Jeong Seok-yong

Acting

Jeong Seok-yong

Born 1970-12-31 · Naju, South Jeolla, South Korea

Jeong Seok-yong (정석용) is a South Korean character actor born on December 31, 1970. Beginning his performing career in stage theater during the late 1990s, he transitioned into screen acting and established a prolific career across film and television. Jeong's feature film credits include notable appearances in King and the Clown (2005), Like a Virgin (2006), Sunny (2011), Train to Busan (2016), and Seven Years of Night (2018). On television, he has featured in major drama series including Six Flying Dragons (2015–2016), Arthdal Chronicles (2019), D.P. (2021), Work Later, Drink Now (2021), and Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 (2023).

Acting credits

Train to Busan poster
7.8

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

Train to Busan

2016

20th Century Girl poster
8.2

In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

20th Century Girl

2022

A Taxi Driver poster
8.0

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.

A Taxi Driver

2017

The Battleship Island poster
7.2

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.

The Battleship Island

2017

Tunnel poster
7.3

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.

Tunnel

2016

Intimate Strangers poster
7.2

A group of people meet for the first time in a long time and play a game that reveals each other's secrets.

Intimate Strangers

2018

Coin Locker Girl poster
7.0

Il-young tries to get away from her adoptive mother because she does not want to get involved in her mother's criminal activities.

Coin Locker Girl

2015

The Match poster
7.3

When a legendary Go master loses his title to a one-time friend and protégé, he sets out to reclaim it in a high-stakes battle of wits and skill.

The Match

2025

King and the Clown poster
7.0

Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.

King and the Clown

2005

The City of Violence poster
6.6

Tae-su, a detective fighting organized crime, returns to his hometown for his high school friend Wang-jae's funeral. There, he meets his old friends Pil-ho, Dong-hwan and Seok-hwan and they reminisce. Suspecting something fishy about Wang-jae's death, Tae-su and Seok-hwan start investigating it, each in his own way. Their investigations lead to a land development project that Pil-ho is directing.

The City of Violence

2006

The Throne poster
7.1

Ancient Korea, July 4, 1762. The Crown Prince Hyojang, posthumously named Sado, son of King Yeongjo of Joseon, is accused of treason. Thus, the king asks him to commit suicide, but his closest vassals prevent it, so the king orders the prince to get inside a wooden rice chest, where he suffers deprivation of food and water.

The Throne

2015

Sunny poster
7.8

Seven girls become good friends in high school, then events pull them apart for 25 years. When one of the friends lies dying in a hospital, she wishes to see each of them one last time.

Sunny

2011

Once in a Summer poster
6.8

An assistant to a TV producer, eager to stay off his bad side, promises to convince her former professor, a famous but reclusive academic, to appear on their show, which helps locate long-lost persons. Who does grey-haired Professor Yun Suk-young want to see again more than anything? The answer to that question lies decades in the past.

Once in a Summer

2006

The Restless poster
5.9

After Yi-gwak, a demon hunter, loses his beloved Yon-hwa, he enters a realm that has only spirits. He meets her there, but she has no memory of him.

The Restless

2006

Misbehavior poster
5.4

Hyo-joo, a temporary teacher at a boys' high school, witnesses Hae-yeong's passionate embrace with a boy, causing her immense humiliation towards her.

Misbehavior

2017

My New Sassy Girl poster
5.3

Gyun-woo is having difficulty forgetting the sassy girl. He then reunites with his childhood sweetheart, an elementary school classmate from China who was often teased about her broken Korean. They marry despite family opposition, and Gyun-woo has no idea what marriage has in store for him.

My New Sassy Girl

2016

No artwork available
NR

Drugs and lines for the the bathroom cause desperate situations.

Desperation

2000

The Warrior poster
7.0

In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got charged as spies and sent in exile to a remote desert.

The Warrior

2001

No artwork available
6.0

In order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Korean Film Academy, 20 of the academy's former students (who are respected director's today) were invited to shoot an omnibus movie consisting of 20 short films. Overall this work was very well received by the critiques at the 17th Tokyo International Film Festival. Films include Under a Big Tree, Sutda, Twenty Millimeter Thick, Innocence, *?!#@$ Up Shoes, Twenty Questions, The Twenty's Law, To the 21st, Pass Me and Alone Together.

Digital Short Film Omnibus Project Twentidentity, Vol. 1

2003

Run-Off poster
6.1

In 2003 the year of Aomori Asian Games, Dae-woong, a former ice hockey player receives an offer to be a director of Korean national ice hockey team. Before he enjoys the moment, realizes it is a woman national team with bunch of losers; a figure skating player who wants to get married by becoming a national team, a former field hockey player, now a fat housewife, and an expelled short track skater. As an ace player, Ji-won, a former national team player of North Korea, joins the team. But they still have hope as only 5 teams participating this year. With the great victory of first match, they feel the medal is closer, yet Ji-won meets her sister left in North Korea alone as a next opponent...

Run-Off

2016

Dachimawa Lee poster
5.9

Under Japanese imperialism, Korean national treasure Golden Buddha is stolen. More important to national security, the statue contains vital information concerning Korean freedom fighters and their whereabouts as well as their true identities. The interim Korean government appoints legendary Korean spy Agent Dachimawa Lee to recover the fabled statue and reveal the dark plot behind the theft.

Dachimawa Lee

2008

4th Period Mystery poster
5.8

During fourth period, high schooler Da-jeong finds her classmate Tae-gyu dead in a classroom and Jeong-hun standing in front of him with blood on his clothes. In order to stop Jeong-hun from becoming the prime suspect, Da-jeong must help him find the real murderer, who is still inside the school building, under 40 minutes before period four ends.

4th Period Mystery

2009

Forever the Moment poster
6.6

A look at the Korean women's handball team and their journey to the 2004 Summer Olympics. Their path was far from flowery, and they must overcome many obstacles before they can head over to compete.

Forever the Moment

2008

Battlefield Heroes poster
5.6

This story unfolds 8 years after 'Battle of Hwangsanbeol', which destroyed Baekjae, when Silla-Tang Dynasty union attacks Goguryeo.

Battlefield Heroes

2011