| Jeong Hyeong-don | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 7, 1978 Busan, South Korea |
| Medium | Stand-up, television |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Genres | Comedy, Entertainment |
| Influences | Yu Jae-seok, Park Myeong-su |
| Influenced | Noh Hong-cheol, Gil Seong-jun, Jeong Ga-eun |
| Spouse | Han Yu-ra, television writer |
| Notable works and roles | Member of Muhan Dojeon and Gag Concert |
| Jeong Hyeong-don | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 정형돈 |
| Hanja | 鄭亨敦 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong Hyeong-don |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Hyŏngdon |
Jeong Hyeong-don (born February 7, 1978[1] ) is a South Korean comedian and entertainer.
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After graduating Busan Electronic Technical (senior) High School in 1996, he served for Samsung Electronics in Suwon as an engineer. Before entering the Korean entertainment industry, he was a member of a comedy team with his colleagues at Samsung.[2]
His television debut was on the KBS Gag Concert in 2002, with a segment called "Doremi Trio" (도레미 트리오). In this segment, he sung parts of K-pop songs with comedic punches 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.
As of January 2009, he is a part of both Infinite Challenge (Muhan Dojeon) and We Got Married. After initially being paired up with Saori, Jung was eventually given a "roommate" role alongside Crown J and Seo In Young. After their departure in January 2009, Jung was then paired up with Girls' Generation leader Taeyeon, which made headlines but also caused a major uproar among netizens due to the 11-year age difference and SNSD's (as well as Taeyeon herself) large fanbase. The 'couple', along with the rest of the 'couples', left the show since WGM was to follow a new format with real celebrity couples. Also, Hyungdon was already in a relationship at the time of WGM.
He is a founding member of MBC's flagship real-variety comedy program 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). He has the least amount of nicknames among the members of Muhan Dojeon. This was pointed out on the 100th Episode (101st 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 (101st on TV), he was doing archery and was to get exactly 100 points, he often hit high points and got up to 100 points pretty quickly for a first-timer. But he went over 100 and was scolded by members because none of them so far succeeded in any of the 100th Episode competitions.
On January 1, 2011, during its 230th episode broadcast, he awarded MuDo Member of the year 2010, with almost a half of netizen via iMBC.com voted for him. (49 percent; 8,940 votes). It was a twice bigger result than the both a highly-recognized and host-in-chief of this programme, Yu Jae-seok(4,393 votes; 24%). During his acceptance speech, he said "It took a 5 and a half years from 'Awkward Piggy' to 'Mijon Gaeoh'.[3] My victory presents to everyone that, even an ordinary person (like me) can reach the top".[4]
On September 13, 2009, he married his girlfriend, television comedy scriptwriter Han Yu-ra.[5]
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