Jung Yoon-seok

For the director, see Jung Yoon-suk.

Jung Yoon-seok (Korean: 정윤석; born April 30, 2003) is a South Korean actor. He won Best Young Actor award in 2009 SBS Drama Awards for his role in Temptation of Wife.

In this Korean name, the family name is Jung.

Jung Yoon-seok
Born	(2003-04-30) April 30, 2003 (age 22) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Jung Yoon-suk
Education	School of Performing Arts Seoul
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–2022[a]
Korean name
Hangul	정윤석
RR	Jeong Yunseok
MR	Chŏng Yunsŏk

Early life and education

Born to Korean–Chinese parents, Jung began his acting career in late 2006 at the age of three.^[1]

In 2019, Jung majored in acting at School of Performing Arts Seoul and graduated in 2022.^{[2][clarification needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	Little Prince	Han Eun-kyu
2012	R2B: Return to Base	Park Woong
	The Peach Tree	young Sang-hyun	supporting role	[3]
2013	The Hero [ko]	Gyu-wan		[4]
	Hwayi: A Monster Boy	10-year-old Hwa-yi		[5]
2014	Tazza: The Hidden Card	young Ham Dae-gil
	Slow Video	Kim Baek-goo
2015	Boyhood	Ji-hoon	short movie	[6]
2016	The Jungle Book	Mowgli	Korean dubbing
	Invitation[b] (초대)	Dong-min	short movie	[7]
2018	My Dream Class (별리섬)	Cha Sang-goo

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Jumong	Yuri (young)
2007	Snow in August [ko]	Na Da-bin
	Lonely Bird [ko]	Ho-seok		[8]
	The Legend	Ahjik (Gogeoryeon)
2007–2008	The King and I	Yi Yung (young)
2008
	New Heart	Kim Jung-min
	East of Eden	Yo-seob		[9]
	Amnok River Flows [ko]	Lee Mi-reuk (child)
2008–2009	Temptation of Wife	Jung Ni-no
2009	The Partner [ko]	Oh Jae-dong
	Queen Seondeok	Kim Chun-chu (young)
2009–2010	Three Brothers	Kim Jong-nam
2010	The Miracle of Love [ko]	Kang Chul
2010–2011	The King of Legend	Go Gu-bu (young)
2011–2012	Bolder By the Day [ko]	Lee Yoon-seok
2012	The King's Doctor	a child		[10]
	Full House Take 2	Won Kang-hwi (young)
2013	Dad Is a Mold Man[c] (아빠는 곰팡이맨)	Joon (준이)	ABU Children's Drama	[11]
	Blooded Palace: The War of Flowers	Shunzhi Emperor
	The Scandal	Ha Eun-joong (young)
	Love in Her Bag	Eun Kyung-ho (young)		[12]
	Good Doctor	Kyu-hyun		[13]
	Master's Sun	Doll ghost	guest, episode 5–7	[14][self-published source]
	Drama Festival	Lee Joon-kyung (young)	episode: "Unrest"	[15]
	Golden Rainbow	Kim Yeol-won (young)
2014	Jeong Do-jeon	Monino (young)
	I Need Romance 3	Joo Wan (young)
	Jang Bo-ri Is Here!	Lee Jae-hwa (young)
	Discovery of Love	Han Woo-joo		[16]
2015	Danger Town (돌진! 슈퍼가정부와 위험한 동네)	Domuji	children's series	[17][18]
	A Bird That Doesn't Sing	Oh Min-ki (young)
	Yong-pal	Kim Tae-hyun (young)
	My Daughter, Geum Sa-wol	Im Shi-ro (young)
	KBS Drama Special	Soo-bong	episode: "Strange Fairy Tale"
2016	Jang Yeong-sil	Jang Yeong-sil (young)		[19]
	Six Flying Dragons	Lee Bang-seok		[20]
	Five Enough	Yoon Woo-young
	Flowers of the Prison	Yoon Tae-won (young)
	Love in the Moonlight	Lee Yeong (young)
2017	Lovers in Bloom	Kang Hae-chan
2018	Grand Prince	Lee Myung after 10 years[d]
	Folklore	Choi Dong-joo	episode: "Mongdal"
2019	Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency	Ma Joon		[21]
2021	Bad and Crazy	Jung Yoon-ho[e]		[23]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019	My First First Love	Yoon Young-ho
2020	Strange School Tales (학교기담)	Boo Young-seok	episode: "The Child Who Would Not Come" (오지 않는 아이)	[24]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	Mom the Wizard (엄마는 마법사)	Tamtam	Children's edutainment	[25]

Theater

Musical

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Ref.
2008	Chorus of Angels (천사들의 합창)	Un­known	New Millennium Hall, Sungkyunkwan University	[26]

Play

See also: Play (theatre)

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Venue	Ref.
2019	Now You C Me (나우유C미 (__씨에게))	Manager	segment: "A Defenseless Creature" (의지할 곳 없는 신세)	Art Hall, School of Performing Arts Seoul
		one of the men[f]	segment: "I Would Like to See"[g] (보고싶습니다)

Ambassadorship

In 2013, Jung was appointed as the ambassador for the 13th Korea Youth Creation Film Festival (Korean: 제13회 대한민국 청소년 창작 영화제).^{[citation needed]} From 2016 to 2018, he and Kim Ji-young were appointed as the ambassadors for Seoul Guro Kids International Film Festival (now Seoul International Children's Film Festival (SICFF)^[27]) 3 years in a row.^[28]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
KBS Drama Awards	2013	Best Young Actor	Good Doctor	Nominated
	2014		Jeong Do-jeon	Nominated	[29]
	2016		Five Enough Jang Yeong-sil Love in the Moonlight	Won	[30]
Korea Culture & Entertainment Awards	2015	Child Star Award	Jung Yoon-seok	Won	[31]
Korea Youth Film Festival	2016	Most Popular Child Actor		Won	[32][better source needed]
SBS Drama Awards	2009	Best Young Actor	Temptation of Wife	Won	[33]
Seoul International Drama Awards	2021	Best Actor	Strange School Tales "The Child Who Would Not Come"	Nominated	[34]

Notes

1. Hiatus
2. It premiered at the 18th Seoul International Youth Film Festival in 2016.
3. This translation is not an official English title by EBS.
4. also known as adult Prince Seungpyung
5. later Shin Ju-hyeok^[22]
6. Korean: "사내" 役들 중 한 명
7. literal title