Biography
정경호 (Jung Kyung Ho) is a South Korean actor under Management Allum. Jung is the son of Jung Eul Young, veteran TV director, and frequent collaborator of writer Kim Soo Hyun in hit television dramas such as "Mom's Dead Upset", "My Husband's Woman", "Life Is Beautiful" and "Childless Comfort". Jung Eul Young was initially against his son pursuing acting, but Jung defied his father's wishes and moved out of the family home. Father and son did not speak for three years (they have since reconciled).
Jung passed the KBS audition and was signed by leading talent agency SidusHQ. He made his acting debut in "5 Stars", a mobile drama produced by SidusHQ and broadcast over SK Telecom. A few minor roles on KBS followed. Jung's first major break came in the 2004 melodrama series "I'm Sorry, I Love You". In the follow-up series,
"I'm Sorry, I Love You (Season 2) " aka "미안하다 사랑한다 OST - Vol.2 Never Ending Story",
Jung reprises the song "Precious Person" aka "소중한 사람" (from the original series) , as his character, "Yoon" (aka 윤) ".
Their respective agencies confirmed in January 2014 that Jung has been dating actress and singer Choi Soo Young from the girl group Girls' Generation since early 2013. They became acquainted as they attended the same church and went to the same university.
In 2020, Jung starred in hit and critically acclaimed medical (and musical) drama, Hospital Playlist as Kim Jun-wan, an associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery. He reprised his role in season 2 in 2021. I
In another music related drama, "When The Devil Calls Your Name", he plays an older musician, inspired by a young singer to start performing his old repertoire once more. Jung is also an accomplished guitarist, and singer, and performs his own singing, and guitar work, in both "Hospital Playlist" and "When The Devil Calls Your Name". Jung also plays a musical artist in MBC's 2017 plane crash drama, "Missing 9".
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