Jung Eui-chul | |
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Born |
Seoul, South Korea |
April 19, 1985
Occupation | Actor, model |
Years active | 2005–present |
Agent | Clumsy Media 2011-current |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 정의철 |
Revised Romanization | Jeong-ui Cheol |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng-ŭi Ch'ŏl |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 정의철 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jeong Ui-cheol |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Ŭi-ch‘ŏl |
Jung Eui-chul (born April 19, 1985) is a South Korean model and actor. He made his acting debut in the drama Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy as a student and gained positive response in 2005 and later landed on many supporting roles including the award-winning films such as Five Senses of Eros and popularity based novel film Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do. The peak of his career was reached in 2009 as a main role in the award-winning and most popular recognized drama Boys Over Flowers which gained international Asia attention.
Through his connection with actress model Kei Nangon he was signed under the same management; Clumsy Media in 2011. According to news reports they met during the final auditions for Boys Over Flowers. In the following year, he secured his Korean fan base playing as a cold attitude popular student in high school in the ratings hit drama Shut Up Flower Boy Band.