Jung Jin-woon

Jeong Jin-woon , most often credited as Jinwoon, is a South Korean singer and actor. Debuting as a member of the group 2AM in July 2008, he began his acting career in 2012 with the KBS series Dream High 2, playing Jin Yoo-jin.

Biography Jinwoon was born on May 2, 1991 in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated high school from BaekAhm High School. He, along with Shinee's Onew and Girls' Generation's Seohyun, had the highest national score for their high school SATs exam. He studied at Daejin University, Dept. of Theatre and Visual Arts, the same class as fellow group member, Seulong. Jinwoon is known to be close to 91-liners, such as Nicole Jung of Kara, Son Dong-woon of Beast, Mir of MBLAQ, Key of Shinee, and Seohyun of Girls' Generation. On October 7, 2013, he suffered a car accident and went into surgery. The surgery went well and currently he is going through a recovery process.

His cousin, Park Mi-so, was a member of a South Korean Kpop girl group Tahiti.

Career

2AM He was originally eliminated from 2AM in the Hot Blood documentary, but Jinwoon eventually returned after one of the chosen members Daehun had to return to the States for personal reasons. Prior to debut, he was in a band called No Comment. He plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, bongo, and piano.

Solo promotions On August 7, 2011, the music video of his first solo single, "You Walking Towards Me" was released by Big Hit Entertainment. Jinwoon wrote and composed the song. It also features mixing by engineer Michael Brauer. Jinwoon held his debut stage last month at the Jisan Valley Rock Festival, where he performed "You Walking Towards Me". His limited single (1,000 copies) went on sale on August 4. Also included on the single was another song he composed, "Lalala".

This was followed by another two-single mini-album, which includes the songs "Now or Never" and "Psycho", which he wrote. On November 8, Jinwoon pleased the fans by allowing his song "Psycho" to be downloaded for free. The album and music video were released November 17.

On November 25, he held his first solo concert at Hongdae V Hall in Seoul. To help establish his 'rocker roots', he received mentorship from veteran rock band YB, vocalist Yoon Do Hyun, and bassist Park Tae Hee. Big Hit Entertainment revealed on November 15, "Jinwoon successfully completed a joint production with Yoon Do Hyun's Band, who he's admired for a long time. Through his concert, Jinwoon will deviating from his 2 am image to show a new "rocker" side to his personality."

On February 29, 2012, he released his OST song "We Are The B" for KBS's Dream High 2 together with Kang So-ra, Jinyoung and Kim Ji Soo.

He was then featured in his friend Nicole Jung's solo track "Lost" in Kara Collection, both in Korean and Japanese.

Acting In 2009, he made an appearance on the television series Family Needed.

He was a rotating host for Mnet's M Countdown along with his bandmate Jo Kwon in 2010.

He was cast for KBS's drama Dream High Season 2 in 2012 as one of the main character Jin Yoojin, who dreams of becoming a rock star that attends Kirin Art School.

Jinwoon was paired with Go Joon-hee in the fourth season of We Got Married in 2013. Jinwoon became a co-host of Music Bank with Park Se-young on April 12, 2013. He got a car accident and promoted Park Seo-joon to replace him.

He was cast as Han Yeo Reum in TVN's drama Marriage Over Dating in 2014.

He played Choi Seung-chan, a former rookie rising baseball star, in the South Korean television series called Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist, which was released in January 2016.

Discography

Single albums TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesKOR You Walking Toward Me (걸어온다)Released: August 1, 2011 Label: Big Hit Entertainment, JYP Entertainment Format: CD, digital download —Now or Never (지금이 아니면)Released: November 17, 2011 Label: Big Hit Entertainment, JYP Entertainment Format: CD, digital download 9 KOR: 3,000 WillReleased: June 9, 2016 Label: Mystic Entertainment Format: CD, digital download 17 KOR: 1,164 Koong! Pop!Released: September 2, 2018 Label: Mystic Entertainment Format: digital download —

Singles

Soundtrack appearances TitleYearPeak chart positionsSalesAlbumKOR Dream High OST "We Are The B" (B급 인생) 2012 13 KOR: 631,490 Dream High 2 OST "Saying I Love You" (사랑한단 말) 2014 37 KOR: 85,717 Hotel King OST

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2021 Only I Can See Jang Geun Brother Kang soo 2022 Oh! My Ghost Studio FD Taemin Lovely Voice: The Beginning Kei 2023 Rebound Bae Gyu-hyuk I'm HereKyu-jong 2025 Choir of God Captain Kim

Television series

Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2010M CountdownRotating hostwith Nichkhun, Lee Jun-ho, Hwang Chan-sung, Jo Kwon, Kang Min-hyuk, Lee Joon, and G.O

Web shows Year Title Role Notes 2022 #Romantic CityCast Member in Hua Hin, Thailand

Music video appearances Year Song title Artist 2011 "You, Walking Towards Me" Himself "Now or Never" Himself 2014 "Oppa, You're Mine" Tahiti

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominee / Work Result 201416th Seoul International Youth Film Festival Best Young Actor Marriage, Not Dating Best OST by a Male Artist (with Lee Changmin) Saying I Love You 2015 SBS Entertainment Awards Best Challenger Award Law of the Jungle 2018 13th Asia Model Awards Fashionsta Award Jeong Jin-woon