Cho Jin-woong

Cho Jin-woong (born Jo Won-jun on April 2, 1976) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles as Sejong's loyal bodyguard in Deep Rooted Tree (2011), a mobster in Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012), and a mysterious villain in A Hard Day (2014).[1][2] He also gained recognition and praise for his performance as a detective in the television series Signal (2016).[3]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Cho.
Cho Jin-woong
Cho Jin-woong in 2016
Born
Jo Won-jun

(1976-04-02) April 2, 1976
Busan, South Korea
Other namesJo Jin-woong
EducationKyungsung University
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
AgentSaram Entertainment
Spouse(s)
Kim Min-a
(
m. 2013)
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationJo Jin-ung
McCune–ReischauerCho Chinung
Birth name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationJo Won-jun
McCune–ReischauerCho Wŏnjun

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Once Upon a Time in High School Yasaengma[4] gang member
My Brother Doo-shik
2006 Hello Stranger Yong-gil Short film
Running Wild Guryongpa gang member
A Dirty Carnival Young-pil
Les Formidables Detective Shin
Gangster High Jo Hong-kyu
2008 His Last Gift Baek In-chul
My New Partner Jung Young-chul
The Guard Post Cook
Spare Smuggler's Voice
Sweet Lie Jung Han-sang
A Frozen Flower Tae Ahn-gong
2009 Take Off Commentator
Fly, Penguin Han Chang-soo
City of Fathers Han Sang-goo
2010 Killing of Game Viper
Bestseller Chan-sik
A Barefoot Dream James
2011 Glove Charles
The Front Line Yoo Jae-ho
Perfect Game Kim Yong-chul[5]
2012 Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time Kim Pan-ho
A Millionaire on the Run Kim Seung-dae
Perfect Number Jo Min-beom
2013 Man on the Edge Public prosecutor Hwang Cameo
An Ethics Lesson Myung-rok
My Paparotti Chang-soo
Hwayi: A Monster Boy Ki-tae[6]
2014 A Hard Day Park Chang-min [7]
Kundo: Age of the Rampant Lee Tae-ki
The Admiral: Roaring Currents Wakisaka Yasuharu [8]
We Are Brothers Park Sang-yeon [9]
2015 Chronicle of a Blood Merchant Mr. Ahn
Foulball Documentary narrator
Salut d'Amour Jang-soo [10]
Assassination Chu Sang-ok [11]
2016 The Handmaiden Kouzuki [12]
The Hunt Park Dong-geun [13]
2017 Bluebeard Seung-hoon [14]
The Sheriff in Town Jong-jin [15]
Blue Busking Special appearance
The Outlaws Regional investigation unit leader Cameo
Man of Will Kim Chang-soo [16][17]
2018 The Spy Gone North Hak-sung [18]
Believer Won-ho [19]
Intimate Strangers Seok-ho [20]
2019 Jesters: The Game Changers Deok-Ho [21]
Close to You [22]
Man of Men Young-ki [23]
Black Money Min-Hyuk
2020
Me and Me [24]

Television series
Year Title Role Network
2007 Romance Hunter Park Cheol-gi tvN
2008 Don't Ask Me About the Past Bae Yoon-goo OCN
Lottery Trio President Park KBS N
2009 My Too Perfect Sons Brutus Lee KBS2
Hot Blood Lee Soon-gil KBS2
2010 The Slave Hunters Kwak Han-seom KBS2
A Man Called God Jang-ho MBC
Flames of Desire Kang Joon-goo MBC
2011 Believe in Love Kim Chul-soo KBS2
Deep Rooted Tree Moo-hyul[25] SBS
2014 The Full Sun Park Kang-jae[26] KBS2
2016 Signal Lee Jae-han tvN
Entourage Kim Eun-gap[27] tvN

Musical/Theater
Year Title Role
2001 Baridaegi Mu Jang-seng
2002 앵무가 Tiger
2003 Macbeth Macbeth
Veronika Decides to Die Dr. Lee
2004 The Balba Balba

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2009 KBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor My Too Perfect Sons, Hot Blood Nominated
2010 18th Chunsa Film Art Awards[28] Best New Actor Bestseller Won
2011 47th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor (Film) GLove Nominated
SBS Drama Awards Special Award, Actor in a Drama Special Deep Rooted Tree Nominated
2012 21st Buil Film Awards[29] Best Supporting Actor Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time Won
2013 49th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Supporting Actor (Film) Perfect Number Nominated
34th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Hwayi: A Monster Boy Nominated
2014 18th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival[30] It Award A Hard Day Won
23rd Buil Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
51st Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
35th Blue Dragon Film Awards[31] Best Supporting Actor Won
4th Korea Film Actors Association Awards Korea's Top Supporting Actor Won
KBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor The Full Sun Nominated
2015 10th Max Movie Awards[32] Best Supporting Actor A Hard Day Won
9th Asian Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
51st Baeksang Arts Awards[33] Best Actor (Film) Won
24th Buil Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Assassination Nominated
36th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2016 21st Chunsa Film Art Awards[34] Best Supporting Actor Won
52nd Baeksang Arts Awards Best Supporting Actor (Film) Nominated
Best Actor (TV) Signal Nominated
5th APAN Star Awards[35] Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Won
tvN10 Awards[36][37] Grand Prize (Daesang) - Actor Won
Best Actor Nominated
1st Asia Artist Awards[38] Grand Prize (Daesang) Won
5th Korea Film Actors Association Awards[39] Korea's Top Star N/A Won
7th Korean Popular Culture & Arts Awards[40] Prime Minister Award N/A Won
2017 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards Best Supporting Actor (Film) The Handmaiden Nominated
26th Buil Film Awards Best Actor Bluebeard Nominated
2018 55th Grand Bell Awards[41] Best Actor Believer Nominated
3rd DongA's PICK Golden Hand Award N/A Won

References
  1. "CHO Jin-woong". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  2. Hwang, Hee-yeon; Kim, Hyung-seok (17 October 2014). "10 Scene Stealers④ - CHO Jin-woong: Expressing with Subtle Glances". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  3. "'Signal' stars maintaining the momentum". Korea JoongAng Daily. 15 March 2016.
  4. Literally means "Wild Horse."
  5. Lee, Jin-ho (13 December 2011). "Cho Jin Woong Has Newfound Respect for Baseball". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  6. Yun, Chloe (4 September 2013). "Cho Jin woong "I want to give everything to Yeo Jin goo"". BNTNews. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  7. Lee, Eun-ah (4 June 2013). "Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Jin-woong Cast in New Film". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  8. "Cho Jin Woong leaves a comment after 'Roaring Currents' surpasses 15 million views". Star N News. 20 August 2014.
  9. Conran, Pierce (19 March 2014). "Veteran Director JANG Jin Announces 12th Project". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  10. ""Salut D'Amour" Cho Jin-woong, no more charisma". Ilgan Sports. 10 March 2015.
  11. "Jun Ji-hyun, Lee Jung-jae and Cho Jin-woong, why they chose "The Assassination"". Ilgan Sports. 22 June 2015.
  12. "'The Handmaiden' generates a buzz". Korea JoongAng Daily. 3 May 2016.
  13. ""The Hunt" Cho Jin-woong and why wants to be the character in his work". Asia Today. 28 June 2016.
  14. "'Bluebeard' pioneers new genre for Korean thriller". The Korea Times. 28 February 2017.
  15. "SHERIFF Rounds Up LEE Sung-min, CHO Jin-woong and KIM Sung-kyun". Korean Film Biz Zone. 6 April 2016.
  16. "CHO Jin-woong Takes on COMMANDER KIM CHANG-SOO". Korean Film Biz Zone. 14 November 2016.
  17. "Actor Cho recounts pressure of playing Kim Koo role". The Korea Times. 13 October 2017.
  18. "HWANG Jung-min Infiltrates YOON Jong-bin's DUKE". Korean Film Biz Zone. 6 January 2017.
  19. "LEE Hae-young's DOKJEON Wraps with CHO Jin-woong and RYU Jun-yeol". Korean Film Biz Zone. 1 December 2017.
  20. "PERFECT STRANGERS Remake Begins Production". Korean Film Biz Zone. 9 January 2018.
  21. "CHO Jin-woong and SON Hyun-ju Suit Up for THE CLOWNS". Korean Film Biz Zone. 9 April 2018.
  22. "CHO Jin-woong Signs on for Directing Debut of JUNG Jin-young". Korean Film Biz Zone. 27 September 2018.
  23. "SUL Kyung-gu, CHO Jin-woong Face Off in MAN OF MEN". Korean Film Biz Zone. 10 September 2019.
  24. "ME AND ME (2020)". Korean Film Biz Zone. 18 June 2020.
  25. "Shin Se Gyeong and Cho Jin Woong took a picture together". Korea.com. 21 November 2011. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  26. "Yoon Kye-sang and Cho Jin-woong in "The Full Sun"". enews24. 26 December 2013.
  27. "'Entourage Korea' names its cast". The Korea Times. 2 February 2016.
  28. "강우석 '이끼', 춘사영화제 작품상 등 7관왕(종합)". Star News (in Korean). 18 September 2010.
  29. "Cho Jin Woong garners the Best Supporting Actor Award in Busan". Star N News. 7 October 2013.
  30. Ha, Soo-jung (8 July 2014). "Hyun Bin, Son Ye Jin, Kim Woo Bin and More to Win Awards from PiFan". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
  31. Kim, June (18 December 2014). "35th Blue Dragon Awards Names THE ATTORNEY Best Film". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  32. "The 10th Max Movie Awards Winners; "The Admiral: Roaring Currents" awarded 2 trophies". TV Daily. 26 February 2015.
  33. Lee, Hoo-nam; Kim, Hyung-eun (28 May 2015). "Baeksang honors new, veteran stars". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
  34. "Chunsa Film Art Awards 2016 Winners". Asiae. 6 April 2016.
  35. "Song Joong-ki wins grand prize at APAN awards". The Korea Herald. 3 October 2016.
  36. "Cho Jin-woong, "Signal" was tough". Seoul English. 10 October 2016.
  37. "tvN10 Awards' full list of winners". Kpop Herald. 10 October 2016.
  38. "[2016 AAA] 조진웅·엑소, 대상 수상…엑소 5관왕 영예[종합]". TV Report (in Korean). 16 November 2016.
  39. "Actors Gong Hyo-jin, Cho Jung-seok, Cho Jin-woong win top star award". Yonhap News Agency. 29 December 2016.
  40. "Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards announces winners". Kpop Herald. 25 October 2016.
  41. "제55회 대종상, 각 부문 후보 공개…'공작' 12개 최다부문 노미네이트". Sports Seoul (in Korean). 21 September 2018.
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