Cho Jin-woong

Cho Jin-woong is, to my eye, a master of stealing scenes from the margins. Born Cho Won-jun in Busan in 1976 and trained from the stage at Kyungsung University, he built his reputation on supporting turns in muscular Korean films like Nameless Gangster, The Admiral: Roaring Currents and Assassination. I have always believed an actor's real strength shows not in the glamour of the lead but in how much weight he can carry from the side, and Cho carries an enormous amount. He was one of those reliable pillars who quietly held up an entire national cinema, and I admire him for it.

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Name (English)

Cho Jin-woong

Name (Japanese)

チョ・ジヌン

Reading

ちょ・じぬん

Born

March 3, 1976 (age 50)

Origin

Busan, South Korea

Occupation

film actor / actor / stage actor / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Dragon

University

Kyungsung University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho%20Jin-woong
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8C%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q493864

Tags

• film actor
• actor
• stage actor

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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