Jeong Hyeong-don

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Jeong.
Jeong Hyeong Don
Born March 15, 1978 (1978-03-15) (age 30)
Busan, South Korea
Medium Stand-up, television
Nationality South Korean
Years active 2002-present
Genres Comedy, Entertainment
Notable works and roles Member of Muhan Dojeon

Jeong Hyeong Don (Korean: 정형돈, Hanja: 鄭亨頓; born 15 March 1978) is a South Korean comedian and entertainer.

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[edit] History

After graduating Busan Electronic Technical (senior) High School in 1996, he served for Samsung Electronics in Suwon as an engineer. Before entering Korean entertainment industry, he was a member of comedy team with his colleagues at Samsung.[1]

His television debut was on the KBS Gag Concert in 2002, with a segment called "Doremi Trio" (도레미 트리오). In this segment, he sung a part of K-pop songs with a hilarious comic-punch at the end. After its huge success, he joined as a panel(and co-host) of Korean variety shows, including MBC's Sunday Sunday Night, ! (exclamation mark) and KBS' Imagination Plus, etc.

[edit] Characters on Muhan Dojeon

Currently, since April 2005, he is a founding member of MBC's flagship real-variety comedy programme Muhan Dojeon. During each of the episodes, he presents his ability for anything, except making people laugh. That makes his character as an "Awkward Piggy" (어색한 뚱보). Sadly, he has the least nick-names among the members of Muhan Dojeon. This was pointed out on the 100th Episode(101th on TV) during the 100 minute debate. He is often seen as amusement because he can do anything well besides entertaining. In the 100th Episode(101th on TV), he was doing archery and was to get exactly 100 points, he often hit high points and got upto 100 points pretty quickly for a first-timer. But he went over 100 and was scolded by members because none of them so far, suceeded in any of the 100th Episode competitions.

[edit] Television appearances

  • MBC's Muhan Dojeon(Infinite Challenge, 무한도전) (Since 2005)
  • MBC's Sunday Sunday Night(동안클럽, Dong-an Club medical quiz show) Joint Panel
  • KBS2's Explore TV-Cool Guys(TV탐험 멋진친구들) Co-Host
  • KBS2's Imagination Plus(상상플러스, 2005~2007) Co-Host

[edit] References

  1. ^ The reasonable story of Jeong Hyeong-don(Korean), Starnews, Retrieved on August 2, 2005

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