Jang Sung-kyu

Jang Sung-kyu (Korean: 장성규; born April 21, 1983) is a South Korean television host and former news announcer. He was formerly a news announcer for JTBC until March 2019.^[2] He is currently signed to SLL (acronym for Studio LuluLala; formerly JTBC Studios), a subsidiary company under JTBC, working as a freelancer and currently stars in YouTube variety show Workman [ko].^[3]

Jang Sung-kyu
Jang in 2019
Born	(1983-04-21) April 21, 1983 (age 41) Seoul, South Korea[1]
Occupations	Television host radio personality
Years active	2011–present
Agent	SLL
Spouse	Lee Yu-mi ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	장성규
Hanja	張成圭
Revised Romanization	Jang Seonggyu
McCune–Reischauer	Chang Sŏngkyu

Philanthropy

On March 8, 2022, Jang donated ₩30 million to the Disaster Relief Association to help the victims of the massive wildfire in Uljin forest fire 2022 that started in Uljin, North Gyeongsang Province and has spread to Samcheok, Gangwon Province, South Korea. Jang additionally donated ₩20 million to the Embassy of Ukraine, Seoul to assist Ukrainian victims in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[4]

On February 8, 2023, Jang donated ₩23 million through YouTube to help 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, by donating money through the Turkey and Syria Recovery Fund.^[5]

In March 2025, Jang donated ₩30 million to the National Disaster Relief Association for the wildfire victims in the Gyeongsang region.^[6]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	May I Help You?	DJ	Cameo (episode 4)	[7]

Variety shows

Current

Year	Title	Role
2018	Movie Room [ko]	Host
2020	Folk Us
2021	My Fanta-home [ko]
	The Story of the Day Biting the Tail S2 [ko][8]
	The Da Vinci Note[9]
	Racket Boys [10]
2022	Surprise: Secret Room[11]
	Showdown [12]
	Scout 3.0 [13]
	Routine King[14]
	Avatar Singer[15]
2023	The Queen[16][17]
	Edu K-dol	Host[18]
	Show Queen	Host[19]

Former

Year	Title	Role
2011	New Recruits	Cast member
2016	Knowing Bros	Special Cast
2019	Respect Private Life [ko]	Host
	Super Hearer
	Not the Same Person You Used to Know V2
	Queendom
	Hogu Chart [ko]
	Ban Ban Show
2020	Oh! My Part, You	Host (Pilot episode)
	Wanna Be Singers [ko]	Cast member
	Like Likes Like [ko]
	Road to Kingdom[20]	Host
	Normal Family [ko]
	Don't Be Jealous [ko]
	The Voice of Korea (Season 3)
	Idol on Quiz
	My Working Vlog [ko]	Host (Pilot episodes)
2022	Apocalypse: Earth Defenders of Chaos[21]	Host
2023	The Wedding War[22]

News

Year	Title	Role
2012	JTBC Weekend News	Sub-anchor
	JTBC Entertainment Scoop	Co-anchor
2015–2016	JTBC News Morning&	Sub-anchor

Web shows

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2019–present	Workman [ko]	Host
2022	Zero-Sum Game		[23]
	Jang Seong-gyu-universe 2		[24]

Hosting

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2019	MBC Gayo Daejejeon	with Im Yoon-ah and Cha Eun-woo	[25]
2020		with Im Yoon-ah and Kim Seon-ho	[26]
2021	18th EBS International Documentary Film Festival		[27]
	MBC Gayo Daejejeon	with Im Yoon-ah and Lee Jun-ho	[28]
2022			[29]
2023	2023 KBS Drama Awards	with Seol In-ah and Rowoon	[30]
2024	2024 KBS Drama Awards	with Moon Sang-min and Seohyun	[31]

Radio show

Year	Title	Network	Ref.
2019	Good Morning FM It's Jang Sung-kyu	MBC	[32]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		KOR [33]
"A Mother's Smile" (엄마의 미소)[34] with Kim Dong-hyun	2020	—	Wanna Be Singers "First Ballad"
"Workman (prod. GroovyRoom)" (워크맨)[35] feat. Sik-K, Jay Park		—	Non-album single

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
2019	2019 MBC Entertainment Awards	Rookie Award (Radio)	Good Morning FM It's Jang Sung-kyu	Won
		Rookie Award (Variety - Male)	My Little Television V2, Omniscient Interfering View	Won
2020	56th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Variety Performer (Male)	Movie Room [ko]	Nominated

Listicles

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement

Publisher	Year	Listicle	Placement	Ref.
Forbes	2020	Korea Power Celebrity	27th	[36]

Notes