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Jung Woo-sung

1973 - Today

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Jung Woo-sung (Korean: 정우성; born April 22, 1973) is a South Korean actor. Jung started his career as a fashion model, rising to stardom with the gangster film Beat (1997), for which he won Best New Actor at the 17th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards. Jung is a versatile actor known for playing leading roles in a wide spectrum of genres, including blockbusters The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008), Cold Eyes (2013), The Divine Move (2014), The King (2017), Steel Rain (2017), Hunt (2022), 12.12: The Day (2023); dramas City of the Rising Sun (1999) and Mutt Boy (2003); historical epic Musa (2001); romance A Moment to Remember (2004); crime thrillers Asura: The City of Madness (2016) and Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jung Woo-sung has received more than 3,569,785 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jung Woo-sung is the 4,201st most popular actor (up from 4,637th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from South Korea and the 57th most popular South Korean Actor.

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  • 55.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jung Woo-sung ranks 4,201 out of 13,578. Before him are Cha Seung-won, Edmund Purdom, Galina Volchek, Sivaji Ganesan, Irma Serrano, and Lori Loughlin. After him are Iya Savvina, Won Bin, Lewis Arquette, Laura Innes, Jessica Harper, and Jon Pertwee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Jung Woo-sung ranks 148. Before him are Brendan Rodgers, Shannon Elizabeth, Portia de Rossi, Juan Diego Flórez, Jane March, and Edge. After him are Juninho Paulista, Christian Horner, Jan Magnussen, Andrés Palop, Karen Lancaume, and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Jung Woo-sung ranks 227 out of 1,128. Before him are Kim Boo-kyum (1958), Jang Dong-gun (1972), Kim So-yeon (1980), Hwang Sun-hong (1968), Park Bo-gum (1993), and Cha Seung-won (1970). After him are Won Bin (1977), Ji Jin-hee (1971), Yi Jun-yong (1870), V (1995), Kim Nam-gil (1980), and Jennie (1996).

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Among ACTORS In South Korea

Among actors born in South Korea, Jung Woo-sung ranks 57. Before him are Yang Mi-kyung (1961), Go Hyun-jung (1971), Jang Dong-gun (1972), Kim So-yeon (1980), Park Bo-gum (1993), and Cha Seung-won (1970). After him are Won Bin (1977), Ji Jin-hee (1971), Kim Nam-gil (1980), Moonbin (1998), Kim Joo-hyuk (1972), and Ji Sung (1977).

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