Why 2021 is Jang Ki-yong’s year: he’s Song Hye-kyo’s co-star in K-drama Now We Are Breaking Up, and the My Roommate is a Gumiho actor also bagged a lead role in Netflix’s Sweet and Sour
- He’s set to appear alongside Song Hye-kyo in SBS’ Now We Are Breaking Up later this year, and inspired Start-Up’s Nam Joo-hyuk to become a model
- He was previously in Beautiful Mind, Kill It and Come and Hug Me – where he took home a Baeksang – as well as The Boy Next Door with Parasite’s Choi Woo-shik
If you’ve been watching K-dramas and surfing Netflix lately, you might have come across Jang Ki-yong. It’s proving to be a good year for the actor as he is currently starring in K-drama My Roommate is a Gumiho as well as appearing in the Netflix movie Sweet and Sour.
Jang’s next K-drama project might be his biggest one yet. He is slated to appear with Song Hye-kyo in the upcoming SBS drama Now We Are Breaking Up, set to air in the second half of 2021. In the drama, he will play a wealthy and intelligent freelance photographer.
It’s no surprise that Jang is turning heads: he has the credentials to become a top actor, having starred in K-dramas Beautiful Mind (2016), Come and Hug Me (2018) and Kill It (2019).
Here’s what we know about Jang Ki-yong and why we think he’s poised to become the next leading hallyu star.
He was a successful model
Jang made his debut as a model in 2012. His first gig was modelling for streetwear brand General Idea during Seoul Fashion Week, according to AsiaOne.