Jung Il Woo "Family is Number 1" overcomes illness to revive his career and special MQH with Lee Min Ho

Participating in the hit series "Family is Number 1", Jung Il Woo once made the hearts of many viewers flutter thanks to his handsome appearance. However, when his career was in a brilliant period, the actor contracted a serious illness.

The Family Is Number 1 debuted its first season in 2006 and immediately became the most popular sitcom title on the Korean screen, so successful that it had two more seasons. Taking on the male lead in season 1 is young actor Jung Il Woo, who plays the rebellious youngest grandson of the Lee family - Lee Yoon Ho. With a handsome appearance, a "milky" face, and good at motocross and very loyal, Yoon Ho is still a "dream crush" even though he is poor at school, likes to fight and brings a lot of trouble to his family. by many spectators at that time.

Famous right from the first works

Jung Il Woo was born in 1987, is a South Korean actor, model and singer. He is the son of former television news worker Jung Hae Hoon, so he once intended to follow in his father's footsteps, enrolling in broadcasting at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. However, Jung Il Woo soon realized his love for acting, so he quickly turned to the Department of Theater and Film at Hanyang University.

In 2006, Jung Il Woo had his first role in the drama The World of Silence. In the movie, he plays a calm, peaceful, thoughtful guy, although he acts well, but because he appears few and has not many lines, he does not make much impression on the audience. Fortunately, in the same year, Jung Il Woo had the opportunity to appear in the hit sitcom Family Is Number 1, receiving the main role next to a series of veteran actors. After this movie, Jung Il Woo immediately became famous and had the opportunity to receive more TV series and movies.

With his eye-catching appearance and outstanding height, Jung Il Woo continuously takes the lead role in a series of film projects from popular producers. However, his career is not too prominent compared to other actors of his age when his name is mainly known in the country.

Fight with the god of death to revive your career

2006 must be the most memorable milestone in Jung Il Woo's life when, in addition to his famous debut film, he also had to confront the god of death. Specifically this year, he had a very serious car accident, thinking that his career would end when he just started. The actor had to be treated for 7 months, broken wrist bones, broken pelvis, bleeding in the head and mild memory loss. From this injury, it later left a heavy legacy with Jung Il Woo. This is the reason why Jung Il Woo has been missing for a long time, unable to take advantage of the charm of Family Is Number 1 to develop himself.

It was not until the end of 2007 that Jung Il Woo returned to the small screen. He participated in many projects such as Plum Sword, 49 Days, Golden Rainbow, Night Watchman, Cinderella and 4 Knights, Haechi Era... but not all films achieved success. as expected. The actor's career also fluctuated wildly. Up to now, Jung Il Woo's most impressive role for me is still Lee Yoon Ho of Family Is Number 1.

It was thought that after one time, Jung Il Woo would return to his acting career smoothly, who expected the sequelae from this accident to cause him to suffer from a very serious brain aneurysm in 2016. In fact, before that. For 3 years, he had frequent signs of headaches, then his pulse gradually weakened and enlarged, causing internal organs to be pinched.

According to Jung Il Woo's agency, it was the injury from this accident that seriously affected the actor's health condition. The company released the following official announcement: "In 2006, after a car accident, Jung Il Woo was diagnosed with a concussion, brain hemorrhage, and regional amnesia. Starting at about 3 years ago, Jung Il Woo often showed signs of headaches. After a medical examination, the actor was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm."

This disease makes the Jung handsome man prone to coma, capable of having a stroke at any time and the most dangerous complication can affect the cerebral arteries and cause death. When he discovered his illness, Jung Il Woo was extremely depressed and it took a long time to regain his spirit and fight the disease. Suffering from this disease at the time he was about to enlist in the army, although he was exempted from the service, Jung Il Woo still decided to carry out his responsibilities as a citizen.

At that time, despite being ill, Jung Il Woo still decided to join the military service. Jung Il Woo's representative revealed that the actor's additional examination for an aneurysm could be the basis for him to be exempted from military service. However, it was Jung Il Woo who decided to do his duty, "Although Jung Il Woo regrets not being able to enlist as an ordinary soldier and not being able to properly greet his fans, , but he will still do his best to perform his community service."

Having this disease made it difficult for work to return to the army, so he was forced to be absent for 2 years, causing Jung Il Woo's reputation to decline a lot. At the end of 2018, he was discharged from the army and immediately returned to work, trying to revive his career.

In 2021, the handsome Jung family is interested again thanks to the historical drama Bossam: Steal the Fate. In the near future, he will return with the movie Good Job, once again reuniting with the cult female idol Yuri, who together with him made the success of Bossam: Steal the Fate.

Good Job is an investigative television work, with two main characters, Eun Seon Woo (Jung Il Woo), a detective of aristocratic descent, and the super-visionary girl Don Se Ra (Yuri ).

Expected to be the next series of "Extraordinary Lawyer" Woo Young Woo, Good Job is both stressful when receiving high expectations but also has the advantage of easily attracting the attention of the audience right from the start. first episodes.

Admirable friendship with Lee Min Ho

The person who had an accident with Jung Il Woo in 2006 was the famous actor Lee Min Ho and two more friends (unfortunately, these two people unfortunately passed away). The reason why they both appeared on that fateful ride was because these two beauties were extremely close friends. The two are the same age, attend the same school, and have played together since high school.

Despite their opposite personalities, the two also have the same taste, both of them are healthy people because they don't drink alcohol. Sharing about his close feelings, Jung Il Woo once said that although they have opposite personalities, they always respect the thoughts and interests of their friends, so they can stick together for a long time. Although the two do not often appear in public, they still silently support each other.

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