Jeong Jinwoon

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Jeong Jin-woon
Jeong in June 2016
Born (1991-05-02) May 2, 1991
Seoul, South Korea
Other nameJung Jin-woon
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actor
Musical career
GenresK-pop
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2007–present
Labels
Member of2AM
Korean name
Hangul
정진운
Hanja
鄭珍雲
RRJeong Jinun
MRChŏng Chinun

Jeong Jin-woon (Korean: 정진운), most often credited as Jinwoon, is a South Korean singer and actor. Debuting as a member of the group 2AM in July 2008,[1] he began his acting career in 2012 with the KBS series Dream High 2, playing Jin Yoo-jin.

Biography

Jinwoon was born on May 2, 1991[2] in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated high school from BaekAhm High School. He, along with Shinee's Onew and Girls' Generation's Seohyun, had the highest national score for their high school SATs exam. He studied at Daejin University, Dept. of Theatre and Visual Arts, the same class as fellow group member, Seulong. Jinwoon is known to be close to 91-liners, such as Nicole Jung of Kara,[3] Son Dong-woon of Beast,[4] Mir of MBLAQ, Key of Shinee, and Seohyun of Girls' Generation. On October 7, 2013, he suffered a car accident and went into surgery. The surgery went well and currently he is going through a recovery process.

His cousin, Park Mi-so, was a member of a South Korean Kpop girl group Tahiti.[5]

Career

2AM

He was originally eliminated from 2AM in the Hot Blood documentary, but Jinwoon eventually returned after one of the chosen members Daehun had to return to the States for personal reasons.[6] Prior to debut, he was in a band called No Comment. He plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, bongo, and piano.

Solo promotions

On August 7, 2011, the music video of his first solo single, "You Walking Towards Me" was released by Big Hit Entertainment. Jinwoon wrote and composed the song. It also features mixing by engineer Michael Brauer. Jinwoon held his debut stage last month at the Jisan Valley Rock Festival, where he performed "You Walking Towards Me". His limited single (1,000 copies) went on sale on August 4.[7] Also included on the single was another song he composed, "Lalala".

This was followed by another two-single mini-album, which includes the songs "Now or Never" and "Psycho",[8] which he wrote.[9] On November 8, Jinwoon pleased the fans by allowing his song "Psycho" to be downloaded for free.[10] The album and music video were released November 17.[11]

On November 25, he held his first solo concert at Hongdae V Hall in Seoul. To help establish his 'rocker roots', he received mentorship from veteran rock band YB, vocalist Yoon Do Hyun, and bassist Park Tae Hee. Big Hit Entertainment revealed on November 15, "Jinwoon successfully completed a joint production with Yoon Do Hyun's Band, who he's admired for a long time. Through his concert, Jinwoon will deviating from his 2 am image to show a new "rocker" side to his personality."[12]

On February 29, 2012, he released his OST song "We Are The B" for KBS's Dream High 2 together with Kang So-ra, Jinyoung and Kim Ji Soo.[13]

He was then featured in his friend Nicole Jung's solo track "Lost" in Kara Collection, both in Korean and Japanese.

Acting

In 2009, he made an appearance on the television series Family Needed.

He was a rotating host for Mnet's M Countdown along with his bandmate Jo Kwon in 2010.[14]

He was cast for KBS's drama Dream High Season 2 in 2012 as one of the main character Jin Yoojin, who dreams of becoming a rock star that attends Kirin Art School.[15]

Jinwoon was paired with Go Joon-hee in the fourth season of We Got Married in 2013.[16] Jinwoon became a co-host of Music Bank with Park Se-young on April 12, 2013.[17] He got a car accident and promoted Park Seo-joon to replace him.

He was cast as Han Yeo Reum in TVN's drama Marriage Over Dating in 2014.

He played Choi Seung-chan, a former rookie rising baseball star, in the South Korean television series called Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist, which was released in January 2016.

Discography

Single albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[18]
You Walking Toward Me (걸어온다)
Track listing
  1. You Walking Toward Me (걸어온다)
  2. La La La (라라라)
 —
Now or Never (지금이 아니면)
  • Released: November 17, 2011
  • Label: Big Hit Entertainment, JYP Entertainment
  • Format: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. Now or Never (지금이 아니면) (feat. YB)
  2. Psycho
 9
Will
Track listing
  1. Tricky (feat. Shin Dae-chul)
  2. Will (feat. Tiger JK)
  3. When the Petal Falls (꽃잎 떨어질 때) (feat. Jo Hyun Ah of Urban Zakapa)
 17
Koong! Pop!
  • Released: September 2, 2018
  • Label: Mystic Entertainment
  • Format: digital download
Track listing
  1. Oh, My Head (머리만 아파)
  2. All I Need Is You
  3. Shine
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[21]		 JPN
[22]
Korean
"You Walking Toward Me" (걸어온다) 2011 37 — You Walking Toward Me
"Now or Never" (지금이 아니면) (feat. YB) 62 — Now or Never
"Yesterday" (with L.Joe, Gikwang, Lee Joon & Hoya) 2012 9 — The Color Of K-Pop
"Will" (feat. Tiger JK) 2016 — — Will
"Set Me Free" (with Hanbin Chyung) 2017 — — Non-album singles
"Love is True" — —
"White Christmas" (with Gyeongree) — —
"Erasing" (널 잊고 봄) 2018 — —
"All I Need Is You" — — Koong! Pop!
"I'm glad"[26] 2021 — — Thumping Broadcasting Accident OST
Japanese
"Will" (Japanese ver.) 2016 — 31 Will (Japanese ver.)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Soundtrack appearances

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[21]
"Can't I Love You" (사랑하면 안될까) (with Lee Chang-min) 2011 7 Dream High OST
"We Are The B" (B급 인생) (with Kang So-ra, Park Jin-young & Kim Ji-soo) 2012 13 Dream High 2 OST
"Saying I Love You" (사랑한단 말) (with Lee Chang-min) 2014 37 Hotel King OST

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021 Only I Can See Jang Geun [31]
Brother Kang soo [32]
2022 Oh! My GhostStudio FD Taemin[33]
Lovely Voice: The Beginning Kei [34]
2023 Rebound Bae Gyu-hyuk [35]
I'm Here Kyu-jong [36][37]
2025 Choir of God Captain Kim [38]

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 Dream High flash mob dancer Cameo (Episode 16)
2012 Dream High 2 Jin Yu-jin
2013 Family Kang Dong-won Cameo
2014 Marriage, Not Dating Han Yeo-reum
2016 Madame Antoine: The Love Therapist Choi Seung-chan
2018 Let Me Introduce Her Lee Hee-yeong [39]
Still 17 Jung Jin-woon Cameo (Episode 24)
2021 So Not Worth It Carson's boyfriend Cameo (Episode 6–7) [40]
Friendly PoliceKim Soon-kyung Midnight Thriller [41]

Television shows

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2010 M Countdown Rotating host with Nichkhun, Lee Jun-ho, Hwang Chan-sung, Jo Kwon, Kang Min-hyuk, Lee Joon, and G.O [14]
2012 Law of the Jungle HimselfMadagascar
2013 We Got Married Season 4 Main cast with Go Joon-hee [16]
Music Bank Host with Park Se-young [17]
2015 Law of the Jungle Himself Yap Island, Hidden Kingdom (Brunei)
2017 Fiji, Pacific Ocean
2016 King of Mask Singer ContestantAs "One Wins Plus Singer King Minus" episode 73
2022 Style Me Host Season 3 [42]

Web shows

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2022 #Romantic City Cast Member in Hua Hin, Thailand [43]

Music video appearances

Year Song title Artist
2011 "You, Walking Towards Me"Himself
"Now or Never"Himself
2014 "Oppa, You're Mine"Tahiti

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2014 16th Seoul International Youth Film Festival Best Young Actor Marriage, Not Dating Nominated
Best OST by a Male Artist (with Lee Changmin) Saying I Love You Nominated
2015 SBS Entertainment Awards Best Challenger Award Law of the Jungle Won
201813th Asia Model AwardsFashionsta Award—N/aWon[44]

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