Dex (entertainer)

Biographical Overview & Key Facts

Subject:

Dex (entertainer)

Role / Field:

South Korean entertainer, actor, YouTuber, and former ROKN UDT soldier known for variety show appearances.

Born:

1995-06-09

Century / Era:

1995s Historical Era

Database Source:

2Day Chrono-Wiki & Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Origins & Early Life

Kim Jin-young (Korean: 김진영; born June 9, 1995), also known as Dex (Korean: 덱스), is a South Korean entertainer, actor, YouTuber and former ROKN UDT soldier. He is best known for appearing in Toy Soldiers: Fake Men 2 (2020), Single's Inferno Season 2 (2022–2023), Bloody Game 2 (2023), Adventure by Accident (2023–2025), Zombieverse (2023–2024), and Fresh off the Sea (2024). In 2016, Dex entered the military as a non-commissioned officer in the 251st Class, Republic of Korea Navy and part of ROKN UDT (South Korean counterpart of the U.S Navy Seal), Class 62-2. During his active duty, he was assigned in the Special Mission Battalion of the Naval Special Warfare Flotilla, a counter-terrorism unit. In 2018, he was also assigned to the 13th Akh Unit, a dispatched unit of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces to the United Arab Emirates.

Career & Major Achievements

After being discharged from the military in 2020, he appeared in Fake Men 2, a military web entertainment show. In the same year, he appeared in MBC's game survival show Bloody Game. In 2022, Dex rose to fame when he participated in the second season of the Netflix dating show Single's Inferno. He was known as the "Catfish Man" (Korean: 메기남), who was brought in later to make the existing cast members stay together first and make the contestants nervous. Dex returned to Single's Inferno as a panelist for season three.

Enduring Legacy & Impact

In 2023, he returned as a participant in the second season of Bloody Game for which he won the Rookie Male Entertainer Award at the 2nd Blue Dragon Series Awards. He joined the second and third seasons of the travel variety show Adventure by Accident as a regular member with Kian84, Pani Bottle, and Lee Si-eon. The show won several awards at the 2023 MBC Entertainment Awards, and Dex received the Rookie Award and the Best Couple Award. Dex is also the sole host for the YouTube show Dex's Fridge Interview by Channel 117. He hosted the 2023 MBC Entertainment Awards with Jun Hyun-moo and Lee Se-young, and also joined the third, fourth, and fifth seasons of Single's Inferno as a panel member.

Chronological Milestones & Life Events

1. 1995 (1995-06-09): Birth of Dex (entertainer) — South Korean entertainer, actor, YouTuber, and former ROKN UDT soldier known for variety show appearances.
2. 2016: 2016 Milestone — In 2016, Dex entered the military as a non-commissioned officer in the 251st Class, Republic of Korea Navy and part of ROKN UDT (South Korean counterpart of the U.
3. 2018: 2018 Milestone — In 2018, he was also assigned to the 13th Akh Unit, a dispatched unit of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces to the United Arab Emirates.
4. 2020: 2020 Milestone — He is best known for appearing in Toy Soldiers: Fake Men 2 (2020), Single's Inferno Season 2 (2022–2023), Bloody Game 2 (2023), Adventure by Accident (2023–2025), Zombieverse (2023–2024), and Fresh off the Sea (2024).
5. 2022: 2022 Milestone — In 2022, Dex rose to fame when he participated in the second season of the Netflix dating show Single's Inferno.
6. 2023: 2023 Milestone — In 2023, he returned as a participant in the second season of Bloody Game for which he won the Rookie Male Entertainer Award at the 2nd Blue Dragon Series Awards.

Historical Fact-Check Quiz: Dex (entertainer)

True or False: “Dex's initial foray into acting roles was exclusively under his stage name, Dex.”

Answer (FALSE ❌): When debuting as an actor in Tarot: The Seven Chapter Story, he intentionally used his real name, Kim Jin-young, to separate his entertainment and acting careers.

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