Jo Jung Suk

Profile

Name: 조정석 / Jo Jung Suk (Cho Jeong Seok)
Profession: Actor, musical actor and singer
Birthdate: 1980-Dec-26 (age 43)
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 175cm
Weight: 64kg
Blood type: AB
Star sign: Capricorn
Family: Older sister, 2 older brothers, wife/singer Gummy and a daughter
Talent agency: Jam Entertainment

About Jo Jung Suk

Jo Jung Suk had always wanted to be on stage. He was admitted to the Theater department of Seoul Institute of the Arts, but after his father died in 2000, Jo's widowed mother became fully dependent on him. He was granted an exemption from military service due to family circumstances, and he quit school before graduating so he could start earning money by doing musicals. He debuted in The Nutcracker in 2004.

Jo has since become active and well-known in musical theatre, acting in a total of 25 musicals during the first nine years of his career, including Organ in My Heart (musical adaptation of "The Harmonium in My Memory"), Janggeum the Great (musical adaptation of Dae Jang Geum), and Korean productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Grease, The Island, and Spring Awakening.

In 2011 he landed his first television role on cable series What's Up? as awkward but talented music student Kim Byung Gun. But 2012 would be his breakout year, starring in two high-profile projects; he played a supporting role in box office hit Architecture 101 as the young hero's best friend Nab Ddeuk, bursting with personality and comic timing. And he was once again a scene stealer in his third onscreen role as earnest soldier Eun Shi Kyung in the network drama The King 2 Hearts. Jo's display of versatility and screen presence in those projects has caused a recent surge in mainstream popularity for the actor, resulting in close to twenty offers for films and dramas, not to mention commercials.

TV Shows

Captivating the King (tvN, 2024)
Hospital Playlist 2 (tvN, 2021)
Hospital Playlist (tvN, 2020)
Nokdu Flower (SBS, 2019)
Familiar Wife (tvN, 2018) cameo
Two Cops (MBC, 2017)
Legend of the Blue Sea (SBS, 2016) cameo
Jealousy Incarnate (SBS, 2016)
Oh My Ghost (tvN, 2015)
Lee Soon Shin is the Best (KBS2, 2013)
The King 2 Hearts (MBC, 2012)
What's Up? (MBN, 2011)

TV Show Theme Songs

Butterfly with Mido and Parasol - Hospital Playlist 2 OST (2021)
Running in the Sky with Mido and Parasol - Hospital Playlist 2 OST (2021)
It's My Life with Mido and Parasol - Hospital Playlist 2 OST (2021)
Is It Still Beautiful with Mido and Parasol - Hospital Playlist 2 OST (2021)
Someday with Mido and Parasol - Hospital Playlist 2 OST (2021)
I Like You with Mido and Parasol - Hospital Playlist 2 OST (2021)
Rain and You with Mido and Parasol - Hospital Playlist 2 OST (2021)
You Have a Crush On Me with Mido and Parasol - Hospital Playlist 2 OST (2021)
Let's Forget It with Mido and Parasol - Hospital Playlist 2 OST (2021)
Superstar with Mido and Parasol - Hospital Playlist 2 OST (2021)
Already One Year with Mido and Parasol - Hospital Playlist 2 OST (2021)
I Like You - Hospital Playlist 2 OST (2021)
Me to You, You to Me with Mido and Parasol - Hospital Playlist OST (2020)
Oh! What a Shiny Night with Mido and Parasol - Hospital Playlist OST (2020)
Aloha - Hospital Playlist OST (2020)
Gimme A Chocolate - Oh My Ghost OST insert song (2015)
Beautiful Song with IU - Lee Soon Shin is the Best OST insert song (2013)
I Totally Love You - Lee Soon Shin is the Best OST (2013)

Movies

Pilot (2024)
Exit (2019)
Hit-and-Run Squad (2019)
The Drug King (2018)
Intimate Strangers (2018)
My Annoying Brother (2016)
Time Renegade (2016)
The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo (2015)
My Love, My Bride (2014)
The King's Wrath / The Fatal Encounter (2014)
Physiognomy / The Face Reader (2013)
Almost Che (2012)
Architecture 101 (2012)

Movie Theme Songs

Don't Worry with D.O. - My Annoying Brother OST (2016)
Couple Song with Shin Min Ah - My Love, My Bride OST (2014)
Green Sleeves - Almost Che OST (2012)

Theater

Amadeus (2018)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2016)
Blood Brothers (2014)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2011)
True West (2010)
The Island (2009)
Spring Awakening (2009)
Fever Night (2008)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2008)
Janggeum the Great (2008)
Evil Dead (2008)
The Harmonium in My Memory (2008)
Le Passe-Muraille (2007-2008)
Pump Boys and Dinettes (2007)
First Love (2007)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2006-2007)
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (2006)
All Shook Up (2006)
Kingdom of the Wind (2006)
Le Passe-Muraille (2006)
Nunsense A-Men (2005)
Grease (2005–2006)
The Nutcracker (2004)

Theater Theme Songs

My Love, Soo Jung - The Harmonium in My Memory OST (2008)
The Harmonium in My Memory with Lee Jung Mi - The Harmonium in My Memory OST (2008)
Under the Road with Go Young Bin - Kingdom of the Wind OST (2007)

Endorsements

Lotte Buon Gelato Ice Cream
Lotte Hot 6 Energy Drink
LG U Plus LTE
Hyundai Santafe BlueLink
Nongsim Dungji Ramen
Hi Mart
Granola Cereals
Everytime
DD Chicken
Schneider
Yanolja
ISSAC TOAST
Samsung Life Insurance
SK telecom Tmap

Recognitions

2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards: Best OST Award (I Like You from Hospital Playlist 2 OST)
2020 3rd Genie Music Awards: Best OST Award (Aloha from Hospital Playlist OST)
2020 12th Melon Music Awards: Best OST Award (Aloha from Hospital Playlist OST)
2020 18th Brand of the Year Awards: Actor of The Year (Hospital Playlist)
2020 18th Brand of the Year Awards: OST of The Year (Aloha from Hospital Playlist OST)
2020 Korea First Brand award: Male Commercial Model
2019 27th SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award in Mid-Length Drama (Male) (Nokdu Flower)
2017 36th MBC Drama Awards: Male Top Excellence in a Monday-Tuesday Drama (Two Cops)
2016 24th SBS Drama Awards: Top Excellence Award for Romantic Comedy Drama (Jealousy Incarnate)
2016 24th SBS Drama Awards: Top 10 Stars Award (Jealousy Incarnate)
2016 36th Korea Film Actors Association: Korea's Top Star (My Annoying Brother)
2016 7th Korean Popular Culture & Arts Awards: Cultural Minister Award
2016 tvN10 Awards: Best Kiss Award with Park Bo Young 6th place (Oh My Ghost)
2016 tvN10 Awards: Two Star Award (Oh My Ghost)
2014 14th Korea World Youth Film Festival: Popularity Award (My Love, My Bride)
2013 27th KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple with IU (Lee Soon Shin is the Best)
2013 27th KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actor in Serial Drama (Lee Soon Shin is the Best)
2013 13th Korea World Youth Film Festival: Best New Actor (The Face Reader)
2013 33rd Korean Association of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actor (The Face Reader)
2013 50th Grand Bell Awards: Best Supporting Actor (The Face Reader)
2013 4th Korea Film Reporters Association Film Awards: Best New Actor (Architecture 101)
2012 20th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards: Best New Actor (Architecture 101)
2012 33rd Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best New Actor (Architecture 101)
2012 5th Style Icon Awards: New Icon
2012 6th Mnet 20's Choice Awards: 20's Booming Actor (Architecture 101 and The King 2 Hearts)
2010 4th The Musical Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Spring Awakening)
2009 15th Korea Musical Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Spring Awakening)
2008 14th Korea Musical Awards: Best New Actor (Organ In My Heart)

Trivia

Education: Seoul Institute of the Arts (Theater major)
Hobbies: Taekwondo

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