Born 1973, CHO Han-cheul studied theater and film at Cheongju University and went on with a master’s degree in dramatics from the Korea National University of Arts. Having debuted in the play <Studio Apartment> in 1998, he remained first and foremost a stage actor who would perform in plays as well as musicals, despite a first incursion into cinema in 1999 with LEE Chang-dong’s classic <Peppermint Candy>. After another brief appearance in Hong Sangsoo’s <...More

Born 1973, CHO Han-cheul studied theater and film at Cheongju University and went on with a master’s degree in dramatics from the Korea National University of Arts. Having debuted in the play <Studio Apartment> in 1998, he remained first and foremost a stage actor who would perform in plays as well as musicals, despite a first incursion into cinema in 1999 with LEE Chang-dong’s classic <Peppermint Candy>. After another brief appearance in Hong Sangsoo’s <Tale of Cinema> (2005), he was given top billing for <Off Road> (2007), in which he plays an unlucky taxi driver taken hostage by a bank robber forcing him to drive down south. Most people however discovered CHO through the royal court intrigue drama series <The Great Seer> (2012). After a series of prime roles in <Hard To Say> (2012), <Horror Stories> (2012), <48M> (2012), <Sookhee> (2013) and <Papa Zombie> (2016), CHO made the headlines when he was cast in <Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days> (2017), taking over the role previously held by OH Dal-soo. CHO cemented further his reputation by playing the King of Joseon in the historical romcom series <100 Days My Prince> (2018). Following another successful performance in the financial crisis drama <Default> (2018), he was cast as one of the civil jurors summoned in <Juror 8> (2019).Less