Jung Woo-sung

Jung Woo-sung
Jung in March 2021
Born	(1973-04-22) April 22, 1973 (age 51) Seoul, South Korea[1]
Occupations	Actor director producer model
Years active	1994–present
Agent	Artist Company
Korean name
Hangul	정우성
Hanja	鄭雨盛[2]
Revised Romanization	Jeong U-seong
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Usŏng

Jung Woo-sung (Korean: 정우성; born April 22, 1973) is a South Korean actor and the first Korean UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. Jung started his career as a fashion model, rising to stardom and teenage cult status with the gangster film Beat (1997), for which he won Best New Actor at the 17th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards.

Jung is also widely popular in other Asian countries, notably in Japan. He is a versatile actor known for playing leading roles in a wide spectrum of genres including high-grossing box office hits: The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008), Cold Eyes (2013), The Divine Move (2014), The King (2017), Steel Rain (2017), Hunt (2022), 12.12: The Day (2023); dramas: City of the Rising Sun (1999) and Mutt Boy (2003); historical epic: Musa (2001); romance: A Moment to Remember (2004); crime thrillers: Asura: The City of Madness (2016) and Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020). His critically acclaimed film Innocent Witness (2019) won him the Grand Prize at the 55th Baeksang Arts Awards.

He is also an accomplished television actor. For his first major TV drama part in Asphalt Man (1995) he won Best New Actor at SBS Drama Awards and at the 32nd Baeksang Arts Awards (TV). His other prominent roles were in romantic dramas Padam Padam (2011) and Tell Me That You Love Me (2023–24).