Jo Jae Hyun 조재현

Date of Birth : 30 June 1965

Height : 172 cm

Education : Joongang University

Famous family member : son, Jo Soo Hoon is 쇼트트랙 선수

DRAMA :

대추나무 사랑 걸렸네 (TV) (1990)

카루나 (1996)

사랑하세요 (TV) (1997)

Happy Together (해피 투게더 - 1999)

The Face 얼굴 (1999)

Piano 피아노 (2002)

Snowman 눈사람 (2003)

Hongkong Express 홍콩 익스프레스 (2005)

봄날의미소(2005)

New Heart 뉴하트(2007)(won 2008 MBC Best Actor Award)

MOVIES :

Market of Men 남자시장 (1990)

Passion Portrait / Portrait Of The Days Of Youth 젊은날의 초상 (1990)

Venus 비너스 (1991) 이시하라 역

Cutting sadness with the knife which sprouts from the heart 가슴에 돋는 칼로 슬픔을 자르고 (1992)

Eternal Empire 영원한 제국 (1995) 이인몽 역

Crocodile (악어 - 1996)

Wild Animals (야생동물 보호구역 - 1997)

Girls' Night Out 처녀들의 저녁식사 (1998) 영작 역

Interview 인터뷰(1999)

The Isle 섬(1999)

Prison Worldcup 교도소월드컵(2000)

Farewell (작별 - 2001) (as trailer narrator)

Address Unknown 수취인불명(2001)

Bad Guy 나쁜남자(2001)

Sword In The Moon 청풍명월(2002)

맹부삼천지교(2003)

Mokpo, Gangster's Paradise 목포는항구다(2003)

Love So Divine (신부수업 - 2004)(as cameo)

Beyond The Years / Thousand Year Crane 천년학(2006)

Korean Peninsula / Hanbando 한반도(2006)

Romance 로망스(2006)

Marine Boy 마린보이(2008)

집행자 (2009)

PLAY / MUSICALS :

2008 민들레 바람 되어 (Be the Dandelion Breeze)

OTHERS :

Happy Together Season 3 (2008, KBS2)

Video clips featuring Jo Jae Hyun.

7 Nov 2008 Section TV program, from 28 min 30 sec, about his play, 민들레 바람 되어 (Be the Dandelion Breeze)

another link to watch the whole episode of that Section TV program,

http://www.mycreo.com/ContentView/Player.a...;fileid=1007074

28 Nov 2008 MBC's Section TV (from 45m 30s about Dandelion musical)

http://www.mycreo.com/ContentView/Player.a...;fileid=1007955

KBS drama, 대추나무 사랑 걸렸네 (1990)

http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/daechu/

movie, Market of Men 남자시장 (1990)

http://movie.daum.net/moviedetail/moviedet....do?movieId=633

movie, Passion Portrait / Portrait Of The Days Of Youth 젊은날의 초상 (1990)

http://movie.daum.net/moviedetail/moviedet....do?movieId=794

Venus 비너스 (1991)

http://www.movist.com/movies/movie.asp?mid=2935

^ Thanks Huang for starting the thread for Jo Jae Hyun. IT'S ABOUT TIME!

I'm not that big a fan to JJH but he is simply one of the best, talented, versatile character actors around.. but soooooo totally under-rated in soompi.. which is a sad, sad thing indeed.

First time saw him in Snowman. Just love everything about the series. :blush: Then.. saw him in Happy Together.. but didn't like the brash character he was then.. which makes him good in portraying the role. And in ROMANCE (the movie).. with Kim Ji Soo.. simply the charismatic hero. Despite the not-so-good feedback in term of b.o. rating.. the performance is just top-notch.

I've really not seen that many JJH work but I do know that he is one of the best. Just look at his impressive filmography!

November 5, 2008

Actor Jo Jae-hyeon returns as a programmer

Seasoned actor Jo Jae-hyeon is up for a new challenge these days – reviving theater. Arduously staged productions hardly attract any audience members nowadays. But a silver lining is the play “Theater series 2” produced by Jo. It’s the talk of the town and is drawing numerous spectators. It’s a project to stage eleven plays from December, 2007 to January, 2008 and Jo is involved in all stages of the process from planning, casting, PR to marketing. The series of 11 productions that started with “Clumsy people” directed by filmmaker Jang Jin--known for his unique sense of humor--and including “Old thief story,” ”Taming Rita,” “Black bird,” “Life in the theater” and “Return of Chairman Eom” have all been big hits. Even weekday shows put out additional seats and people are complaining that “it’s hard to get tickets.”

The series project first came about in 2004 and Jo put together all the 11 productions, personally asking fellow actors for casting requests. “Theater series 2” includes past premieres, old hits and newly adapted foreign plays for a display of the present and future of Korean theater. Whether it be laughter or tears or any new attempt, Jo says the series is made to appeal to viewers.

Ceaseless passion for acting

Jo brilliantly plays characters who are marginalized in society and in some kind of need. He says it’s from his own experience. When he lived in a hilly slum neighborhood in Daehakno, he shared one room with his grandparents. Looking out the window, he saw dense rows of rickety homes like his but far beyond them, he saw fancy two-story houses. Children there dressed in yellow uniforms and would get off the school buses. After sunset, little Jo climbed over the kindergarten wall and played on the seesaw, slide and swing. Accompanied by friends, he would also climb over the wall of Changgyeongwon Zoo and the planetarium to collect empty bottles and sell them for pocket money. Once, when the boys met older men there also collecting bottles, they were beat up and the bottles stolen. From then on Jo already knew life was not fair. Still, his house was one of the better ones in the slum. His father gradually expanded his business by renting briquettes and selling gas and cement. By the time he attended middle school and high school, Jo was being driven to school in a foreign car. But he remembers that he hated school at the time and indulged in booze, cigarettes and visits to dance clubs. He even once ran away from home.

What realigned Jo’s aimless life was theater. From early on, Jo was known to draw well. Teachers would have Jo draw pictures that were to go on the school bulletin. Jo wanted to be a painter until he saw a play for the first time during middle school. He could straighten out his life thanks to his passion for acting. To play a character in the play “Island” during his university junior year, he completely shaved his head. He decided to end his roaming life. He also married around this time. He didn’t leave the stage even when he passed a TV actor exam for KBS in 1989. He once ran a drama troupe but gave it up, as he couldn’t concentrate on acting because of production costs and other monetary concerns. Whether stage, film or TV, he believes acting is all the same, an expression of one’s heart.

Jo has always been on guard against basking in the familiar. He feels liberated and energized when facing new challenges. He has been cast from the very first movie of director Kim Ki-duk and is known to best demonstrate Kim’s cinematic style. It was from this time that he was hailed as a brilliant actor. But he realized from some point that his acting was becoming monotonous and that leaving Kim would be better for himself and the director. He has appeared in romance, comedy and a variety of other genres, including films such as “Mokpo is a port,” “Father and Son: The Story of Mencius” and “Romance.”

The power of theater

Jo’s number one interest these days is the stage. He is testing the belief that a good script, cast and producers can attract an audience. He believes dramas should also change to suit the taste of the less patient current generation. His ideas are controversial in the theater circle, but it’s undeniable that he is injecting new energy into Korean theater, which was facing a dead end. As theater changed his own life since he first encountered plays in middle school, he believes it has the power to change other people as well.

Source: KBS Global, captures from empas.com

http://english.kbs.co.kr/mcontents/people/1554260_11674.html

Hi Rubie,

I have seen more of his movies than drama.

I seen him in Piano, Snowman and New Heart.

Seen Interview and all of Kim Ki Duk's movies he acted in.

movie, Cutting sadness with the knife which sprouts from the heart 가슴에 돋는 칼로 슬픔을 자르고 (1992)

http://movie.daum.net/moviedetail/moviedet...do?movieId=2179

Eternal Empire 영원한 제국 (1995)

http://movie.daum.net/moviedetail/moviedet....do?movieId=205

카루나 (1996)

http://movie.daum.net/moviedetail/moviedet....do?movieId=203

사랑하세요 (TV) (1997)

Girls' Night Out 처녀들의 저녁식사 (1998) 영작 역

SBS drama, Happy Together (해피 투게더 - 1999)

http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=34109

http://global.sbs.co.kr/Korean/AboutSBSPro..._id=V0000211133

movie, The Face 얼굴 (1999)

http://movie.daum.net/moviedetail/moviedet...n.do?movieId=35

movie, Interview 인터뷰(1999)

http://movie.daum.net/moviedetail/moviedet....do?movieId=144

movie, The Isle 섬(1999)

http://movie.daum.net/moviedetail/moviedet....do?movieId=159

Prison Worldcup 교도소월드컵(2000)

Address Unknown 수취인불명(2001)

Bad Guy 나쁜남자(2001)

Piano 피아노 (2002)

Snowman 눈사람 (2003)

http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18513

Love So Divine (신부수업 - 2004)(as cameo)

http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9238

Hongkong Express 홍콩 익스프레스 (2005)

http://tv.sbs.co.kr/hongkong/

Spring's Smile 봄날의미소(2005)

http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/smile

xxx Beyond The Years / Thousand Year Crane 천년학(2006)

Beyond The Years / Thousand Year Crane 천년학(2006)

Korean Peninsula / Hanbando 한반도(2006)

http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=136000

Romance 로망스(2006)

New Heart 뉴하트(2007)

http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=173460

http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/newheart

http://content.mbc.co.kr/english/drama/08/1670560_25450.html