1. Jeong Yong-jun, better known as Jang Hyuk, is a South Korean actor.
34 Facts About Jang Hyuk
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Jang Hyuk is best known for his leading roles in the films Volcano High, Windstruck, The Flu, as well as the television series Successful Story of a Bright Girl, Thank You, The Slave Hunters, Deep Rooted Tree, You Are My Destiny, Voice, Money Flower, and Bloody Heart.
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Jang Hyuk's acting in the eccentric role drew praise from fans and critics.
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Jang Hyuk's popularity continued to increase when he starred in the hugely popular TV drama Successful Story of a Bright Girl with actress Jang Na-ra.
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Jang Hyuk took a role in Public Toilet, the HK-Korea co-production by acclaimed Hong Kong director Fruit Chan which won a Special Mention in the Upstream section of the 2002 Venice Film Festival.
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Jang Hyuk has appeared in high-profile projects; in 2003, Jang Hyuk starred alongside Lee Na-young in the comedy Please Teach Me English, by director Kim Sung-su and the following year, he starred opposite Jun Ji-hyun in Kwak Jae-yong's Windstruck.
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In late 2004, together with fellow actors Song Seung-heon and Han Jae-suk, Jang Hyuk was found to have illegally avoided his mandatory military service through his and Han's agency SidusHQ.
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Amid widespread public condemnation, Jang Hyuk apologized to his fans, then began to serve his two-year military term.
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Jang Hyuk then signed up for the international movie production Dance of the Dragon, a love story that mixed ballroom dancing with martial arts action and costarred Singaporean actress Fann Wong.
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Jang Hyuk won the Best Actor award at the inaugural West Hollywood International Film Festival for his role.
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Jang Hyuk made a cameo in Japanese drama Ryokiteki na Kanojo, a remake of the 2001 Korean film My Sassy Girl.
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Jang Hyuk then appeared as the love interest in three music videos of Taiwanese singer Elva Hsiao.
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Jang Hyuk's acting coach of 14 years described Jang as being relentless in his analysis of a character.
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Back in Korea, Jang Hyuk played a fund manager-turned-lawyer in 2011's Midas, starring Lee Min-jung and Kim Hee-ae.
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Jang Hyuk next starred in legal thriller The Client with Ha Jung-woo and Park Hee-soon, saying the film satisfied his wish to portray a more emotionally complex persona.
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Jang Hyuk returned to the big screen in 2013 blockbuster disaster film The Flu, in which he and Soo Ae played a firefighter and a doctor racing against time to find the cure for a deadly strain of the cold virus.
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Jang Hyuk then wrote a collection of essays on his life experiences titled Jang Hyuk, Hot-Blooded Man, published on August 6,2013.
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Jang Hyuk teamed up again with Successful Story of a Bright Girl costar Jang Na-ra in You Are My Destiny, a Korean remake of the similarly titled 2008 Taiwanese drama.
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Shortly after, he and Jang Hyuk starred together for the third time in Old Farewell, about a boxer who travels into the past and re-encounters his recently deceased wife.
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In 2015, Jang Hyuk returned to the milieu of period dramas with Shine or Go Crazy, a fictional romance between a cursed Goryeo prince and the last princess of Balhae.
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Jang Hyuk was next cast in the Chinese film Inside or Outside, a detective mystery co-starring Simon Yam and Wallace Huo.
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Jang Hyuk then played a Joseon innkeeper merchant in The Merchant: Gaekju 2015.
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In 2016, Jang Hyuk was cast in the Chinese drama New Sea.
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Back in Korea, Jang Hyuk starred in KBS's medical drama A Beautiful Mind, playing a genius neurosurgeon.
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Jang Hyuk starred in weekend drama Money Flower, earning much acclaim and a Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actor nomination for his role as a revenge-seeking lawyer.
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In 2018, Jang Hyuk returned to the small screen with SBS' romantic comedy drama Wok of Love, playing a former gangster turned restaurant owner; and MBC's action melodrama Bad Papa, playing a former champion boxer who chose to become a bad man in order to become a good father.
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In 2020, Jang Hyuk acted as a genius profiler in OCN drama Tell Me What You Saw.
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In 2021, Jang Hyuk took part in outdoor survival variety TV program Law of the Jungle-Pioneers and cooking show National Bang Bang Cook Cook.
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In 2022, Jang Hyuk returned to the small screen with KBS2's historical drama Bloody Heart, playing the first vice-premier and a living symbol of power and a figure that everyone obeys.
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Jang Hyuk won the Daniel A Craft award for Excellence in Action Cinema at the 21st New York Asian Film Festival.
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In March 2023, Jang Hyuk decided not to renew his contract with Sidus HQ after working with the agency for 26 years since his debut.
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Jang Hyuk took part as a cast member in music entertainment show Handsome Trot.
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In December 2018, Jang Hyuk was appointed as an honorary police sergeant by the Korean National Police Agency for capturing the police's activities through movies and dramas.
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Jang Hyuk has practiced Jeet Kune Do for more than 10 years and is a former professional Taekwondo athlete.