Cho Seung-woo

To me, Cho Seung-woo is the kind of actor a national film industry quietly builds itself around. What impresses me isn't volume but range: he can anchor a heartbreaking melodrama like The Classic, a crime thriller like Inside Men, and then turn around and carry demanding stage musicals like Jekyll & Hyde and Man of La Mancha with his own voice. That theatrical discipline grounds his screen work in a way I find rare. He never seems to chase headlines; he lets the roles do the talking. I respect performers with that kind of quiet, durable craft, and he sits firmly in that category for me.

Name (English)

Cho Seung-woo

Name (Japanese)

チョ・スンウ

Reading

ちょ・すんう

Born

March 28, 1980 (age 46)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Monkey

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

actor / film actor / stage actor / television actor

High school

Kaywon High School of Arts

University

Dankook University

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho%20Seung-woo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%A6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483011

Tags

• actor
• film actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

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