Jee Seok-jin


Jee Seok-jin is a South Korean comedian, television presenter, actor, and broadcaster. He graduated from Ajou University with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration.
In 1992, Jee Seok-jin debuted as a singer, releasing his first album "I Know", but gained popularity as an MC and comedian in the entertainment industry. He was most commonly known as the main MC in Star Golden Bell, which aired from 2004 to 2010. Jee is most well known as a cast member in the variety show Running Man together with Yoo Jae-suk, Kim Jong-kook, Haha, Song Ji-hyo, Lee Kwang-soo, Jeon So-Min and Yang Se-chan. In addition to his television career, he also hosts the afternoon radio show 2 O'Clock Date on MBC FM4U.

Career

Jee Seok-jin has recently released a couple of new songs, 22 years after his debut as a singer.
In 2014, he sang a duet '사랑한다 말하는건' with Club Soul, for the KBS drama My Dear Cats OST.
In 2015, he sang 머리핀 for the OST of drama
Romance for 7 Days, a collaboration drama between Korea's CMB and Hong Kong's TVB. Jee Seok-jin released this song in both Korean and Chinese versions, the Chinese version being called 发卡 which is very well received in Mandarin-speaking regions, reaching the 6th position on the Chinese Baidu music charts.
Also, Jee Seok-jin has been known for his rendition of the Chinese song
童话 . It was first performed at the Running Man Special Live in Taipei fan meeting in January 2015, which garnered many positive responses about his accurate Mandarin pronunciation and melodious vocals. The original singer of the song, Michael Wong, also known as 光良, also praised Jee Seok-jin for his rendition. Wong subsequently invited Jee Seok-jin to be the performing guest for his Taipei concert in May 2015, where they performed 童话 together.
In September 2016, Jee Seok-jin started hosting on MBC Radio FM4U as a DJ. His radio programme
2시의데이트 지석진입니다 is broadcast daily, from 2pm to 4pm.
In 2017, Jee released a Chinese-language duet "You're the Most Precious" with Hong Kong singer Bianca Wu. Wu had invited him to record a newly arranged jazz rendition of the 1998 classic hit duet originally performed by Jacky Cheung and Francesca Kao, and also to film the MV in Hong Kong. They were then invited to perform the song at Hong Kong's TVB annual charity gala show.
In 2019, Running Man held their first ever fan meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Jee collaborated with Apink and fellow Running Man member Lee Kwang-soo presented their own song titled
PARTY in which they danced and sang together. Jee also sang a group song with all Running Man members titled I Like It and danced to 1 Million's Lia Kim's choreography for the song BOOM and Just Blow'.

Personal life

Jee met his wife through an introduction from Yoo Jae-seok. Jee and his wife celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in January 2017. Their "second wedding" was aired on Running Man in a special episode called "Big Nose Week". They have a son, who made a rare appearance on a Running Man episode in 2015.

Discography

Singles

Radio

MBC Radio FM4U: Jee Seok-jin's 2 O'Clock Date

Filmography

Television Host

; List of present programs
YearTitleNetworkNotes
2010–presentRunning Man
SBS
Episode 1 – present

; List of former programs
YearTitleNetworkNotes
2004 - 2006Heroine 6
KBS2
Host
2004 - 2010Star Golden Bell
KBS2
Host
2007 - 2008High-Five
KBS2
Host
2007Truth Game
SBS
Host
2008Cider
KBS2
Host
2011Death Camp 24 Hours
MBC
Host
2012Survival King
MBC
Host
2015Same Bed, Different Dreams
SBS
Host
2016Talk Hero
JTBC
Host
2017–2018Happy Together - Legendary Big Mouth
KBS2
Cast member
2018Royal AdventureSBS Mobidic TV/ Clash RoyalMember

Television Appearances

YearTitleNetworkNotes
2008Happy Together
KBS2
Guest ep 50
2009Happy Together
KBS2
Guest ep 101
2010Happy Together
KBS2
Guest ep 140
2010Strong Heart
SBS
Guest ep 29-30
2012Radio Star
MBC
Guest ep 264
2012Happy Together
KBS2
Guest ep 244
2012Go Show
SBS
Guest ep 14
2012Infinite Challenge
MBC
Guest ep 304
2013Thank You
SBS
Guest ep 12
2013Real Animal Adoption: Our Family’s Youngest
MBC
Guest ep 1-2
2014Infinite Challenge
MBC
Guest ep 379
2014Magic Eye
SBS
Guest ep 3
2014Hurry Up, Brother
Zhejiang Television
Guest ep 5
2014Happy Together
KBS2
Guest ep 377
20142015 Countdown Show
Zhejiang Television
2015Everybody
JTBC
Guest ep 13
2015Happy Together
KBS2
Guest ep 418
2016Infinite Challenge
MBC
Guest ep 467-468
2016Radio Star
MBC
Guest ep 467
2016美丽俏佳人
Anhui Television
2016冰雪奇跡
Tianjin Television And Radio Station
Guest ep 7-8
2016Non-Summit
JTBC
Guest ep 92
2016Entourage
tvN
Cameo ep 9
2016Po Leung Kuk Charity Show
TVB

Performances

Running Man Fan Meetings

Race Start! 2013