Jeong Bo-seok

Jeong Bo-seok
Jeong Bo-seok
Born	June 14, 1961; Naju, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
Other names	Jung Bo-suk
Education	Chung-Ang University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986–present
Agent	Zenith Media Contents
Spouse	Ki Min-jung
Korean name
Hangul	정보석
Hanja	鄭普錫
Revised Romanization	Jeong Bo-seok
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Posŏk
Website	at Zenith Media Contents

Jeong Bo-seok (Korean: 정보석; born 1961) is a South Korean actor.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	The Battle of White Horse
1986	TV Literature	Ji-soo	Episode "Young Zelkova Tree"
1987	Samogok	Dal-seo
1988	Sunshim-yi
1988	O, Heaven	Crown Prince Sado
1989	Mt. Jiri	Yoo Tae-rim
1992	My Beloved	Lee Dong-chul
1993	Stormy Season	Byung-wook
1993	Ladies' Man	Kang Chan-woo
1994	Ambition	Hong Jin-ho
1994	My Son's Woman	Kang Tae-wook
1995	Love and Marriage	Kim Seon-woo
1995	Dazzling Dawn	Kim Ok-kyun
1996	Salted Mackerel
1996	Crime Squad	Woo-chan
1997	MBC Best Theater	Jin-ho	Episode "Trap"
	The Third Man	Jang Jae-min
	Tears of Roses	Ki-beom
1998	Love	Sung-soo
1998	See and See Again	Ki-jung
1999	You	Kim Dong-hee
	You're One-of-a-Kind
	Promise	Park Seung-hyuk
2000	More Than Words Can Say	Kang Jang-soo
2000	Daddy Fish	Jung Ho-yeon
2001	Girls' High School	Jeong Bo-seok
	Soon-ja	Min Hyuk-joo
	Life Is Beautiful	Oh Choon-gu
	The Merchant	Jung Chi-soo
2002	Miss Mermaid	Ma Ma-joon
2003	Wife	Nam Hyun-pil
	Pretty Woman	Jang Dae-woong
	She Is Cool	Bae Jin-chul
2004	The Count of Myeongdong	Narrator
2004	Forgiveness	Kim Hyung-woo
2005	The Conker Tree	Narrator
2005	Shin Don	King Gongmin
2006	Drama City	Kwon	Episode "The Trunk"
	I'll Go With You	Hyun-soo
	Dae Jo-yeong	Li Kaigu
2008	Bitter Sweet Life	Ha Dong-won
2009	Kyung-sook, Kyung-sook's Father^[5]	Jo Jae-soo
2009	High Kick Through the Roof	Jeong Bo-seok
2010	Giant	Jo Pil-yeon
2010	Stormy Lovers	Yoo Dae-kwon
2011	Listen to My Heart	Bong Young-kyu
2012	History of a Salaryman	Congressman Jo Pil-yeon	Cameo, episode 6
	High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged	Jeong Bo-seok	Cameo, episode 84
	God of War	Choe Woo
	Arang and the Magistrate	Eun-oh's teacher	Cameo, episode 14
	Ugly Cake	Han Moon-gil
2013	A Hundred Year Legacy	Min Hyo-dong
2013	Goddess of Fire	King Seonjo
2014	Golden Cross	Seo Dong-ha
	Rosy Lovers	Baek Man-jong
	Naeil's Cantabile	Cha Dong-woo
2015	A Daughter Just Like You	So Pan-seok
2016	Monster	Byun Il-Jae
2017	The King in Love	King Chungryul
2017	Mad Dog	Cha Joon-kyu
2018	The Rich Son	Kim Won-yong
2018	Heart Surgeons	Yoon Hyun-il
2020	Dr. Romantic 2	Bae Moon-jeong’s father	Cameo, episode 15-16
2020–2021	Homemade Love Story	Woo Jung-hoo
2021	Secret Royal Inspector & Joy	Park Seung ^[6]
2022-2023	Red Balloon	Jo Dae-Bong
2023	Strong Girl Nam-soon	Seo Jun-Hee
2024	Who Is She	Park Gap-Yong ^[7]

Film

Year	Title	Role
1989	Long After That	Yoon Jin-woo
1990	KokchiTtan	Young-seok
1990	The Dream	Mo-rae
1991	Portrait of the Days of Youth	Lee Young-hoon
	For Agnes	Park Seung-ho
	Tears of Seoul
	The Fifth Man	Chang
1992	Stairway to Heaven	Kim Ho-seong (cameo)
1992	Walking All the Way to Heaven	Mul-sae
1993	Western Avenue
1994	Man of 49 Days	J
1995	Mugunghwa (Korean National Flower)	Sun-beom
1995	A Hot Roof	Maneuver general
2000	A Story About Her
2000	Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors	Jae-hoon
2002	Three	Husband (segment: "Memories")
2004	Everybody Has Secrets	Professor Uhm
2004	Don't Tell Papa	Customer at the cafe
2005	My Right to Ravage Myself	S
2007	Driving with My Wife's Lover	Joong-sik
2010	Oceans	Korean dubbed narration

Television shows

Year	Title	Notes
1994	Cinema Music Room with Jeong Bo-seok	DJ
2011	The Land of Gods, Angkor (3D Documentary)	Narration
2011	Cheongdam-dong, City at Dawn with Jeong Bo-seok	Host
2012	Jewelry House
2021	Family from today^[8]
2022	Walking through the Village - Jeong Bo Seok's Island Village Story^[9]
2022	Untangodo Village Hotel	Responsible for hotel^[10]

Theater

Year	Title	Role
1990	The Elephant Man
2008	Closer
2008	Art
2009	A Family On the Road	Lee Jung-seob
2009-2010	The Wedding Day
2011	Dandelions in the Wind	Ahn Joong-ki/Husband
2011	Goethe's Faust	Heinrich Faust
2012	Ruin	Kim's father
2013	Hamlet	Hamlet
2015	Red	Mark Rothko
2022–2023^[11]	Red	Mark Rothko

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1987	KBS Drama Awards	Best New Actor	Samogok	Won
1988	24th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actor (TV)	Samogok	Nominated
1988	KBS Excellence in Programming Awards	Excellence Award, Actor	O, Heaven	Won
1990	28th Grand Bell Awards	Best New Actor	Long After That	Nominated
1990	11th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Dream	Nominated
1991	29th Grand Bell Awards	Best Actor	Portrait of the Days of Youth	Nominated
1991	12th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Actor	Portrait of the Days of Youth	Nominated
1993	31st Grand Bell Awards	Best Actor	Western Avenue	Nominated
1995	16th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	A Hot Roof	Nominated
1995	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor	My Son's Woman	Won
1998	MBC Drama Awards	Best Couple Award (with Kim Ji-soo)	See and See Again	Won
2000	KBS Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor	More Than Words Can Say	Nominated
2002	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Miss Mermaid	Nominated
2006	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama	The Trunk	Nominated
2007	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Dae Jo-yeong	Nominated
2007	KBS Drama Awards	Popularity Award, Actor	Dae Jo-yeong	Won
2008	16th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang) for TV	Bitter Sweet Life	Won
2008	16th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama	Bitter Sweet Life	Won
2009	MBC Entertainment Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Sitcom/Comedy	High Kick Through the Roof	Won
2009	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama	Kyung-sook, Kyung-sook's Father	Nominated
2010	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Planning Drama	Giant	Won
2010	SBS Drama Awards	Top 10 Stars		Won
2011	47th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actor (TV)		Won
	7th Golden Ticket Awards	Best Actor in a Play	Dandelions in the Wind	Won
	MBC Drama Awards	Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries	Listen to My Heart, Stormy Lovers	Won
2012	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	God of War	Nominated
2013	MBC Drama Awards	Golden Acting Award, Actor	A Hundred Year Legacy	Won
2015	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	A Daughter Just Like You	Nominated
2016	MBC Drama Awards	Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama	Monster	Nominated
2017	MBC Drama Awards	Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama	The King in Love	Won
2018	MBC Drama Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Soap Opera	The Rich Son	Nominated
2020	KBS Drama Awards^[12]	Top Excellence Award, Actor	Homemade Love Story	Won
		Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama		Nominated
		Best Couple Award with Lee Jang-woo and Jin Ki-joo		Won

References

^ "Jeong's profile at Zenith Media Contents". Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
^ "New themes in theater productions draw older audiences". The Hankyoreh. 8 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
^ Edwards, Russell (22 October 2003). "Variety Reviews - My Right to Ravage Myself". Variety. Archived from the original on 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
^ Lee, Ji-young (6 May 2015). "Jeong grapples with his role as Rothko in Red". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
^ Han, Sang-hee (20 January 2009). "New Family Dramas to Warm Up Fans". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
^ Shim Eom-kyung (July 28, 2021). "[단독]정보석, '어사와 조이' 합류…명품 조연 활약 예고" [[Exclusive] Bo-seok Bo-seok joins 'Usa and Joy'... Prediction of high-end supporting performances]. Spotify News (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
^ "인교진·서영희·정보석·차화연, '수상한 그녀' 합류". www.xportsnews.com (in Korean). 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
^ Jang Ah-reum (October 21, 2021). "신애라·정보석·김재우와 육아 결연 프로젝트…'오늘부터 가족' 23일 첫방" [Ae-ra Shin, Bo-seok Bo-seok, and Jae-woo Kim, a childcare relationship project… 'Family from today' premieres on the 23rd] (in Korean). News1. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Naver.
^ Park Ah-reum (May 11, 2022). "마을을 걷다' 정보석 "36년간 한 해도 쉰 적 無, 올해 안식년" [Walking in the Village' Bo Seok Bo-seok, "I haven't rested in a year for 36 years, this year on sabbatical] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Naver.
^ Hong Se-young (June 28, 2022). "엄홍길·정보석·이장우 '운탄고도 마을호텔' 7월 25일 첫방 확정 [공식]" [Eom Hong-gil, Jeong Bo-seok, and Lee Jang-woo ‘Untangodo Village Hotel’ first aired on July 25 confirmed [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022 – via Naver.
^ Go Jae-wan (October 14, 2022). "[연극] 정보석·유동근, 연극 '레드' 출연…12월 20일 개막" [[Play] Bo-seok Jeong and Dong-geun Yoo to appear in the play 'Red'... Starts December 20th] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022 – via Naver.
^ Jung, Ha-eun (January 1, 2021). "[2020 KBS 연기대상]천호진, 3년만 다시 안은 대상…'한다다' 트로피 싹쓸이[종합]". Sports Seoul (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

External links

Jung Bo-seok Fan Cafe at Daum (in Korean)
Jung Bo-seok at the Korean Movie Database
Jeong Bo-seok at IMDb
Jeong Bo-seok at HanCinema

[1] "Jeong's profile at Zenith Media Contents". Archived from the original on November 1, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2019.

[2] "New themes in theater productions draw older audiences". The Hankyoreh. 8 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2011-04-02.

[3] Edwards, Russell (22 October 2003). "Variety Reviews - My Right to Ravage Myself". Variety. Archived from the original on 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2012-11-20.

[4] Lee, Ji-young (6 May 2015). "Jeong grapples with his role as Rothko in Red". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2015-05-06.

[5] Han, Sang-hee (20 January 2009). "New Family Dramas to Warm Up Fans". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2014-11-10.

[6] Shim Eom-kyung (July 28, 2021). "[단독]정보석, '어사와 조이' 합류…명품 조연 활약 예고" [[Exclusive] Bo-seok Bo-seok joins 'Usa and Joy'... Prediction of high-end supporting performances]. Spotify News (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

[7] "인교진·서영희·정보석·차화연, '수상한 그녀' 합류". www.xportsnews.com (in Korean). 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2024-11-10.

[8] Jang Ah-reum (October 21, 2021). "신애라·정보석·김재우와 육아 결연 프로젝트…'오늘부터 가족' 23일 첫방" [Ae-ra Shin, Bo-seok Bo-seok, and Jae-woo Kim, a childcare relationship project… 'Family from today' premieres on the 23rd] (in Korean). News1. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Naver.

[9] Park Ah-reum (May 11, 2022). "마을을 걷다' 정보석 "36년간 한 해도 쉰 적 無, 올해 안식년" [Walking in the Village' Bo Seok Bo-seok, "I haven't rested in a year for 36 years, this year on sabbatical] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022 – via Naver.

[10] Hong Se-young (June 28, 2022). "엄홍길·정보석·이장우 '운탄고도 마을호텔' 7월 25일 첫방 확정 [공식]" [Eom Hong-gil, Jeong Bo-seok, and Lee Jang-woo ‘Untangodo Village Hotel’ first aired on July 25 confirmed [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022 – via Naver.

[11] Go Jae-wan (October 14, 2022). "[연극] 정보석·유동근, 연극 '레드' 출연…12월 20일 개막" [[Play] Bo-seok Jeong and Dong-geun Yoo to appear in the play 'Red'... Starts December 20th] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022 – via Naver.

[12] Jung, Ha-eun (January 1, 2021). "[2020 KBS 연기대상]천호진, 3년만 다시 안은 대상…'한다다' 트로피 싹쓸이[종합]". Sports Seoul (in Korean). Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

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KBS Drama Awards for Popularity Award, Actor
1986–1999	Kil Yong-woo (1986) Kim Kyu-chul (1995) Ahn Jae-mo (1998)
2000–2019	Kim Sang-kyung, Song Seung-heon (2000) Lee Chang-hoon, Ryu Jin (2001) Choi Soo-jong, Bae Yong-joon (2002) Cha Seung-won, Kim Seung-woo (2003) Rain, So Ji-sub (2004) Namkoong Min, Song Il-kook (2005) Hyun Bin, Oh Man-seok (2006) (2007) Jang Keun-suk (2008) Yoon Sang-hyun (2009) Song Joong-ki (2010) Kim Soo-hyun, Park Si-hoo (2011) Joo Won (2012) Ji Sung (2013) Ji Chang-wook, Joo Won (2014) Nam Joo-hyuk, Park Bo-gum (2015)
2020–present	Jung Jin-young, Rowoon (2021) Do Kyung-soo, Kang Ha-neul (2022) Ahn Jae-hyun, Ji Seung-hyun, Lee Sang-hyeob, Rowoon (2023) Kim Myung-soo (2024)
Related article	Korean Broadcasting System KBS Drama Awards

Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actor – Television
1970s	Choi Bool-am (1974) Mun Oh-jang (1975) Kim Mu-saeng and Shin Goo (1976) Kim Jin-hae and Han Jin-hee (1977) Choi Bool-am and Lee Nak-hoon (1978) Lee Jung-gil (1979)
1980s	Shin Goo (1980) Shin Goo and Jeon Woon (1981) Song Jae-ho and Lee Jung-gil (1982) Lee Young-hoo (1983) Im Dong-jin (1984) Kim In-moon (1985) Seo In-seok (1986) Yu In-chon (1987) Lee Young-hoo (1988) Kim Yeong-cheol (1989)
1990s	Im Hyun-sik (1990) Yu In-chon (1991) Lee Nak-hoon and Choi Jae-sung (1992) Choi Min-soo (1993) Shin Goo (1994) Choi Min-soo (1995) Lee Byung-hun (1996) Yoo Dong-geun (1997) Yoo Dong-geun (1998) Choi Soo-jong (1999)
2000s	Cha In-pyo (2000) Kim Yeong-cheol (2001) Yoo Dong-geun (2002) Lee Byung-hun (2003) Zo In-sung (2004) So Ji-sub (2005) Kim Joo-hyuk (2006) Kim Myung-min (2007) Park Shin-yang (2008) Kim Myung-min (2009)
2010s	Lee Byung-hun (2010) (2011) Kim Soo-hyun (2012) Son Hyun-joo (2013) Cho Jae-hyun (2014) Lee Sung-min (2015) Yoo Ah-in (2016) Gong Yoo (2017) Cho Seung-woo (2018) Lee Byung-hun (2019)
2020s	Kang Ha-neul (2020) Shin Ha-kyun (2021) Lee Jun-ho (2022) Lee Sung-min (2023) Namkoong Min (2024) Ju Ji-hoon (2025)

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