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Joo Jin-mo (actor, born )

South Korean actor

In this Korean name, the family name is Park. In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Joo.

This article is about the actor born in For the actor born in , see Joo Jin-mo (actor, born ).

Joo Jin-mo (born Park Jin-tae on 26 September ),[2] is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the films Happy End () in which he won Grand Bell Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Pounds Beauty (), and A Frozen Flower () in which he won Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Actor, as well as the television series Empress Ki ().

Background

Born in Seoul, South Korea as Park Jin-tae, he borrowed his manager's name "Joo Jin-mo" for his stage name when he began his acting career.[3]

Career

After appearing in TV dramas and some minor roles in film, Joo was first cast as a lead in Dance Dance in , for which he underwent extensive dance training. Although the film itself did not perform well, it gave Joo some publicity before he broke through with the box-office and critical hit Happy End. His role as a spurned lover in this psycho-drama attracted considerable notice in Korea, and the film itself also traveled to Hong Kong.[4]

After taking the lead in Kim Ki-duk's mildly experimental Real Fiction (which was shot in hours without any retakes), Joo took a major role in the much-hyped Musa, set in 14th-century China and starring Zhang Ziyi from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.[5][6] He also acted in Wanee & Junah, a melodrama about a screenwriter and an animator opposite Kim Hee-sun.[4]

After some films he had been cast in were cancelled due to lack of financing, Joo did the boxing drama Punch with Shin Min-ah, then returned to the big screen in , in the comedy Liar based on the play Run for Your Wife by Ray Cooney.[4]

From to early , Joo filmed the epic wuxia historical drama Bichunmoo ("Dance in the Sky"), but due to copyright issues with Korean broadcasters, it aired first in China and Taiwan in [7] It was finally shown on Korean television in , though SBS edited down the original 33 episodes into [8]

Meanwhile, Joo and Lee Yo-won's TV series Fashion 70's received good ratings of 30%.[9] In he starred in Puzzle about a bank robbery gone wrong, and opposite Kim Ah-joong in the hugely popular romantic comedy Pounds Beauty.[10] The Kwak Kyung-taek gangster romance A Love co-starring Park Si-yeon followed in [11][12]

A Frozen Flower, Yoo Ha's controversial film which revolved around the love triangle between a homosexualGoryeo king (Joo), his queen (Song Ji-hyo), and the royal guard (Jo In-sung) they're both in love with,[13][14][15] won Joo his first Best Actor trophy at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards.

He played a sports agent to a K-1 fighter in the TV series Dream,[16] but it received low ratings for sharing the same timeslot as Queen Seondeok.[17] The year after, Joo and Hallyu star Song Seung-heon appeared in A Better Tomorrow, the Korean remake of John Woo's classic Hong Kong noir film.[18][19] Joo was ranked fourth in CNNGo's "South Korea's Top 20 Hottest Male Celebs."[20][21]

Joo first sang "Like Rain, Like Music" by late singer Kim Hyun-sik during his first fan meeting in Japan at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo.[22] He later released his cover of "Like Rain, Like Music" as a digital single in September [23] Joo also starred in the accompanying music video with Go Joon-hee.[24]

In 's Gabi (the antiquated local term for "coffee"), Joo played a late 19th-century international con man who becomes embroiled in the espionage and political conspiracy surrounding King Gojong.[25][26] In making the role his own, Joo said he enjoyed the depth of his participation in the creative process with director Chang Yoon-hyun.[27] He said he is still waiting for a new role, a complete departure from the brooding masculinity he has come to be equated with. "All male actors dream of playing macho men at one point or another, but they also dream of playing emotionally complex roles. I'm the same," Joo said at a press conference.[27]

Joo and Ruby Lin starred in the episode Chinese TV dramaFlowers in Fog based on the novel by Qiong Yao (the title 花非花雾非雾 literally translates to "Flower is Not Flower, Fog is Not Fog").[28] It was shot in France, and aired on Hunan TV in [citation needed] He then returned to the Goryeo era to play a fictional character based on King Chunghye in Empress Ki, a historical drama with Ha Ji-won in the title role.[29]

On the big screen, Joo reunited with director Kwak Kyung-taek for Friend: The Great Legacy, the sequel to the hit film. Joo plays a gangster in , the father of Yoo Oh-sung's character in the original movie.[30][31][32]

Jo made his theater debut in a staging of the musicalGone with the Wind, adapted from Margaret Mitchell's novel. Joo said, "Rhett Butler is a character every actor would dream to play."[33] This was followed by melodrama series This is My Love with Kim Sa-rang (actress) on cable channel jTBC.[34]

In November , Joo signed with new management agency Huayi Brothers.[35] He next played in the series Woman with a Suitcase, followed by Bad Guys 2 in , and Big Issue in

On January 3, , it was reported that Joo had terminated his contract with Studio Santa Claus Entertainment.[36]

Personal life

Joo Jin-mo married doctor Min Hye-yeon on June 1, , in Jeju Island. Min is a Seoul National University graduate who specializes in family medicine. She has appeared on various health-related TV programs, in which she gained popularity and often dubbed as "Kim Tae-hee of the medical world."[1]

Legal case

In January , Joo Jin-mo revealed that he was a victim of phone hacking and was being blackmailed after several personal messages shared between Joo and his close actor friend appeared on an online community board on January 10, The messages allegedly included pictures of women and vulgar comments made by the two men about the women in the pictures. Joo's agency has reported the case to authorities. Investigation is ongoing.[37] He also apologized to the women mentioned in the messages.[38]

Filmography

Film

Television series

Theater

Discography

Album information Track listing
Like Rain, Like Music

Track listing

  1. 비처럼 음악처럼 (Like Rain, Like Music)
  2. 비처럼 음악처럼 (Like Rain, Like Music) (Inst.)

Awards and nominations

References

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