Biography
Shin Jung-geun (also credited as Shin Jung-keun or 신정근) is a South Korean actor. He began his career in theatre in 1987 with troupes including 'Hana' and 'Gwangjang', performing in around 50 plays before making his film debut in 1997.
He is known for supporting roles in films including Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Running Turtle (2009), The Pirates (2014), A Hard Day (2014) as Chief of Homicide, and Alienoid (2022) as Right Paw. On television he has appeared in Pinocchio (2014) as Choe Dal-pyeong, Mr. Sunshine (2018) and Hotel Del Luna (2019) as Kim Sun-bi.
Shin studied electronic engineering at Anyang Science University. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 10th Busan Film Critics Awards in 2009 for Running Turtle.
