiet, unforced charm that was impossible not to root for. Then Hospital Playlist arrived and he became genuinely beloved, turning Lee Ik-jun into the kind of warm, slightly chaotic friend everyone wishes they had. What I admire most is his range: he can anchor a heavy drama and then turn around and do breezy romantic comedy in Crash Course in Romance without missing a beat. Born in 1983 and a Chung-Ang University graduate, he did the slow, patient work of building a real career, and it paid off in a big way.

Name (English)

Jung Kyung-ho

Name (Japanese)

チョン・ギョンホ

Reading

ちょん・ぎょんほ

Born

August 31, 1983 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Boar

Origin

Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / television actor

University

Chung-Ang University

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.sidushq.com/starhome/?oidStarHome=82
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jstar_allallj/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9B%20(1983%E5%B9%B4%E7%94%9F%E3%81%AE%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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