He won Best Young Actor award in 2009 SBS Drama Awards for his role in Temptation of Wife.
Born to Korean-Chinese parents, Jung began his acting career in late 2006 at the age of three.
[1] In 2019, Jung majored in acting at School of Performing Arts Seoul and graduated in 2022.
[2][clarification needed] In 2013, Jung was appointed as the ambassador for the 13th Korea Youth Creation Film Festival (Korean: 제13회 대한민국 청소년 창작 영화제).
[citation needed] From 2016 to 2018, he and Kim Ji-young were appointed as the ambassadors for Seoul Guro Kids International Film Festival (now Seoul International Children's Film Festival (SICFF)[27]) 3 years in a row.