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'''Yeon Jung-hoon''' (born November 6, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for generational epic ''[[East of Eden (South Korean TV series)|East of Eden]]'' (2008),<ref>{{cite web|last=Han|first=Sang-hee|title=TV Dramas Gear Up for Post-Olympics Race|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/04/201_29606.html|access-date=2012-11-18|work=[[The Korea Times]]|date=19 August 2008|archive-date=2021-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105232425/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2011/04/201_29606.html|url-status=live}}</ref> crime procedural ''[[Vampire Prosecutor]]'' (2011-2012)<ref>{{cite web|last=Choe|first=Min-ji|title=Stills for ''Vampire Prosecutor'' Revealed|url=http://enewsworld.interest.me/enews/contents.asp?idx=397|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2013-03-19|date=15 September 2011|archive-date=2013-04-13|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413143532/http://enewsworld.interest.me/enews/contents.asp?idx=397|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hong|first=Lucia|title=Yeon Jung-hoon to return for 2nd season of OCN's ''Vampire Prosecutor''|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012072514494280702|access-date=2012-11-18|work=10Asia|date=25 July 2012|archive-date=2015-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104185646/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2012072514494280702|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Erika|title=Official Poster and Character Cuts for ''Vampire Prosecutor 2'' are Out|url=http://enewsworld.interest.me/enews/contents.asp?idx=11862|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2013-03-19|date=8 August 2012|archive-date=2013-04-13|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130413152109/http://enewsworld.interest.me/enews/contents.asp?idx=11862|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hong|first1=Ji-hye|title=Yeon Jung Hoon, Venturing Into Hollywood With Jackie Chan and Fan Bing Bing|url=http://www.bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=14280|website=BNTNews|access-date=2015-01-04|date=29 October 2014|archive-date=2021-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925083204/http://www.bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=14280|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the domestically popular weekend drama ''[[Pots of Gold]]'' (2013). Outside of acting, Yeon hosted the first three seasons of ''[[Top Gear Korea]]'', the South Korean version of the [[BBC]] [[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|show]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Gear South Korea Coming In August|url=http://www.finalgear.com/news/2011/06/22/top-gear-south-korea-coming-in-august/|access-date=2012-11-18|work=Final Gear|date=21 June 2011|archive-date=2012-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428220748/http://www.finalgear.com/news/2011/06/22/top-gear-south-korea-coming-in-august/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hea|first=Jung-min|title=Yeon Jeong Hun Reveals Top Gear Korea is Stronger Than Ever|url=http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=5184|work=enewsWorld|access-date=2012-12-28|date=5 April 2012|archive-date=2013-01-11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111063300/http://enewsworld.mnet.com/enews/contents.asp?idx=5184|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is a cast member of the popular variety-reality show ''[[2 Days & 1 Night]]''.
==Early life==
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===Hosting ''Top Gear Korea'' and domestic popularity: 2008–2013===
After his discharge, Yeon began diversifying into other genres and largely shied away from romantic melodramas to avoid being [[Typecasting|typecast]].<ref>{{cite news|title=연정훈, "나는 인생을 즐길 줄 아는 사람" (인터뷰②)|url=http://hankyung.com/entertainment/article/2015080327034|work=10Asia|publisher=[[Korea Economic Daily]]|date=3 August 2015|language=ko|access-date=8 December 2020|archive-date=16 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916175546/https://www.hankyung.com/entertainment/article/2015080327034|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=제대 8개월 만에 大作 드라마로 안방 컴백 앞둔 연정훈|url=https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/200807010715300602|work=[[Hankook Ilbo]]|date=1 July 2008|language=ko|access-date=10 December 2020|archive-date=17 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917032331/https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/200807010715300602|url-status=live}}</ref> His comeback project was the critically-acclaimed 2008 generational drama ''[[East of Eden (South Korean TV series)|East of Eden]]'' in which he and [[Song Seung-heon]] portrayed brothers who grew up in a mining town during the turbulent 1970s and later find themselves on opposing sides of the law.<ref name="DongA.Nov2008"/><ref>{{cite news|title=연정훈, 복귀작 '에덴의 동쪽' 위해 10kg 감량|url=https://news.joins.com/article/3181011|work=[[JoongAng Ilbo]]|date=13 June 2008|language=ko|access-date=7 December 2020|archive-date=25 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425120827/https://www.joins.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=연정훈, MBC 시대극 '에덴의 동쪽' 검사로 돌아오다|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/06/30/2008063000379.html|work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|date=30 June 2008|language=ko|access-date=7 December 2020|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925091545/https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/06/30/2008063000379.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He then starred in his first ''[[sageuk]]'' (historical period drama) ''[[Jejungwon (TV series)|Jejungwon]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title='제중원' 연정훈, "내 악역 연기 스승은 미실"|url=https://news.joins.com/article/3986977|work=[[JoongAng Ilbo]]|date=27 January 2010|language=ko}}</ref> From 2011 to 2012, Yeon, an avid car enthusiast and former [[Formula 4]] driver, was a co-host of ''[[Top Gear Korea]]'' and hosted the first three seasons before leaving to concentrate on acting and other interests. He also starred in the [[OCN (TV channel)|OCN]] legal drama ''[[Vampire Prosecutor]]'', portraying the titular character, a prosecutor who becomes a vampire and hides his newfound powers while secretly using it to solve crimes. To prepare for the action scenes required of his role, he lost weight and learned [[Jeet Kune Do]] for several months prior to filming.<ref>{{cite news|title=연정훈, 액션 연기 위해 이소룡 제자에게 직접 절권도 배워|url=https://www.donga.com/news//article/all/20110930/40727089/2|work=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]]|date=30 September 2011|language=ko|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=29 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929031336/https://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20110930/40727089/2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='뱀검' 연정훈, 절권도 액션 '카리스마 발산'|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/09/30/2011093000775.html|work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|date=30 September 2011|language=ko|access-date=12 December 2020|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925091829/https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/09/30/2011093000775.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The drama became the most watched cable drama of the year 2011 and received rave reviews from both critics and viewers.<ref>{{cite news|title='뱀파이어 검사', 2011년 최고시청률 케드 '등극'|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/11/21/2011112101273.html|work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|date=November 21, 2011|language=ko|access-date=November 22, 2020|archive-date=September 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925101713/https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/11/21/2011112101273.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Its popularity prompted the producers to bring it back for a second season.
Yeon's next two roles were as ''[[chaebol]]'' businessmen in romantic comedies. In the 2012 cable drama ''Can Love Become Money'', he played the CEO of a hospitality company who hides his sensitive and caring side behind an unpleasant and emotionless exterior.<ref>{{cite news|title=MBN '사랑도 돈이 되나요' 로맨틱 가이로 컴백 연정훈|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/special-edition/view/2012/02/102679/|website=[[Maeil Business Newspaper|mk.co.kr]]|date=15 February 2012|language=ko|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=25 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425120807/https://www.mk.co.kr/news/special-edition/5108437|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=연정훈, '사랑도 돈이 되나요' 티저서 마초적 남성미 과시|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/02/17/2012021701624.html|work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|date=17 February 2012|language=ko|access-date=18 January 2021|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925084418/https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2012/02/17/2012021701624.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He reunited with his ''East of Eden'' co-star [[Han Ji-hye]] the following year in ''[[Pots of Gold]]'', in which he portrayed the eldest son of a chaebol family embroiled in a saga involving his father's mistresses.<ref>{{cite news|title=연정훈·한지혜 열연 금 나와라 뚝딱! 치솟는 시청률, 결말 놓고 행복한 고민|url=https://woman.donga.com/Library/3/all/12/145997/1|work=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]]|date=26 August 2013|language=ko|access-date=20 November 2020|archive-date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921055936/https://woman.donga.com/Library/3/all/12/145997/1|url-status=live}}</ref> A domestic ratings hit, the weekend drama consistently topped its time slot and he was named Best Actor in a Serial Drama at the [[2013 MBC Drama Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|title='금 나와라 뚝딱', 동시간대 드라마 시청률 1위 기록|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/04/29/2013042902078.html|work=[[The Chosun Ilbo]]|date=29 April 2013|language=ko|access-date=20 November 2020|archive-date=25 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925091708/https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/04/29/2013042902078.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=부문별 수상자 — 2013 MBC 연기대상|url=http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/ent/event/2013mbc/winner/index.html|publisher=[[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=30 December 2013|language=ko|access-date=20 November 2020|archive-date=26 December 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141226072737/http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/ent/event/2013mbc/winner/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=연정훈·한지혜 열연 금 나와라 뚝딱! 치솟는 시청률, 결말 놓고 행복한 고민|url=https://woman.donga.com/3/all/12/145997/1|work=[[The Dong-a Ilbo|Woman DongA]]|date=26 August 2013|language=ko|access-date=11 January 2021|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224232817/https://woman.donga.com/3/all/12/145997/1|url-status=live}}</ref>
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