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Cho Jin-woong

1976 - Today

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Cho Jin-woong (Korean: 조진웅; born March 3, 1976), born Cho Won-jun (조원준), 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). In 2016, with the film The Handmaiden and the drama Signal, he transitioned from a supporting actor to a leading man. For his role as a mysterious villain in A Hard Day (2014), Cho won Best Actor at the 51st Baeksang Arts Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Cho Jin-woong is the 7,634th most popular actor (down from 6,521st in 2024), the 492nd most popular biography from South Korea (down from 366th in 2019) and the 225th most popular South Korean Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cho Jin-woong ranks 7,639 out of 13,578Before him are Gerrit Graham, Nicholle Tom, Arthur Edmund Carewe, G Hannelius, Ken Page, Eva Henger, Marceline Day, Uee, Dave Coulier, Michael Pitt, and Shenae Grimes. After him are Clare Higgins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Cho Jin-woong ranks 303Before him are Koichi Ae, Beto, Sterling K. Brown, Serena Auñón-Chancellor, Evan McMullin, and Martin Solveig. After him are Avdullah Hoti, Djamel Belmadi, Ethan Suplee, Anna Friel, Yui Horie, and Tijana Dapčević.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Cho Jin-woong ranks 492 out of 1,128Before him are Moon Chae-won (1986), Seol Ki-hyeon (1979), Ra Mi-ran (1975), Lee Jung-hyun (1980), Uee (1988), and Park Ji-hoon (1999). After him are Wendy (1994), Kim Sun-a (1973), Go Soo (1978), Lee Da-hae (1984), Joo Jin-mo (1974), and Yoo Ji-tae (1976).

Among ACTORS In South Korea

Among actors born in South Korea, Cho Jin-woong ranks 225Before him are Kim Ji-soo (1972), Park Yong-ha (1977), Hyomin (1989), Moon Chae-won (1986), Ra Mi-ran (1975), and Uee (1988). After him are Kim Sun-a (1973), Go Soo (1978), Lee Da-hae (1984), Joo Jin-mo (1974), Yoo Ji-tae (1976), and Go Youn-jung (1996).