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Jeong Jun-ha, often spelled Jung Jun-ha, was born on March 18, 1971, according to Wikipedia. After graduating from Gangseo Senior High School he went straight into entertainment.
While working as comedian Lee Hwi-jae's manager, he followed Lee to the set of MBC's Theme Theater in 1994 and was offered a bit part. Viewers liked him so much that the one-off cameo turned into a regular role.
He bounced back from a career slump with a parody segment on MBC's Comedy House (2003-2005) and became one of Korea's top comedians. He played Dave in the 2006-2007 stage run of The Full Monty and appeared in the hit sitcom High Kick! and the film Marrying the Mafia II.
He first guested on Infinite Challenge in 2005, wowing viewers by finishing a bowl of noodles in under five seconds, and Yoo Jae-suk persuaded him to join the cast that year. He stayed until the show's final broadcast in 2018, one of its longest-serving members.
As of 2010 he was running a Japanese restaurant in Seoul's Gangnam District, and he married Nina Yagi on May 20, 2012, after four years of dating.
In October 2026 he and Park Myung-soo visited former castmate Jung Hyung-don's new Doni Doni Donkatsu shop in Seongsu-dong, Star News reported. Read Jung Hyung-don's family is back together, and visit the Han Yoo-ra hub.
Sources: Wikipedia
Our newest Jung Jun-ha story, from October 19, 2026, is "Jung Hyung-don's Family Is Back Together After 5 Years, and His New Shop Got an 'Infinite Challenge' Welcome": The comedian's wife and twin daughters are back in Korea after five years in Hawaii, he has reopened his famous tonkatsu brand as a real shop, and two old Infinite Challenge friends came by to cheer him on.
From 2005 until the show's final broadcast in 2018 (Wikipedia).
As Lee Hwi-jae's manager, he was offered a bit part on MBC's Theme Theater in 1994 (Wikipedia).
Nina Yagi; they married on May 20, 2012 (Wikipedia).
