Jang Seung-jo

Jang Seung-jo is, to my eye, the kind of actor a drama is lucky to have rather than one who demands the spotlight. Across Money Flower, Snowdrop, Familiar Wife and Encounter, he keeps showing up in heavy, emotionally layered material and quietly anchoring it. That stage-actor background tells me everything: his presence feels earned, not manufactured. I appreciate that he kept his birth name private and lets the work speak. Hitting his stride in his forties, he strikes me as a performer who will only deepen, the sort of reliable craftsman who makes everyone around him look better. I am rooting for him.

Name (English)

Jang Seung-jo

Name (Japanese)

チャン・スンジョ

Reading

ちゃん・すんじょ

Born

December 13, 1981 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

Origin

South Korea

Occupation

film actor / television actor / actor / stage actor

High school

Gwangmyeong High School

University

Sangmyung University

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Tags

• film actor
• television actor
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-18

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