Jung Woo-sung
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| Jung Woo-sung | |
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 Woo-sung at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival |
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| Born | 20 March 1973 South Korea |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Korean name | |
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| Hangul | 정우성 |
| Hanja | 鄭宇成/鄭雨盛 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong U-seong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chǒng U-sǒng |
Jung Woo-sung (Korean: 정우성, March 20, 1973) is a South Korean actor. He gave up studying to achieve his dream of becoming an actor, dropping out of high school after one year. It was controversial at the time that he did not conceal this fact but rather claimed that he did not regret his decision.[1]
He made his film debut in 1994 with Kumiho based on the Korean legend of a supernatural fox with nine tails that disguises itself as a beautiful woman. Two years later, he starred in Beat, which put him on the map of Korea's film industry, wherein he portrays a high school dropout who struggles to survive and help his friend who has gone to work for the mob.
Other notable films include Musa (lit. Warrior), A Moment to Remember, Daisy, City of the Rising Sun and Sad Movie.
Jung is also very popular in Japan and often features as a model. In November 2007, rumors speculated that he was dating Korean "kumdo" (wooden sword fighting) champion, Shin Ji Young.
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[edit] Filmography
- The Fox with Nine Tails (1994)
- Shanghai Grand (1996)
- Born to Kill (1996)
- Motel Cactus (1997)
- Beat (1997)
- City of the Rising Sun (1998)
- Phantom: The Submarine (1999)
- Love (1999)
- Musa (2001)
- Mutt Boy (2003)
- A Moment to Remember (2004)
- Sad Movie (2005)
- Daisy (2006)
- The Restless (2006)
- The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
[edit] Music videos
He took music videos but also conducted as directors in 2000.
- You mi : "Love Always Awaits" (2002)
- g.o.d : "A Fool", "Sad Love", "You Just Don’t Know" (2002)
- g.o.d : "Since You Left Me" (2000)[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "I don't have any regrets" 내 선택엔 후회가 없다"…당당한 학력 연예인들 주목 2007-08-24 http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/08/24/2007082400719.html
- ^ We expect the DIRECTOR Jung '영화 감독' 정우성을 기대하는 이유 Newsis 2006-12-17 http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=003&aid=0000263551 He took scnese of g.o.d's music video. In case of You mi, he appeared.
[edit] External links
- Jung Woo-sung at the Internet Movie Database
- Jung Woo-sung at HanCinema
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