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name: "Shin Jung-geun"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shin-jung-keun"
fi1m_id: "shin-jung-keun"
imdb_id: "nm3083982"
tmdb_id: 578838
wikidata_id: "Q12604561"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 September 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T04:34:17.740829+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Shin Jung-geun

## Identity

Shin Jung-geun

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shin-jung-keun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shin-jung-keun
- **IMDb ID:** nm3083982
- **TMDB ID:** 578838
- **Wikidata ID:** Q12604561
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Jung-geun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12604561, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3083982/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/578838

Actor. Born 26 September 1966 in Gwangju, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 September 1966, Gwangju, South Korea
- **Also known as:** Shin Jung-keun, 신정근, Sin Jung-gun, Sin Jeong-keun, Sin Jeong-geun, Shin Jeong-geun, Shin Jeong-keun, 申正根, Син Чон-гын
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Jung-geun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12604561, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3083982/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/578838

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*A Hard Day*](https://film.one/film/a-hard-day.md) (79)

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## 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*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org, kprofiles.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Hard Day* (2014), Fi1m 79, as Chief of Homicide — [page](https://film.one/film/a-hard-day.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Pavane* (2026), as Kentucky Hope
- *Once We Were Us* (2025), as Eun-ho's Father
- *Unmasked* (2025), series, as Koo Hyeong-tae
- *Frankly Speaking* (2024), series, as Song In-soo
- *Alienoid: Return to the Future* (2024), as Right Paw
- *The Killing Vote* (2023), series, as Choi Jin-soo
- *A Birth* (2022), as Lim Chi-hwa
- *Alienoid* (2022), as Right Paw
- *Steel Rain 2: Summit* (2020), as Jang Gi-seok
- *Hotel Del Luna* (2019), series, as Kim Sun-bi
- *Zombie for Sale* (2019), as Chief Oh
- *Encounter* (2018), series, as Kim Jang-su
- *The Soup* (2018), as Sun-Sik
- *Mr. Sunshine* (2018), series, as Servant
- *Untouchable* (2017), series, as Yong Hak-Soo
- *Man of Will* (2017), as Jo Duk-pal
- *Duel: Final Round* (2016), as Elder Hwang
- *Tunnel* (2016), as Captain Kang
- *The Time We Were Not in Love* (2015), series, as Oh Jeonggeun
- *Enemies In-Law* (2015), as Han Dal-sik
- *Who Are You: School 2015* (2015), series, as Dean of Students
- *Pinocchio* (2014), series, as Choe Dal-pyeong
- *The Pirates* (2014), as Yong-gap
- *A Hard Day* (2014), as Chief of Homicide — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/a-hard-day.md)
- *The Five* (2013), as Nam-cheol
- *Tough as Iron* (2013), as Yagami
- *Secretly, Greatly* (2013), as Mr. Park
- *Sirius* (2013), series, as Lee Hyun Goo
- *Almost Che* (2012), as Police officer So
- *Doctor* (2012), Actor
- *Masquerade* (2012), as Lee Jeong-rang
- *The Grand Heist* (2012), as Seok Dae-hyeon
- *Runway Cop* (2012), as Squad Chief Yoo
- *Over My Dead Body* (2012), as Team Leader Jo
- *Howling* (2012), as Mr. Seo
- *In Love and the War* (2011), as Bong-gi
- *Battlefield Heroes* (2011), as Kim Heum-soon
- *He's on Duty* (2010), as Choi
- *Blades of Blood* (2010), as Lord Yoo
- *Lifting King Kong* (2009), as Big brother
- *Running Turtle* (2009), as Yong-bae
- *The Divine Weapon* (2008), as Pan-soo
- *Sunny* (2008), as Battalion Commander
- *The Happy Life* (2007), as Club Owner
- *Bunt* (2007), as Sang-chul
- *My Tutor Friend 2* (2007), as Professor
- *Mission Sex Control* (2006), as Chok-sae
- *Radio Star* (2006), as Misari President Nam
- *Bloody Tie* (2006), as Section Chief Goh
- *Oh! My God* (2006), as Agari
- *King and the Clown* (2005), as Lee Geuk-kyun
- *Hi, Dharma 2: Showdown In Seoul* (2004), as Hat
- *When I Turned Nine* (2004), as Jebi's father
- *Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield* (2003), as Kim Heum-soon
- *Champion* (2002), as Kim Yoon-goo
- *Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance* (2002), as Laborer 3

## Gallery

- ![Shin Jung-geun](https://film.one/media/person/5530829/gallery-f2fcec9bae6e.png) Shin Jung-geun — NewsInStar, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Shinjunggeun2019.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Shin Jung-geun](https://film.one/media/person/5530829/gallery-dfcd67844a80.jpg) Shin Jung-geun — Image via TMDB

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