How I Uncovered Park Jong-hun’s Real Story
Woke up thinking about Park Jong-hun today, you know that actor? Saw his face everywhere but realized I had no clue when he actually started or how old he really is. Internet’s full of conflicting garbage. Figured, hey, let’s dig this up properly myself. Fired up the laptop around coffee time.
First stop was fan wikis. Bad move. Every site said different things. One said debut 2001, another swore it was 2004. Birth years bounced between 1980 and 1983. Useless. Closed like five tabs, annoyed.
Decided smarter approach. Searched “Park Jong-hun official agency“. Found his management company’s old, ugly website. Buried deep in their artist section was a timeline. Tiny print! Clicked year-by-year. Saw his drama debut listed under 2002.
Now the tricky part: birth year. Agency site avoided it entirely. Remembered Korean actors often have their real school info leak. Dug through old Korean news archives for his middle/high school name. Took ages. Finally found an interview snippet where he casually mentioned attending Hanyang Technical High. Jackpot.
Checked Hanyang Technical High’s alumni pages. None. Hit a wall. Almost quit. Then remembered Korean public records sometimes list graduation years for local celebs. Used an old government lookup site (mandatory coffee refill), entered his name filtered by region. Took multiple spelling tries (박정훈, Park Jeong-hun… ugh).
Page loaded slowly. There it was: born 1981. Plain text. Cross-referenced school entry year with standard Korean school ages. Math checked out.
Whole mess summarized:
- Debut year: 2002 (per agency archives)
- Real Birth year: 1981 (per edu records)
- Actual Age: Dude’s mid-40s now, not early 40s like fans claim
Felt weirdly proud. Took screenshots immediately before sites vanished. Why bother? Honestly reminds me of my mom – always said “people erase their past.” She worked retail but lied about her age constantly, chopped ten years off. Got fired when management found her real ID. Same vibes here. Just be real, man. Anyway, saved my findings in a dumb notes file called “*”. Might forget tomorrow!
