Hong Kyung

Hong Kyung (born February 14, 1996) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the film Innocence (2020), which won him a Baeksang Arts Award, and the television series Weak Hero Class 1 (2022) and Revenant (2023).

Career
After graduating from Hanyang University, Hong made his acting debut with a minor role in the television series Queen of Mystery (2017) and subsequently appeared in School 2017 (2017), While You Were Sleeping (2017), and Jugglers (2017–2018). He continued to act in television series such as My Lawyer, Mr. Jo 2: Crime and Punishment (2019), D.P. (2021), and Lovers of the Red Sky (2021).

Hong made his feature film debut in Innocence (2020), for which he received critical acclaim and won a Baeksang Arts Award for Best New Actor – Film.

In February 2022, Hong moved to Management MMM after his contract with J-Wide expired. The same year he starred in the drama Weak Hero Class 1 based on the popular Naver webtoon Weak Hero which gained him world-wide recognition. Besides acting in TV series, he also appeared in Taeyeon's Can't Control Myself music video. In 2023, he starred in the drama Revenant alongside Kim Tae-ri and Oh Jung-se.