Jo Jae-hyun

Korean spelling
Hangeul	조재현
Hanja	趙 在 鉉
Revised Romanization	Jo Jae-hyeon
McCune- Reischauer	Cho Chaehyon
See also : Korean name

Jo Jae-hyun, 2017

Jo Jae-hyun (born June 30, 1965 in Seoul ) is a South Korean actor. He is considered to be the favorite actor of Kim Ki-duk .

Life

Jo Jae-hyun started acting in 1989. He already played the leading role in Kim Ki-duk's first film Crocodile (1996), but it was only with Seom - Die Insel and the very controversial pimp film Bad Guy that he became internationally known.

In 1991 he received the Baeksang Arts Award and the Blue Dragon Award for Best Young Actor for Slicing Sadness With A Knife In My Heart .

A daily newspaper poll of 105 directors, scriptwriters and reporters found him to be the most respected actor in South Korea.

Filmography (selection)

• 1990: Man Market
• 1992: Sorrow, Like a Withdrawn Dagger, Left My Heart
• 1995: The Eternal Empire
• 1996: Wild Animals
• 1996: Crocodile (Ageo)
• 1997: Wild Echoing in My Being
• 1998: Girls' Night Out
• 1998: Jump in My Hometown
• 1999: The Face
• 2000: Prison World Cup
• 2000: Seom - The Island
• 2000: interview
• 2001: Address Unknown
• 2001: Bad Guy
• 2002: stuntman
• 2002: Venus
• 2003: The broken sword
• 2004: Mokpo, Gangster's Paradise
• 2006: Hanbando
• 2006: Romance
• 2007: Puff the Rice
• 2009: Marine Boy
• 2010: The Executioner
• 2010: The Influence
• 2011: The Kick
• 2013: Moebius

Web links

• Cho Jae-hyun in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Jo Jae-hyun in the Korean Movie Database
• Jo Jae-hyun at HanCinema

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Jo is the family name here, Jae-hyun is the first name.