The devilishly hansome psychopath, Jeon Jae-joon
99% of Koreans including his staff call him Jeon Jae-jun. The man who shines in the pandemic with works like “Psychopath Diary,” “The Glory,” and “Queen of Tears.”
Profile
Name：Park Sung-hoon（朴成焄）
Date of birth：February 18, 1985
Height：183cm
Blood type：A
MBTI：ISFJ
Education：Gachon Foreign Language High School (French), Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts (Film Arts) Graduate
Hobbies：Boxing
Debut：2008, debuted in the film “A Frozen Flower”
Filmography
2008 Movie ‘A Frozen Flower’★
2018 Movie ‘Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum’ (Lead Role)
2009 Movie ‘Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard’★
2009 Movie ‘High Society’
2009 Movie ‘Forbidden Dream’★
2011 Channel A ‘Bachelor’s Vegetable Store’★
2012 MBC ‘Moon Embracing the Sun‘★
2014 SBS ‘3Days’★
2015 SBS ‘Six Flying Dragons’★
2016 SBS ‘Don’t Dare to Dream’★
2017 SBS ‘Falsify ‘
2017 KBS2 ‘Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me’
2017 KBS2 ‘Mad Dog’
2018 Dramax ‘Rich Man’
2018 KBS ‘Review Notebook of My Embarrassing Days’
2018 KBS2 ‘My Only One’
2018 KBS2 ‘Justice’
2019 tvN ‘Psychopath Diary’★
2019 KBS2 ‘Memorials'(Lead Role)
2020 KBS ‘Into the Ring’
2021 SBS ‘Chosun Exorcist'(Lead Role)
2021 KBS ‘Hee Soo(My Daughter)’
2022-3 Netflix ‘The Glory'(Lead Role)★★
2023 ENA ‘The Kidnapping Day’★
2024 tvN ‘Queen of Tears'(Lead Role)★★
2024 Netflix ‘Squid Game2′(Lead Role)★★
Awards
2015 – Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards, Best New Actor ‘Six Flying Dragons’
2018 – KBS Drama Awards, Best New Actor ‘Black Knight: The Man Who Guards Me’, ‘My Only One’
2019 – Baeksang Arts Awards, Best New Actor – Television ‘My Only One’
2020 – KBS Drama Awards, Best Couple Award ‘Into the Ring’
2020 – KBS Drama Awards, Excellence Award, Actor ‘Into the Ring’
2021 – KBS Drama Awards, Drama Special TV Cinema Award ‘Hee Soo’
Psychopath Diary
A 100% pure psychopath serial killer. The story unfolds as the protagonist, who accidentally witnesses a murder scene and loses their memory in an accident, comes across a diary documenting the murder process. Mistakenly believing they are a part of a chain of psychopath murders, the narrative develops from there. Park Sung-hoon portrays a psychopath who is an ultra-elite director at a major securities firm, but he is a cold and meticulous killer who has lost the murder diary, making him the true final boss of the drama.
The reception of the drama’s development has been somewhat mixed. While some praise it for skillfully blending elements of comedy and suspense, offering a fresh experience, others criticize it for having overly convenient plot devices that diminish its quality during its airing. On the other hand, as the story enters its mid-to-late stages, it shows a disappointing decline in engagement, yet it has attracted a passionate fanbase due to its unusually fresh material and intriguing progression.
Personally, I believe this work showcases Park Sung-hoon’s growing presence and charm, and I found it to be quite enjoyable.
The Glory
“My dear Hana (pronounced the same as ‘one’ in Korean), why do you only know one (Hana) and not the other two?”
“(While pulling Hana-chan’s red hair) Do you know who my least favorite woman is? It’s Red-Haired Ann and the Red Cloak Chacha.” Je-jun struggles with his only complex of not being able to distinguish between red and green.
Despite being a villain, Je-jun’s clever wordplay is exquisite, making him an irresistible, charming man. His twisted affection for Yeon-jin and Ye-sol is also captivating. Park Seong-hoon mentioned that he struggled quite a bit while acting because he is not good at speaking ill of others.
For the time being, his name will likely be “Jeon Je-jun” for the Korean public. Surpassing this calendar work may have become his homework.
Queen of tears
He appears to be a pure-hearted pity man who can’t forget Hae-in, his first love from childhood, but he becomes a psychopathic villain following The Glory.
He has a luxurious noble style but is a man hiding dark secrets. As a child, he hated his mother for abandoning him and longed for love throughout his life, ultimately ending up unloved by anyone—a sociopath.
He shows enough charm to be able to steal Hae-in away from the globally popular actor Kim Soo-hyun (though Kim Soo-hyun is indeed a formidable rival). This drama is a must-watch! More than Park Sung-han’s passionate performance, the love story of the two protagonists will make viewers cry after a long time.
Squid Game 2
He played the role of Hyun-joo, a transgender character with a soft charisma. In an interview, he mentioned that this role was a character created by expanding the femininity within himself, and that it was a character with more courage and decisiveness than himself. The Netflix series “Squid Game” Season 2 was actor Park Sung-hoon’s 50th project.
Park Seong-hoon’s life is marked by experiences that do not match his princely appearance; during his student days, he often had to swallow his tears because he didn’t even have money to buy a hamburger, and he had received a call from his mother during his military service saying there was no money for a dream-like vacation. He has spent seven and a half years living a semi-underground life while steadily building his acting career on stage.
It can be said that “Squid Game” Season 2 represents the fruition of his journey as an actor who has risen from such depths. Korean fans now affectionately call him “Jeon Jae-soon” (a feminized name version of his character’s name, Jeon Jae-jun, from “The Glory”).
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