Won Jin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.6588

Gender

Male

Birthday

08-Dec-1962

Age

(63 years old)

Place of Birth

Seoul, South Korea

Also Known As
  • 원진
  • Kim Won-Jin
  • 김원진
  • Yuen Jung
  • 元振
  • Yuen Chun
  • 元珍
  • Yuan Zhen
  • Jin Won
  • Won-Jin
  • WonJin
  • Kim WonJin
  • "Flying Saucer From Korea"
  • "Sonny The Scorpion"
  • "The Scorpion King"
  • "飛碟來自韓國"
  • Yuan Jin
  • 元金
  • Dr. Won Jin

Won Jin

Biography

South Korean martial arts master known mainly for his role as Sonny Wong in The Scorpion King (aka Operation Scorpio) and his action direction of the My Wife Is A Gangster movie series. He created a very unique style that was well ahead of it's time, showcasing many techniques used in modern Tricking and he also inspired famous martial art actors such as Scott Adkins and Tony Jaa. He began learning Taekwondo around age 7 and created his own style of kicking and acrobatics. He was was a big fan of Bruce Lee and fell in love with the nunchaku He would go on to learn Hapkido, Wushu and various other styles. In late 70s he trained alongside Elton Jeong at the YMCA Mechanical Gymnastics Club and became a member of the Korean martial arts / stunt group Ottogi Martial Arts Team, working on his first movie in 1979. He appeared as a side character in some Korean martial arts movies and in 1988 got his first starring role. In the early 90's he sent out a demo tape which resulted in David Lai casting him in a few Hong Kong movies, the most notable being The Scorpion King, which secured his place as a cult favourite. After a few films he returned to work in Korea and became one of nation's top action directors. He continues to practice and promote martial arts and has received many awards and commendations for his work. J.J. Hayden


Credits

고수 고수 (1998) Character: Gal Ku-Li
Korean martial arts movie staring Won Jin "The Scorpion King". The background of the period was under Japanese rule in the 1930s. Japan's oppression and extortion devastated the lives of civilians, and a small number of pro-Japanese factions parasitize in the power class of Japan, and all kinds of evils are committed. The years like a tunnel of darkness when people's resentment and resistance consciousness reached their peak. The movie is about a pro-Japanese father who wants to marry his daughter Seung-hee to the son of Nomura, a skilled Japanese man. Won Jin plays a hook-handed martial arts master, out for revenge.
독종 독종 (1999) Character: Ah Chun [Special Appearance]
Korean martial arts movie starring Ricky Jun and Lee In-Seop. Special guest Won Jin "The Scorpion King".
소년 투캅스 - 섬으로 팔려간 아이들 소년 투캅스 - 섬으로 팔려간 아이들 (1995) Character: Yong-Pal
The fists of Taekwondo boys explode on a remote uninhabited island...!! The Taekwondo demonstration team for children who came to the beach for training are caught by gangsters who travel between the beach and the island and are sold to the island. The children who woke up on the island began to live a hellish life, where they are beaten severely even for small mistakes, and even adults had to work hard and live like slaves . On the other hand, Yong-Pal, who has lost the children, searches for the children with the police, but their whereabouts becomes obscure. Then by chance he finds out that gangsters using begging children and he gives chace.
밥풀떼기 형사와 쌍라이트 밥풀떼기 형사와 쌍라이트 (1990) Character: Busboy
Miss Jin, a female detective, meets the head of a human trafficking organization in an undercover plan to destroy it. But she falls into their trap and gets caught. Jin's younger brother and two young men who both have unrequited love for Jin try to save her, but they fail due to the appearance of The Twin Light Brothersrothers. However, Detective Kim defeats The Twin Light Brothers and rescues Jin from the villain's lair.
삼중성 삼중성 (1991) Character: Sigma
Korean movie.
검객 산지니 2 - 항구에 나타난 검객 산지니 검객 산지니 2 - 항구에 나타난 검객 산지니 (1992) Character: Brother of X
Korean movie.
무림 18여걸 무림 18여걸 (1979) Character: Green Amazon
A ruthless Warlord from Manchuria builds a martial arts labyrinth that contains 18 martial art amazons, many try to enter but none leave, until Dragon Lee, seeking to avenge his father.
광동관소화자 광동관소화자 (1983) Character: Seub-Deuk's Buddy (Song's Buddy)
The evil Dong Won has unbeatable kicking legs and proudly travels the land proving his expertise. But when a young man loses his foster parent to Won's deadly kick, he seeks out an old drunken master to learn a way to defeat the Master of the Leg.
無問題2 無問題2 (2002) Character: Invincible
Kimura wins a trip to Hong Kong, but once he arrives, he is mistaken as a hitman and is assigned to kill Yumiko, the female successor to the Ota Group conglomerate. When Kimura falls for his target instead, he must learn kung-fu from a local (Yuen) to fight off the yakuza assassin "Invincible" assigned to finish the job.
契媽唔易做 契媽唔易做 (1991) Character: Luk's Mute Sifu
Developer Ms. Cheung (Carol 'Do Do' Cheng) yearns for a quieter life in Hong Kong and moves to the countryside, getting herself caught in a showdown between a gang of jewel thieves and two police officers along the way. While Ms. Cheung survives the ordeal, the thieves' injured getaway driver (Siu-Chun To) sneaks into Cheung's moving van and escapes to the countryside, into Cheung's new home. As Cheung settles down into her new environment, she befriends Pak-Lam (Pak Lam Cheng), a skillful and inquisitive little boy who lives in the village. While Pak-Lam helps Cheung tend to her house, he encounters the injured thief. After a brief exchange, Pak-Lam realizes the thief has a harmless and non-aggressive attitude and decides to shelter him in his secret makeshift hideout, not knowing his new friend has in his possession a bag of stolen jewels, in which both the police and the gangsters are searching for.
霹靂小子之虎醉龍騰 霹靂小子之虎醉龍騰 (1992) Character: Tak-Shi [Footage From 용호취]
Three young martial artists travel to the big city to retrieve a sacred statue that was stolen by ninjas for a criminal gang.
용호취 용호취 (1988) Character: Yong (Dragon)
Three young martial artists travel to the big city to retrieve a sacred statue that was stolen by gangsters.
소림관 지배인 소림관 지배인 (1982) Character: Shaolin Waiter / Gambling Stall Fighter
Mang-wol, a master of martial arts, has doubts about the life he has led. Taking Yong, the son of Pak who he had nearly killed in a fight, Mang-wol disappears. As time passes, Mang-wol teaches Yong martial arts. Yong becomes an adult. He goes into the city to get medicine for Mang-wol. Yong runs into Nan-si, a woman of the Shaolin training hall, who takes all his gold. Yong is unable to defeat Paeng's fighting skills but Mang-wol saves him from his predicament. Paeng knows that Mang-wol is the enemy who killed Yong's father. Paeng searches out Mang-wol. Yong deceives Mang-wol and goes to see Nan-si. Yong becomes the manager of the Shaolin Hall but Paeng cruelly beats him up and Yong returns to Mang-wol. Mang-wol tells Yong the truth about his past and dies in a fight with Paeng. Yong practices the new fighting technique he's developed and fights Paeng.
용의자 용의자 (2013) Character: SA1
Betrayed and on the run, a former North Korean agent tries to seek revenge on the man who killed his wife, find his missing daughter, and uncover the secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.
권법형사: 차이나타운 권법형사: 차이나타운 (2015) Character: Kwan Xi-Pei
Chinatown is a place where crime and betrayal are rampant. Violent crime detective Ko Jeong-hyeok (Seo Joon-yeong) can't rest a day. He tries to rid the streets of criminals but he's to busy cleaning up his own mess because of his habit of using physical violence first.
그라운드 제로 그라운드 제로 (2021) Character: prisoner
A short action movie depicting the '1983 Hosan Prison Riot,' an important event in the 'PUBG Universe'.
赤裸狂奔 赤裸狂奔 (1993) Character: King Kong
A young woman named Yin dreams of leaving her modest village life for a chance to try to make it big as a martial arts movie star. Leaving for the big city with her boyfriend, life takes a turn for poor Yin when she soon finds herself addicted to drugs and being pimped out by her boyfriend. After a violent altercation forces Yin to flee to Hong Kong, it's not long before she ends up on the radar of the police. Without any other options, Yin makes a deal with the police to go undercover with one of their straight-laced female detectives, Hung, in order to try and bring down a notorious drug dealer nicknamed "King Kong." Victimized by the men in their lives, the two unlikely friends must team up to protect each other from the criminals out to get them and work together to get revenge on those who have betrayed them.
박철수의 헬로 임꺽정 박철수의 헬로 임꺽정 (1987) Character: Escort Hit With Green Bundle
Chun-bo and Bong-dal are members of a bandit who voluntarily claim to be Im Kek-jeong's subordinates. They didn't even know that there was a horse plaque on the clothes of the fishermen, and they were yangban and decided to play the role of a real female haenger. They perform good deeds such as scolding Tamgwan-duck for the unfair and powerless people and distributing grain to poor residents.
九二神鵰之痴心情長劍 九二神鵰之痴心情長劍 (1992) Character: Kidnapper Goblin
Ching-yan lives with his young protege Tim and an inventor referred to only as The Doctor. One day they decide to embark on a quest to the Snowy Mountain in hopes of finding a special block of ice that is said to contain the life essence of immortality. The evil Devil King also wants the ice, but Ching-yan thinks that it contains the secret to meeting a woman who appears in his dreams and attempts to keep it for himself.
흑표비객 흑표비객 (1977) Character: Pang's Man In White / Pang's Man In Black
The nation called Hocheonpyo transports gold in the village of Korean vagabonds in Manchuria to Kukja family when some bandits attack and steal the coach with goods. The very prestigious head Paeng-deok mediates but old man Kim is killed when he asks for compensation. At this time, the Korean man Han-seong defeats the bandits and brings back the gold. So-jeong, old man Kim's daughter, decides to avenge her father. Han-seong goes to the place where the coach was attacked. Finding an emblem, he is filled with suspicion. The bandits have been employed as a convoy of Hocheonpyo and the emblem is theirs. Paeng-deok is Han-seong's older brother. Paeng-deok gets the compensation money together. While bringing the money, Seo-jun is killed and someone takes the money. Han-seong knows that Ho-chul is the culprit but Ho-chul dies by a poisonous dart. Han-seong persuades him knowing that Paeng-deok is the ringleader behind Ho-chul. - KMDB
검치호 검치호 (2024) Character: N/A
A girl is in a hospital room caring for her hopeless mother. When the girl is tired of her life, and tries to make her own decision, a silent old man who is taking care of another patient approaches her.
청춘만화 청춘만화 (2006) Character: Maternity Doctor
Ji-hwan is a taekwondo student with a part time job as a stunt man, who dreams of becoming Korea's answer to Jackie Chan. Dal-rae is a drama student and aspiring actress, but tends to fail auditions because of her timid personality.
借刀殺人 借刀殺人 (1981) Character: Pickpocket Teen
A country bumpkin arrives to help his brother's rice business. Things get out of hand while a rival company becomes corrupt. The bumpkin, an ace martial artist, fights off the rivals. Angered, the rivals hire a martial arts expert to fight the hero, only to get beaten up himself. The expert send his teacher to hurt the hero and succeeds. The hero is sent to a temple where he learns a new style of kung fu. Now with the skills, our hero is ready to get even.
Inchon Inchon (1981) Character: Evacuee On Bridge
Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads a Korean War campaign, and the war tests a married couple's relationship.
蠍子戰士 蠍子戰士 (1992) Character: Sonny Wong "The Scorpion King"
After an aspiring comic book artist rescues a young girl from a prostitution ring, he submits to the teachings of an aging kung fu master in order to take on the local mob boss' son: a deadly assassin who's a master of the scorpion kung fu technique.
正牌韋小寶之奉旨溝女 正牌韋小寶之奉旨溝女 (1993) Character: Yuen Chun
Wai Siu-Bo travels to the future on a mission to cure the emperor's illness.
봉오동 전투 봉오동 전투 (2019) Character: Gil-san
Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman.
코리언 보이 코리언 보이 (1991) Character: Chinese Fighter
A young boy learns Tae Kwon Do, not only to defeat the gangsters threatening his family, but also to defeat the man who killed his father.
雷霆戰警 雷霆戰警 (2000) Character: Lee, The Assassin
A young Chinese Security Officer, Darren, is called for Team 808, which fights against the smuggling of drugs and corruption. Noriko, a Japanese Interpol officer, collaborates with Darren for the destruction of a large international drug cartel. At the same time, a senior government officer's daughter is suspected of corruption.
사대소림사 사대소림사 (1984) Character: Tai Luk-Tong Student (Hai Lu Kang Student)
A general goes on a search for a book that reveals the names of revolutionaries in the area, leading to a showdown at a Shaolin temple where he faces off against the revolutionaries.



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