Biografia
Jung Kyung-ho, born on August 31, 1983, is a South Korean actor and singer. After passing the KBS audition, he was quickly signed by the top talent agency SidusHQ. Alongside four other newcomers from the agency, he debuted in the mobile drama 5 Stars, produced by SidusHQ and aired via SK Telecom, followed by several minor roles on KBS. His first significant breakthrough came in the 2004 melodrama I'm Sorry, I Love You, where he played a supporting role as an actor who belatedly falls for his childhood friend (Im Soo-jung) and shares a close bond with his mother. The series was both a critical and commercial success, leading to his casting in two films in 2005: he portrayed the pop singer crush of a novice nun (Yoon Jin-seo) in the romantic comedy All for Love and the proactive assistant of a shy photographer (Kim Joo-hyuk) in When Romance Meets Destiny. After his first leading role in the lesser-known Gangster High (2006), Jung returned to TV in the acclaimed action drama Time Between Dog and Wolf (2007), starring alongside Lee Joon-gi as NIS agents. On the big screen, his role as a policeman who becomes unknowingly attracted to an autistic woman (Kang Hye-jung) in Herb earned him the Best New Actor award at the Chunsa Film Art Awards. He then portrayed a 1980s college student tutoring a high school girl (Cha Soo-yeon) in the surreal romance For Eternal Hearts, which opened the 2007 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. Director Lee Joon-ik cast Jung in Sunny (2008) as a double bassist in a "consolatory band" who aids the heroine (Soo Ae) in locating her husband during the Vietnam War. The following year, he played a fugitive confronting a small-town detective (Kim Yoon-seok) in Running Turtle (2009).
In his first historical drama, Jung portrayed a Goguryeo prince torn between love and duty in Ja Myung Go (2009), based on the folktale Prince Hodong and the Princess of Nakrang (with Jung Ryeo-won as Princess Jamyung). Despite Ja Myung Go's underwhelming ratings, Jung rebounded with the popular family drama Smile, You, starring alongside Lee Min-jung as a couple from contrasting backgrounds. Reflecting on his role as an endearing "beta male," Jung expressed, "I am glad to be able to play a fun character and work on a fun script."
Following that, Jung took on the understated role in The Great Gye Choon-bin (2010), a one-act Drama Special episode where he played an art therapist who meets a quirky kindergarten teacher helping him overcome his fear of the dark.
His post-military project was the cable noir crime drama Heartless City (2013), which earned him the best reviews of his career for portraying a dark, conflicted antihero.
Next, he starred as an arrogant Hallyu star on a turbulent flight from Tokyo to Seoul in the comedy Rollercoaster (internationally titled Fasten Your Seatbelt), the directorial debut of actor Ha Jung-woo, Jung's friend and fellow college alumnus and agency mate at Fantagio. In 2014, he appeared in the 1970s period drama Endless Love, followed by playing a psychopathic serial killer in Manhole. Jung then led in Beating Again, a romantic drama exploring cellular memory after a heart transplant. In 2018, he was cast as the lead in the Korean remake of the British crime drama Life on Mars. The series received praise from viewers, and Jung was lauded for his convincing portrayal of a disoriented detective.
