Jung Mansik, born in 1974, studied acting at the Actors21 academy before trying to make a name for himself in Daehangno, Seoul’s theater district. He was first recognized when he won Best Acting from the Seoul Theater Festival in 2004, for his performance in a production by Earth Theatre Lab of Alexander Galin’s <Stars in the Morning Sky>. It is however with the company Baeksukwangbu that he would find success, most notably with <Travel> which has seen many re...More

Jung Mansik, born in 1974, studied acting at the Actors21 academy before trying to make a name for himself in Daehangno, Seoul’s theater district. He was first recognized when he won Best Acting from the Seoul Theater Festival in 2004, for his performance in a production by Earth Theatre Lab of Alexander Galin’s <Stars in the Morning Sky>. It is however with the company Baeksukwangbu that he would find success, most notably with <Travel> which has seen many reruns over the years since its 2005 debut. Although Jung had already participated in the short film <Smells Like a Gun> (2001), it was in 2005 that he started to become a regular presence on the big screen, when he appearance in <She’s on Duty> and <Princess Aurora> (2005). With a few roles to his name every year, Jung has steadily become a recognizable face in the industry for his strong supporting turns from genre and romance films to independent fare. He has been a reliable presence in thrillers such as <No Mercy for the Rude> (2006), <Paradise Murdered> (2007) and <Rough Cut> (2007). 2009 saw him perform in two low profile films that were embraced by critics, <Breathless> and <Paju>. Since then, he has built his filmography through a variety of works such as <The Yellow Sea> (2010), <Countdown> (2010), <Love On-Air> and <Eungyo> (both 2012). In 2013 he appeared in the surprise hit comedy <Miracle in Cell No. 7> alongside Ryoo Seungryong. Jung appeared in a series of films in 2014, including the summer period blockbuster <Kundo: Age of the Rampant>, the thriller <A Hard Day>, which screened in the Director’s Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival, and Ha Jungwoo’s sophomore directing gig <Chronicle of a Blood Merchant>. Next for Jung was a role in <Granny’s Got Talent>, the comedy of an elderly woman who becomes involved in a swearing contest, and Park Hongjoon’s period hunter drama <The Tiger>, with Choi Minshik, both in 2015. Jung then received his first lead role on the big screen in the family drama <My Little Brother> (2016). After notable appearances in the period zombie film <Rampant> (2018) and the financial heist drama <Money> (2018), Jung joined the star-studded main cast of the black comedy thriller <BEASTS CLAWING AT STRAWS> (2018) and headlined the indie drama <The Threshold of Death> (2019). In 2021, Jung was back on screens in one of the most anticipated release of the year, <Escape from Mogadishu> from Ryoo Seungwan, in which he played a South Korean embassy secretary trying to escape a war-torn Somalia.Less