Im Chang-jung

Im Chang-jung
Born	30 November 1973 Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Education	ChungAng University - Theater and Film[1]
Occupation	Actor, singer
Years active	1990–present
Agent	NH EMG
Spouse(s)	pro golfer Kim Hyun-joo (2006–2013; divorced)[2][3]
Children	3 sons
Korean name
Hangul	임창정
Hanja	任昌丁
Revised Romanization	Im Chang-jeong
McCune–Reischauer	Im Ch'ang-chŏng

Im Chang-jung (born November 30, 1973) is a South Korean actor and singer.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1990	North Korean Partisan in South Korea	Jeon Sae-young
	Rose Motel
1992	From Seom River to the Sky	Goo Dae-hoon
	Walking All the Way to Heaven
1994	The Rules of the Game	Client 1
1997	Beat	Hwan-gyu
1998	Extra	Park Bong-soo
	If the Sun Rises in the West	Kim Beom-soo
2000	The Happy Funeral Director	Jae-hyun
	Jakarta	Blue
2001	My Boss, My Hero	Hyeok-sam (cameo)
2002	Bet on My Disco	Bong-pal
	Sex Is Zero	Jang Eun-shik
2003	Reversal of Fortune	Police officer (cameo)
	The Greatest Expectation	Chang-shik
	Romantic Assassin	Ghost in armor (cameo)
2004	To Catch a Virgin Ghost	Yang-yi
2005	Cracked Eggs and Noodles	Dae-gyu
	All for Love	Kim Chang-hoo
2006	Aachi & Ssipak	Ssipak (voice)
2007	Miracle on 1st Street	Pil-je
	Underground Rendezvous	Young-tae
	Scout	Ho-chang
	Sex Is Zero 2	Eun-shik
2009	Fortune Salon	Seung-won
2010	Twilight Gangsters	Bang Joon-seok
	Romantic Debtors[4]	Detective Bang Geuk-hyun
2011	Shotgun Love[5]	Sang-yeol
2012	Rain and Rain	Soo-hyun
	The Traffickers[6]	Young-gyu
2013	Tumbleweed	Chang-soo
2014	The Con Artists	Chef (cameo)
2015	Untouchable Lawmen[7]	Lee Jung-jin

Television drama

Year	Title	Role	Network
1991	Eyes of Dawn	Gil-soo	MBC
1992	Days of Sunshine		KBS2
1994	Ladybug		KBS2
1996	Three Guys and Three Girls		MBC
1997	New York Story		SBS
2010	The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry	Jerry Oh (cameo)	MBC
2012	Ji Woon-soo's Stroke of Luck[8][9]	Ji Woon-soo	TV Chosun

Variety show

Year	Title	Role	Network
2009	Invincible Baseball Team	Infielder, pitcher	KBS2
	Superstar K	Season 1 host	Mnet
2014	EXO 90:2014	Guest	Mnet
	Law of the Jungle in Costa Rica	Cast member	SBS
2014-2015

Musical theatre

Year	Title	Role
2009	Bbalae (Laundry)[10][11]	Solongo
2010-2011	Radio Star[12]	Park Min-soo
2012	Le Passe-Muraille	Dusoleil

Discography

Year	Album Title	Notes
1995	이미 나에게로 "Already to Me"	Vol. 1
1996	Because I'm Not With You	Vol. 2
1997	Again	Vol. 3
1998	별이 되어 "Become a Star"	Vol. 4
1999	Story of...	Vol. 5
2000	White	Vol. 6
	www.love.7th	Vol. 7
2001	A to Z	Compilation
	Different Color	Vol. 8
2002	CJ2002	Vol. 9
2003	BYE[13][14]	Vol. 10
2007	Lost in the Forest of Love	Single
2009	Return to My World[15][16]	Vol. 11
2010	REMIND	Compilation
2013	A Guy Like Me[17][18]	Single
2014	Ordinary Song... Ordinary Melody[19][20]	Vol. 12
	Best Man	Single
	"Try to Wait"	Track 4 from Gunman in Joseon OST

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1997	Grand Bell Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Beat	Won
	Golden Disk Awards	Bonsang (Main Award)		Won
	Seoul Music Awards	Bonsang (Main Award)		Won
	KBS Music Festival	Daesang (Grand Prize)		Won
	MBC 영상음반	Daesang (Grand Prize)		Won
1998	Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actor	Beat	Won
1999	SBS Music Festival	Top 10 Singers		Won
	KBS Music Festival	Top 10 Singers		Won
2000	PD가 뽑은 최고	Most Popular Singer		Won
	SBS Music Festival	Top 10 Singers		Won
	Mnet Korean Music Festival[21]	Best Ballad Performance	"나의 연인"	Nominated
2001	Golden Disk Awards	Bonsang (Main Award)		Won
	SBS Music Festival	Bonsang (Main Award)		Won
	KBS Music Festival	Youth Singer of the Year		Won
2002	Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Bet on My Disco	Nominated
	SBS Music Festival	Bonsang (Main Award)		Won
	Mnet Korean Music Festival[22]	Best Ballad Performance	"Sad Monologue"	Nominated
2003	Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actor (Film)	Sex Is Zero	Won
2008	Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actor	Scout	Won
	Grand Bell Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
2012	Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Film	The Traffickers	Won
2014	Mnet Asian Music Awards[23]	Best Male Artist		Nominated
2015	2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best Vocal Performance	"또따시 사랑 (Love Again)"	Nominated
	Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best Vocal Performance		Nominated

Music show awards

Inkigayo

Year	Date	Song
1998	May 17	"Be a Star"
	May 24
1999	May 2	"Love Affair"
2000	March 26	"My Lover"
	April 2
2001	January 21	"You're Like Me"
	January 28
	September 23	"Reason to Wait"
	September 30
2002	June 23	"Sad Monologue"
	June 30
	July 7
2003	July 20	"A Glass of Soju"
2015	October 11	"또 다시 사랑 (Love Again)"

Music Bank

Year	Date	Song
1998	July 9	"Dance with the Wolf"
	July 16
2000	March 16	"My Love"
	March 23
	March 30
	April 6
2001	January 11	"You're Like Me"
	January 18
	January 25
2015	October 9	"또 다시 사랑 (Love Again)"

References

1. "Lim Chang-Jung (임창정)". Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
2. Ryu, Jeong-hyun (10 December 2010). "Celebrities say age-gap makes no difference in planning marriage". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
3. "Singer Im Chang-jung Files for Divorce". The Chosun Ilbo. 4 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
4. "Actress Uhm Ji Won apologizes to Im Chang Jung for slapping him". Allkpop. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
5. Lee, Ji-hye (1 April 2011). "Actor Lim Chang-jung's Movie Picks". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
6. Cho, Jae-eun (24 August 2012). "Thriller with brains: Traffickers tackles human organ market". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
7. Won, Ho-jung (27 August 2015). "Herald Interview: Im Chang-jung shows no signs of slowing down". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
8. "Im Chang-jung To Star In First Drama In 21 Years". KBS World. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
9. Kim, Jessica (8 November 2011). "Lim Chang-jung to play 1st-ever drama leading role". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
10. "All That Star: Lim Chang-jung, all-around entertainer met his 2nd heyday with a new album and the musical Laundry". Arirang News. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
11. "Events Calendar". The Korea Herald. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
12. "Im Chang Jung signs with Wellmade StarM". Allkpop. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
13. "Lim Chang-jung Says Goodbye as a Singer". KBS World. 27 May 2003. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
14. "Lim Chang-jung Bids Fans Farewell". KBS World. 31 August 2003. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
15. "Im Chang-jung to Return to Singing". KBS World via Hancinema. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
16. "Artist of the week – Lim Chang Jung". Soompi. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
17. "Singer Lim Chang Jung to Make Comeback With Single Album". Soompi. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
18. "Star Focus: Lim Chang-jung". Arirang News. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
19. "Im Chang-jung To Release First Full-Length Album In 5 Years". KBS World. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
20. Jin, Eun-soo (13 March 2014). "Im Chang-jung readies 12th". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
21. "2000 MMF part 1". Mwave. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
22. "2002 MMF part 1". Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
23. "Full Ver.: 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards Part 1". Mwave. Retrieved 2015-01-28.

External links

• Im Chang-jung on Twitter
• Im Chang-jung at NH Media
• Im Chang-jung at HanCinema
• Im Chang-jung at the Korean Movie Database
• Im Chang-jung at the Internet Movie Database

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