Cho Jin-woong

Cho Jin-woong
Cho Jin-woong in 2016
Born
Jo Won-jun

(1976-03-03) March 3, 1976 (age 48)
Other namesJo Jin-woong
EducationKyungsung University
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
AgentSaram Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul
조진웅
Revised RomanizationJo Jin-ung
McCune–ReischauerCho Chinung
Birth name
Hangul
조원준
Revised RomanizationJo Won-jun
McCune–ReischauerCho Wŏnjun

Cho Jin-woong (Korean조진웅; born March 3, 1976), born Jo Won-jun (조진웅), is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012), The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014), Assassination (2015), The Handmaiden (2016), The Sheriff in Town (2017), The Spy Gone North (2018), Believer (2018), Intimate Strangers (2018), and Black Money (2019), as well as the television series Deep Rooted Tree (2011) and Signal (2016).[2][3]

For his role as a mysterious villain in A Hard Day (2014), Cho won Best Actor at the 51st Baeksang Arts Awards.[4]

  1. ^ "조진웅". Cinefox (씨네폭스) (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  2. ^ "CHO Jin-woong". Korean Film Biz Zone. Archived from the original on 2015-06-07. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
  3. ^ "'Signal' stars maintaining the momentum". Korea JoongAng Daily. 15 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ^ Hwang, Hee-yeon; Kim, Hyung-seok (17 October 2014). "10 Scene Stealers④ - CHO Jin-woong: Expressing with Subtle Glances". Korean Cinema Today. Archived from the original on 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2014-10-30.