Jung Dong-hwan

Jung Dong-hwan (; born August 5, 1949) is a South Korean actor. Jung began his career in theater, then was most active in Korean cinema in the 1980s, with leading roles in Late Autumn, Jung-kwang's Nonsense (1986), and A Top Knot on Montmartre (1987). As he grew older, Jung appeared more frequently in television, notably in The Last Station (1987), Three Kim Generation (1998), Winter Sonata (2002), Rustic Period (2002), Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin (2004) and Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe-young (2010).

Early years and education Jung was born in Gimje, as second and youngest son. He spent his childhood in Huam-dong, Seoul with his mother and his older brother. He proudly remember as being one of the first visitors to Namsan Library when it opened.

Since he was young, Jung enjoyed watching plays. His first experience watching play was students performances from the theater department of Joongdong High School. At that time, there weren't as many theatre performances as now, he was seeing only one or two plays a year. After repeating a year, he enrolled in Joongdong High School with the sole intention of pursuing theater. At that time, the theater class at Jungdong High School was unparalleled among high school theater classes. Luckily, starting from his first year, he was given lead roles. The first play he ever performed was an adaptation of Augusta Gregory's "When the East is Turning Gray," which was adapted by the renowned playwright Noh Kyung-sik.

In the second semester, he entered the drama class. In 1965, when he was a freshman in high school. He participated in the National High School Male and Female Student Theater Competition with a play called 'Sunrise' and he won the Best Acting Award. The competition's host was Dongnang (1905-1974). |group=note which was predecessor of today Department of Theater and Film of Seoul Institute of the Arts. Yoo gave Jung a full scholarship on the condition that he work as a stage manager in Dongnang Repertoire Theater Company. Determined to finance his education, he took on a range of jobs, including working as a nighttime building cleaner, to support his acting studies.

Jung appeared more frequently in television, Three Kim Generation (1998), Winter Sonata (2002), Rustic Period (2002).

Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin (2004) and Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe-young (2010).

In 2013, Jeong played the role of poet Virgilius in Dante's Divine Comedy a play performed for the first time in Korea, at the Namsan National Theater on the 29th.

In 2019, Jang acted as Noh Joon-suk, in tvN fantasy drama Hotel del Luna, as hotel's general manager for 30 years. He considers Man-wol (played by Lee Ji-eun) as a sister, daughter and friend. Jung won Lifetime Achievement Award at 12th Korea Drama Awards for his role.

In 2021, Jung joined special performance of play The Brothers Karamazov to celebrate Dostoyevsky's 200th birthday. Also in 2021, Jung acted as Simeon Cheney in Pascal Quignard's first play In the Garden We Loved, winner of the 2018 Deauville 'Book and Music Award', based on the novel with the same name.

Personal life In 1982, Jung divorced his ex-wife before embarking on a journey to the United States. He flew to Los Angeles to pursue his passion for acting and enrolled at the renowned Lee Strasburg Theater Institute. Jung did manual labor to cover for his tuition and living cost. Their engagement ceremony took place at the Palace Hotel on February 12, 1986,

Television series Year Title Role Network 1978 Wild Geese KBS1979 Mrs. Cha's Village KBS1 Some Woman 1980 Newlywed Woman KBS2 1981 Horrifying Fantasies KBS21982 Promised Land KBS1 Conditions of Love KBS2 Three Sisters KBS1 On Fire KBS11985 KBS TV Novel: The Sky at Daybreak KBS1 Hometown Dong-hyuk KBS2 Stars on the Prairie KBS21987 KBS TV Novel: Love KBS1 The Last Station Baek Sang-woo MBC 1988 We Don't Know Either Hyun Sang-ho MBC1989 Two Sunsets KBS1 Winter Mist Kang Jin-woo MBC Heaven's Order KBS2 An Angel's Choice MBC1990 Freezing Point KBS2 Are You Still Dreaming Kim Hyuk-joo KBS2 The Land of Fire KBS21991 Near the Valley Hee-jo KBS2 Eyes of Dawn Prosecutor Kim Seung-won MBC Flowers That Never Wilt Yoo Dong-soo KBS11992 Listening to Mozart on Wednesdays Jung In-tak KBS2 The Windy Forest KBS2 Trilogy of Mystery "Golden Section" KBS21993 Whisky and Pork Ribs KBS1 Sisters MBC Sorrowful Youth KBS2 The Faraway Ssongba River Sergeant Kim Kwang-ho SBS1994 The Tragedy of Y SBS Challenge Min Dong-joon MBC A Human Land KBS2 Oldest Sister Seo Kang-wook MBC1995 Dazzling Dawn Oh Kyung-seok KBS1 War and Love MBC Thaw SBS1996 Until We Can Love KBS2 Colors "The Reason Gray Is Beautiful" Seo-hoon KBS2 August Bride Dr. Moon Do-il SBS1997 Where Women Dwell KBS2 Model SBS Three Days of War KBS11998 Three Kim Generation Kim Jong-pil SBS Purity KBS2 White Nights 3.98 Colonel Woo SBS Winners Lawyer Park Chan-min SBS1999 Kuk-hee Min Young-jae MBC KBS TV Novel: Bird Dad KBS1 Encounter Jang Moon-soo KBS22000 Love Story "Rose" Jong-gu SBS Look Back in Anger Detective subsection chief KBS2 KBS TV Novel: Dandelion KBS1 Autumn in My Heart Professor Yoon KBS2 Roll of Thunder Yi Dal KBS2 2001 Legend SBS2002 Winter Sonata Kim Jin-woo KBS2 The Dawn of the Empire Choe Ji-mong KBS1 Loving You Manager Jin KBS2 Rustic Period Choi Dong-yeol SBS2003 Over the Green Fields Chairman Shin KBS2 Drama City "For William" Yong-joo KBS2 Screen Park Jin-sub SBS Pearl Necklace Kim Jae-man KBS2 So, Neighbors iTV Pretty Woman Bang Jae-ha MBC2004 Magic Oh Jung-man SBS Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin Yun Doo-su KBS1 When a Man Is in Love Chairman Kang SBS Kaikyo wo Wataru Violin (The Violin Across the Channel) Jin Jae-ki Fuji TV2005 Drama City "Dad's Having an Affair" Kang Ji-man KBS2 Loveholic Kim Soo-bong KBS2 Lovers in Prague Ji Kyung-hwan SBS2006 Tree of Heaven Yoon Soo-ha SBS Spring Waltz Yoon Myung-hoon KBS2 A Woman's Choice Kim Chang-an KBS2 One Fine Day Park Jin-kwon MBC Yeon Gaesomun Yeon Taesu SBS2007 Mermaid Story Nam Soo-in's father TVN Heaven & Earth Yoon Jae-doo KBS1 Lucifer Kang Dong-hyun KBS2 How to Meet a Perfect Neighbor Go Chang-shik SBS New Heart Park Jae-hyun MBC 2008 The Great King, Sejong Jo Mal-saeng KBS12009 The Return of Iljimae Choi Myung-kil MBC Can Anyone Love Hong Min-kyu SBS The Accidental Couple Kim Jung-wook KBS2 Hot Blood Company president Song KBS2 I'll Give You Everything Cha Soon-chul KBS22010 The Reputable Family Jang Gil-taek KBS1 Pasta Choi Hyun-wook's mentor chef MBC A Man Called God Lee Hyeong-seob MBC Dong Yi Oh Tae-suk MBC Three Sisters Kim Won-bin SBS Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe-young Lee Hoe-yeong KBS1 The President Han Dae-woon (cameo) KBS22011 While You Were Sleeping Chae Dae-pil SBS The Princess' Man King Munjong KBS2 Scent of a Woman Kim Dong-myung SBS2012 Feast of the Gods Ha Young-bum MBC Korean Peninsula Oh Chang-il TV Chosun Phantom Kim Seok-joon SBS Dream of the Emperor Kim Yongchun KBS1 My Kids Give Me a Headache Ha In-chul's father in-law jTBC2013 You Are the Best! Lee Chang-hoon (guest) KBS2 Nine Choi Jin-chul TVN I Can Hear Your Voice Seo Dae-seok SBS Ruby Ring Bae Chang-geun KBS2 The Heirs Kim Nam-yun SBS2014 You're All Surrounded Yoo Moon-bae SBS Endless Love Kim Geon-pyo SBS Love & Secret Han Pan-suk KBS2 Punch Kim Sang-min SBS2015 The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War KBS1 Mask Byun Dae-sung SBS This is My Love Park Hyun-soo's father jTBC2016 Uncontrollably Fond Yoon Sung-ho KBS2 Night Light Jang Tae-joon MBC 2017 The Bride of Habaek Chairman Shin Dong-Man TVNHospital ShipMBC 2018 About Time Lee Seon-moon TVN2019 The Fiery Priest Lee Young-joon SBS Hotel del Luna Manager Noh TVN2020 Money Game Chae Byeong-hak tvN The Game: Towards Zero Teacher Baek MBC 2021 Mine tvN 2022 If You Wish Upon Me Yoon KBS2 Unlock My Boss Oh Young-geun ENA 2023 Brain Works Hwang Dong-woo KBS2

Variety show Year Title Notes 2013 How to Eat and Live Well Host

Theater

Elder Joshima, Grand Interrogation, Foodie, and Lawyer Daehakro Arts Center Theater Grand Theater 2018 Heisenberg 하이젠버그 Alex Doosan Arts Center Grand Theater April 24 to May 20 2019 The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other 우리가 서로 알 수 없었던 시간 Sogang University Mary Hall Grand Theater February 20 to 24 Waiting for Godot고도를기다리며VladimirMyeongdong Arts Center 2020 The Grand Inquisitor and Faust 대심문관과 파우스트 Fyodor Dostoevsky Dongguk University Lee Hae-rang Arts Theater October 22 to November 8 2021 Dante's Divine Comedy 단테 신곡 지옥편 Virgil Daehakro Arts Center Theater Grand Theater May 7 to 16 In the garden we loved우리가 사랑했던 정원에서SimianSejong Arts Center S TheaterJune 22 to July 4 The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other 우리가 서로 알 수 없었던 시간 Oil Tank Cultural Space August 14 to 22 The Brothers Karamazov 대심문관과 파우스트 Dostoevsky, Elder Joshima, Grand Interrogation, Foodie, and Lawyer Daehakro Arts Center Theater Grand Theater October 12 to 31 The Two Popes 두 교황 Pope Francis KEPCO Art Center August 30 to October 30 Crazy Days 미치던 날 의정부 Shaman Uijeongbu Cultural Center Literature Theater November 15 to 162023 Tolstoy's Confessions Conversation with Anna Karenina 톨스토이 참회록 안나 카레니나와의 대화 Leo Tolstoy Hongik University Daehangno Arts Center March 17 to April 16

Accolades Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 1965 National Drama Contest Best Actor Sunrise 1999 25th Young-hee Prize for Theater Recipient 2001 2nd Kim Dong-hoon Prize for Theater Recipient 2006 Seoul Institute of the Arts Alumni Association Light of Life Award Jung Dong-hwan 2008 1st Korea Theater Awards Best Actor The Gift of the Gorgon 2009 19th Lee Hae-rang Theater Award Theater Award 2019 KBS Drama Awards Best Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama Freedom Fighter, Lee Hoe-young 12th Korea Drama Awards Lifetime Achievement Award Hotel del Luna 9th Beautiful Artist AwardTheater ActorThe Time We Didn't Know Each OtherWaiting for Godot 2022 59th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actor Ajoomma

State honors + Name of country, year given, and name of honor Country Award ceremony or Organization Year Honor or Award South Korea Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards 2016 Presidential Commendation 2025 Bogwan Order of Cultural Merit