Background and career
Park Jin-young (Korean: 박진영; born September 22, 1994), known mononymously as Jinyoung, and formerly as Jr. and Junior, is a South Korean singer, actor, and songwriter. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Got7 and duo JJ Project.
As an actor, he gained recognition for his roles in the television series The Devil Judge (2021), Yumi's Cells (2021–2022), and Our Unwritten Seoul (2025), for which he received a Best Actor nomination at the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards. He has also starred in the films Christmas Carol (2022) and Hi-Five (2025). He won the Best New Actor award at the 59th Baeksang Arts Awards for Christmas Carol and received a Best New Actor nomination at the 46th Blue Dragon Film Awards for Hi-Five.
He is known for building his characters' emotions drawing from his personal experience rather than maximizing specific emotions or highlighting dramatic moments, and for conveying sorrow through a silent demeanor and deep, teary eyes.
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