Jo Hyun-jae

Jo Hyun-jae
Jo Hyun-jae
	Jo in February 2018
Born	May 9, 1980 (age 44); Seoul, South Korea
Education	Myongji University ; Dankook University – Theater and Film
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1998–present
Agent	Ascendio
Spouse	Park Min-jung (m. 2018)
Korean name
Hangul	조현재
Hanja	趙顯宰
Revised Romanization	Jo Hyeon-jae
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Hyŏnchae

Jo Hyun-jae (Korean: 조현재; born May 9, 1980) is a South Korean actor. Jo made his entertainment debut as a singer in the four-member boy band Guardian, which disbanded after releasing their self-titled album in 1998. In 2000, after he drew popularity when he appeared in a commercial for sports drink Pocari Sweat, Jo began acting. He is best known for his leading roles in Love Letter (2003), Only You (2005), Ballad of Seodong (2005), and 49 Days (2011).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Personal life

On March 18, 2018, Jo announced his plans of marriage to his non-celebrity girlfriend a retired professional golfer. The couple dated for three years and married on March 24, 2018.^[4]^[5] Their first child was born on November 20, 2018.^[6] On October 27, 2021, his wife gave birth to a second daughter.^[7]

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	KAIST	Jang Dong-ha (episode 75)
2000	Golden Pond	Art instructor
2001	Father and Sons	Jong-du
2001	That's Perfect!	Hyun-jae
2002	The Great Ambition	Prince Sumyeong
2003	Love Letter	Lee Woo-jin / Andrew
2003	First Love	Han Young-woo
2004	Star's Echo	Yoo Sung-jae
	Sunlight Pours Down	Jung Eun-sup
	Forbidden Love	Kang Min-woo
2005	Only You	Han Yi-joon
2005	Ballad of Seodong	Seodong
2008	One Mom and Three Dads	Han Soo-hyun
2011	49 Days	Han Kang
2013	Rouge Hegemon	Xiao Wu Ke	Chinese drama^[8]
	Ad Genius Lee Tae-baek	Addie Kang^[9]
	The King's Daughter	Crown Prince Myeongnong
2014	Youth Storm	Ye Zi Xuan	Chinese drama
2015	Yong-pal	Han Do-joon
2017	Hospital Ship	Jang Sung-ho	Cameo appearance
2018	Let Me Introduce Her	Kang Ki-chan	^[10]

Variety shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Same Bed, Different Dreams 2: You Are My Destiny	Guest Couple	(episode 104–122) with his wife Park Min-jung
2021	The Time We Were Together	Narrator	audio book lectures^[11]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Untold Scandal	Kwon In-ho
2004	Joy of Love	Travis1984	Internet short film
2008	The Guard Post	1st Lt. Yoo Jeong-u
2014	The Actress Is Too Much	Hong Jin-woo

Music video

Year	Song Title	Artist
2007	"Love's Greeting"	SeeYa
2007	"Ice Doll"	SeeYa

Discography

Album information	Track listing
가디안 (Guardian) Artist: Guardian Album Released: May 1, 1998	Track listing Intro 슬픈 인연 아르바이트 세상이 가르쳐준 이별 수호천사 빨라 빨라 애상 미스터 플라워 죄와 벌 일요일 아침같은 그대 혼돈 Outro
다른 공간, 같은 추억 (Different Space, Same Memory) Artist: Jo Hyun-jae Digital single Label: DMS Communications Released: March 30, 2009	Track listing 그대가 내게 해준 말 (Words You Said to Me) 바람처럼 그대 곁에 (Beside You Like the Wind) 내 꿈을 하늘에 뿌린다 (Scatter My Dreams Across the Sky) 그대가 내게 해준 말 (Words You Said to Me) (Inst.) 바람처럼 그대 곁에 (Beside You Like the Wind) (Inst.) 내 꿈을 하늘에 뿌린다 (Scatter My Dreams Across the Sky) (Inst.)
단 하루를 살아도 (Even If I Live Just One Day) Artist: Jo Hyun-jae Track from 49 Days OST Label: Star Entry Entertainment, Danal Released: April 25, 2011	Track listing 단 하루를 살아도 (Even If I Live Just One Day) 단 하루를 살아도 (Even If I Live Just One Day) (Inst.) 단 하루를 살아도 (Even If I Live Just One Day) (MR)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2003	SBS Drama Awards	New Star Award	First Love	Won
2005	SBS Drama Awards	Top 10 Stars	Only You, Ballad of Seodong	Won
2006	42nd Baeksang Arts Awards	Most Popular Actor (TV)	Ballad of Seodong	Won
2007	Andre Kim Best Star Awards	Star Award	—	Won
2011	19th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	Hallyu Star Award	49 Days	Won
2011	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special	49 Days	Nominated
2013	MBC Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	The King's Daughter	Nominated
2018	6th APAN Star Awards^[12]	Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Let Me Introduce Her	Nominated
2018	26th Korea Culture and Entertainment Awards^[13]	Best Actor	Let Me Introduce Her	Won

References

^ "Jo Hyun Jae Profile & Portfolio" Archived August 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Hou Leng Jai. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
^ Hong, Lucia (August 17, 2010). "Jo Hyun-jae to hold fan meetings in Japan and Hong Kong". Asiae. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
^ Hong, Lucia (March 30, 2012). "Jo Hyun-jae joins Song Seung-heon and Lee Young-ae's agency". Asiae. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
^ Kim Jin-suk (March 18, 2018). 조현재, 열애 5년 끝에 골퍼와 결혼[공식]. IS Plus (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
^ Sung Ji-eun (March 18, 2018). "Jo Hyun-jae will get married this Saturday". Korea Joongang Daily. Archived from the original on March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
^ Yeo, Ye-rim (November 21, 2018). "Jo Hyun-jae welcomes first child". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on October 15, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
^ Kim Na-young (October 27, 2021). "조현재♥박민정, 오늘(27일) 득녀 "안정 취하는 중" [공식입장 전문]" [Cho Hyun-jae ♥ Park Min-jung, the daughter of today (27th) "I'm taking stability" [Full text of official position]] (in Korean). MK Sports. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021 – via Naver.
^ Hong, Lucia (October 19, 2011). "Jo Hyun-jae cast as male lead in upcoming Chinese TV series". 10Asia. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
^ "Actor Jo Hyun-Jae will be joining new KBS Monday-Tuesday drama". Innolife. January 14, 2013. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
^ "Mystery romance follows woman's search for her identity lost after plastic surgery". Kpop Herald. July 15, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
^ Lee Da-gyeom (August 18, 2021). "조현재, 목소리 재능기부...'우리가 함께한 시간' 프로젝트 참여" [Cho Hyun-jae, voice talent donation... Participated in the 'Time Together' project]. Maeil Business News (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
^ "이병헌·손예진·아이유 APAN스타어워즈 노미네이트". Star News (in Korean). September 27, 2018. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
^ 2018년 제 26회 "대한민국 문화연예대상" 성황리 개최. NB News (in Korean). November 29, 2018. Archived from the original on December 11, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.

External links

Jo Hyun-jae on Facebook (in Korean)
Jo Hyun-jae at HanCinema
Jo Hyun-jae at the Korean Movie Database
Jo Hyun-jae at IMDb

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[1] "Jo Hyun Jae Profile & Portfolio" Archived August 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Hou Leng Jai. Retrieved August 10, 2012.

[2] Hong, Lucia (August 17, 2010). "Jo Hyun-jae to hold fan meetings in Japan and Hong Kong". Asiae. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

[3] Hong, Lucia (March 30, 2012). "Jo Hyun-jae joins Song Seung-heon and Lee Young-ae's agency". Asiae. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

[4] Kim Jin-suk (March 18, 2018). 조현재, 열애 5년 끝에 골퍼와 결혼[공식]. IS Plus (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved March 20, 2018.

[5] Sung Ji-eun (March 18, 2018). "Jo Hyun-jae will get married this Saturday". Korea Joongang Daily. Archived from the original on March 19, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.

[6] Yeo, Ye-rim (November 21, 2018). "Jo Hyun-jae welcomes first child". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on October 15, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.

[7] Kim Na-young (October 27, 2021). "조현재♥박민정, 오늘(27일) 득녀 "안정 취하는 중" [공식입장 전문]" [Cho Hyun-jae ♥ Park Min-jung, the daughter of today (27th) "I'm taking stability" [Full text of official position]] (in Korean). MK Sports. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021 – via Naver.

[8] Hong, Lucia (October 19, 2011). "Jo Hyun-jae cast as male lead in upcoming Chinese TV series". 10Asia. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

[9] "Actor Jo Hyun-Jae will be joining new KBS Monday-Tuesday drama". Innolife. January 14, 2013. Archived from the original on August 15, 2013. Retrieved August 15, 2013.

[10] "Mystery romance follows woman's search for her identity lost after plastic surgery". Kpop Herald. July 15, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.

[11] Lee Da-gyeom (August 18, 2021). "조현재, 목소리 재능기부...'우리가 함께한 시간' 프로젝트 참여" [Cho Hyun-jae, voice talent donation... Participated in the 'Time Together' project]. Maeil Business News (in Korean). Naver. Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021.

[12] "이병헌·손예진·아이유 APAN스타어워즈 노미네이트". Star News (in Korean). September 27, 2018. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2018.

[13] 2018년 제 26회 "대한민국 문화연예대상" 성황리 개최. NB News (in Korean). November 29, 2018. Archived from the original on December 11, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.

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v t e Baeksang Arts Award for Most Popular Actor
Film	Son Chang-min (1990) Dokgo Young-jae (1995) Park Shin-yang (1998) Lee Jung-jae (1999) Lee Sung-jae (2000) Song Kang-ho (2001) Yu Oh-seong (2002) Im Chang-jung (2003) Gang Dong-won and Kwon Sang-woo (2004) Gang Dong-won, Kim Rae-won and Lee Dong-gun (2005) Hyun Bin (2006) Lee Joon-gi (2007) Kwon Sang-woo (2008) Ju Ji-hoon (2009) Jang Keun-suk (2010) Choi Seung-hyun (2011) Jang Keun-suk (2012) Kim Dong-wan (2013) Kim Soo-hyun (2014) Lee Min-ho (2015) Do Kyung-soo (2016) Do Kyung-soo (2017)
Television	Jeong Jin, Byun Hee-bong and Lee Deok-hwa (1985) Yu In-chon (1986) Kil Yong-woo and Lee Deok-hwa (1987) Jung Han-yong and Nam Sung-hoon (1988) Im Hyun-sik and Park Geun-hyung (1989) Kim Soon-cheol and Yu In-chon (1990) Jung Han-yong and Joo Hyun (1991) Park Sang-won and Choi Min-soo (1992) Bae Yong-joon and Jang Dong-gun (1997) Cha In-pyo and Song Seung-heon (1998) Ryu Si-won (1999) Yoo Dong-geun and Jun Kwang-ryul (2000) Kang Seok-woo (2001) Yoon Tae-young and Bae Yong-joon (2002) Ahn Jae-mo and Yoon Tae-young (2003) Rain and So Ji-sub (2004) Zo In-sung and Eric Mun (2005) Jo Hyun-jae (2006) Lee Beom-soo (2007) Kang Ji-hwan (2008) Kim Hyun-joong (2009) Lee Seung-gi (2010) Park Yoo-chun (2011) Park Yoo-chun (2012) Park Yoo-chun (2013) Kim Soo-hyun (2014) Lee Jong-suk (2015) Song Joong-ki (2016) Park Bo-gum (2017)
Combined	Jung Hae-in (2018) Doh Kyung-soo (2019) Hyun Bin (2020) Kim Seon-ho (2021) Lee Jun-ho (2022) Park Jin-young (2023) Kim Soo-hyun (2024)

v t e SBS Drama Awards for Best New Actor
1990s	Oh Dae-gyu (1993) Lee Jin-woo (1994) Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung (1995) Jung Heung-chae (1996) Kim Suk-hoon and Ryu Jin (1998) Jung Woong-in and Cha Tae-hyun (1999)
2000s	Jang Hyuk and So Ji-sub (2000) Go Soo, Ji Sung, Zo In-sung, Park Jung-chul and Ryoo Seung-bum (2001) Kim Jaewon, Kwon Sang-woo and Ryu Soo-young (2002) Gong Yoo, Kim Nam-jin, Lee Dong-wook and Jo Hyun-jae (2003) Kim Sung-soo and Lee Wan (2004) Lee Kyu-han, Lee Jae-hwang, Lee Tae-gon, Cho Yeon-woo and Chun Jung-myung (2005) Lee Jin-wook, Yoon Sang-hyun and Kang Ji-sub (2006) Ryu Tae-joon, Park Si-hoo, Song Jong-ho and Shin Dong-wook (2007) Ji Hyun-woo, Ha Seok-jin, Bae Soo-bin, Lee Sang-woo, Lee Jun-hyuk (2008) Kim Bum, Lee Yong-woo, Lee Hong-gi, Jung Yong-hwa, Jung Gyu-woon and Jin Tae-hyun (2009)
2010s	Kim Soo-hyun, No Min-woo, Joo Sang-wook and Choi Si-won (2010) Kim Jae-joong, Sung Hoon, Ji Chang-wook and Lee Jae-yoon (2011) Choi Min-ho, Lee Jong-hyun, Lee Hyun-woo and Jung Eun-woo (2012) Kang Min-hyuk, Seo In-guk, Lim Ju-hwan and Choi Jin-hyuk (2013) Ahn Jae-hyun, Seo Ha-joon, Kang Ha-neul, Kim Young-kwang and Park Seo-joon (2014) Yoon Kyun-sang, Byun Yo-han, Park Hyung-sik, Yook Sung-jae and Son Ho-jun (2015) Kwak Si-yang, Jung Hae-in, Go Kyung-pyo, Kim Min-jae, Kim Min-seok and Baekhyun (2016) Yang Se-jong (2017) Ahn Hyo-seop (2018) Eum Moon-suk (2019)
2020s	Jo Byeong-kyu (2020) Kim Young-dae, Choi Hyun-wook and Son Sang-yeon (2021) Kim Hyun-jin, Bae In-hyuk and Ryeoun (2022) Kim Do-hoon, Kang Yoo-seok, Lee Shin-young,Lee Hong-nae (2023)
From 2001 to 2016, it was the New Star Award.