Cha Tae-hyun

Cha Tae-hyun is one of those rare performers who can make you laugh until you cry and then flip the script on you with something quietly moving, and I don't think he gets nearly enough credit for that range outside of Korea. My Sassy Girl (2001) is legitimately one of the best rom-coms to ever come out of Asia, and his ability to play the put-upon everyman with total sincerity is what made it work. Scandal Makers and Hello Ghost showed he could carry a crowd-pleasing comedy on his back year after year, and Along with the Gods proved he could hold his own in a massive fantasy epic. The fact that he also DJs, sings, and has stepped behind the camera makes him one of Korean entertainment's true all-rounders — a guy who clearly just loves the craft in every form it comes in.

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Name (English)

Cha Tae-hyun

Name (Japanese)

チャ・テヒョン

Reading

ちゃ・てひょん

Born

March 25, 1976 (age 50)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

actor / disc jockey / singer / film actor / television director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Dragon

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha%20Tae-hyun
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%83%92%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483704

Tags

• actor
• disc jockey
• singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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