Actor Profile

Jang Ki-Yong

Jang Ki-yong (born August 7, 1992) is a South Korean model and actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series Confession Couple (2017), My Mister (2018) and Come and Hug Me (2018).

Jang began his career as a model in 2012 at the Seoul Fashion Week. In 2014, Jang won the Fashion Model Award at the 2014 Asian Model Awards ceremony.^[2] The same year, he debuted as an actor through It's Okay, That's Love. Later that year he was cast in the dramas The Greatest Marriage and Schoolgirl Detectives.

In 2017, he gained popularity with his supporting character in Confession Couple as Jang Na-ra's college senior.

In 2018, Jang was cast in My Mister as a cold-hearted loan shark. Jang was cast in his first leading role in the melodrama Come and Hug Me, taking on the role of a detective who has a fated relationship with his childhood friend. The same year, he was confirmed to make his big screen debut in the crime action film Bad Guys, based on the OCN drama of the same name. 

In 2019, Jang was cast in OCN's action drama Kill It, playing a veterinarian by day and heartless killer at night.  The same year, he was cast in the romance drama WWW as a CEO and genius composer.

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