Jang Ki-yong

Jang Ki-yong (born August 7, 1992) is a South Korean actor and model. He is best known for his roles in the television series Confession Couple (2017), My Mister (2018), Come and Hug Me (2018), Kill It (2019), Search: WWW (2019) and Born again (2020).

This is a Korean name; the family name is Jang.
Jang Ki-yong
Jang Ki Yong attending Baeksang Art Awards 2020
Born (1992-08-07) August 7, 1992
Ulsan, South Korea
Other namesChang Ki-yong
Education
Occupation
  • Actor
  • model
Years active2012–present
Agent
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationJang Gi-yong
McCune–ReischauerChang Kiyong

Early life

Jang Ki-yong was born on August 7, 1992 in Ulsan, South Korea. He grew up with his parents and older brother in Ulsan and completed his tertiary education at Seokyeong University, majoring in Model Acting.

Career

2012–2016: Modelling and Acting debut

Jang began his career as a model in 2012 at the 2012 S/S General Idea Collection Show during Seoul Fashion Week.[1] From then onward Jang participated in many fashion shows and pictorials. Jang went on to winning the Fashion Model Award at the 2014 Asian Model Awards ceremony in January 2014.[2] The same year, he debuted as an actor through SBS drama It's Okay, That's Love, also starring labelmate Lee Sung-kyung.[3] Later that year he was cast in the dramas The Greatest Marriage and Schoolgirl Detectives.[4][5]

2017–present: Rising popularity

In 2017, he gained popularity with his supporting character in Confession Couple as Jang Na-ra's college senior.[1][6] In 2018, Jang gained further recognition with his role as a cold-hearted loan shark in the drama My Mister.[7]

Jang was cast alongside Jin Ki Joo in his first leading role in the melodrama Come and Hug Me, taking on the role of a detective who has a fated relationship with his childhood friend.[8] His performance in the drama earned him the Best New Actor award in television at the Baeksang Arts Awards.[9]

In 2019, Jang was cast in OCN's action drama Kill It, playing a veterinarian by day and heartless killer at night.[10] The same year, he was cast in the romance drama Search: WWW as a CEO and genius composer.[11] Jang made his big screen debut in the crime action film Bad Guys, based on the OCN drama of the same name, which premiered in September 2019.[12]

In 2020, Jang is set to star in the romantic comedy film Sweet and Sour alongside Chae Soo-bin and Krystal Jung.[13] The same year Jang was cast in the mystery romance drama Born Again alongside Lee Soo-hyuk and Jin Se-yeon.[14]

Endorsements

In May 2019, Sprite Korea announced Jang as the new model and face of the beverage drink brand and their Summer 2019 Dive in Sprite Campaign along with singer Chungha.[15]

Filmography

Television series
Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2014 It's Okay, That's Love Sam SBS [3]
The Greatest Marriage Bae Deu-ro TV Chosun [4]
Schoolgirl Detectives Ahn Chae-joon JTBC [5]
2015 This is My Love Lee Suk-tae [16]
2016 Beautiful Mind Nam Ho-young KBS2

BRING IT ON, GHOST tvN

 [17]
2017 The Liar and His Lover Ji In-ho tvN [18]
Confession Couple Jung Nam-gil KBS2 [1]
2018 My Mister Lee Kwang-il tvN [19]
Come and Hug Me Chae Do-jin MBC [20]
2019 Touch Your Heart Top star tvN cameo [21]
Kill It Kim Soo-hyun OCN [22]
Search: WWW Park Morgan tvN [11]
2020 Born Again Gong Ji-chul / Chun Jong-bum KBS2 [23]

Web drama
Year Title Role Network Ref.
2015 We Broke Up Seo Hyun-woo Naver TV Cast [24]
2016 Love for a Thousand More Jason [25]
2017 The Boy Next Door Sung Ki-je [26] [27]

Film
YearTitleRoleRef.
2019The Bad Guys: Reign of ChaosKo Yoo-sung[28]
2020Sweet and SourJang-hyuk[13]

Variety show
Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2014 Tasty Road Olive Channel with Nam Joo Hyuk [29]
2014-2015 Onstyle Video Diary tvND with his two friends
2015 I am going to school jtbc with Nam Joo Hyuk [30][31][32]
2015 Hyoni Film YGK+ with Hyoni and Park Hyeong Seop
2015 Design Tour S2 skyTV
2016 Travel Without Manager S2 COOKAT with Woo Jae-Joo
2016 Tribe of Hip Hop JTBC Top 10 Finalist [33]

Music video
Year Title Artist Ref.
2013 "Red Shoes" IU [34]
"Friday" [35]
2016 "When in Hongdae" Hongdae Kwang [36]
"The End" Kwon Jin-ah [37]
2019 "Your Night, My Morning" Brown Eyed Soul [38]

Discography
Year Title Album Notes
2013 "EyeKiss" (with Lovelybut) Chapter.4 You And Me Song
2017 "Some Guys" (with Choi Woo-shik) Some Guy OST [39]
"I'm alright" (with Crude Play) The Liar & His Lover OST
"In your eyes" (with Crude Play) The Liar & His Lover OST
"Peter Pan" (with Crude Play) The Liar & His Lover OST
2018 “Paradise Tree” Come and Hug Me OST [40]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2014 9th Asia Model Awards Fashion Model Award N/A Won [2]
2015 Korea's Best Dresser Swan Awards Best Dressed Model Won [41]
2017 31st KBS Drama Awards Best New Actor Confession Couple Nominated
2018 6th APAN Star Awards My Mister Won [42]
2nd The Seoul Awards Best New Actor (Drama) My Mister, Come and Hug Me Nominated [43]
3rd Asia Artist Awards Rookie Award N/A Won [44]
8th Korea Hallyu Awards Rising Star Award Won [45]
37th MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award: Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Drama Come and Hug Me Won [46]
Best Couple Award (with Jin Ki-joo) Won
2019 55th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor (TV) Won [47]
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gollark: It is already too late.
gollark: Hi!
gollark: Well, I've realized that I need more iron than anticipated.

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