1. Cha Seung-won is a South Korean actor, who began his career as an in-demand fashion model in the 1990s.
19 Facts About Cha Seung-won
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Cha Seung-won dropped out of Sungkyunkwan University, and began a successful career as a fashion model in 1988.
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Cha Seung-won was cast in the TV sitcom New York Story, which would eventually pave the way for his debut in film.
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Since then, Cha Seung-won has become one of the few surefire box office draws in the country.
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In early 2003, Cha Seung-won took on a slightly more serious role as a corrupt schoolteacher who is transferred to a country school in the film My Teacher, Mr Kim.
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Cha Seung-won appeared as a private bodyguard in KBS2's weekend drama Bodyguard aired in July, 2003.
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In 2005, Cha Seung-won put aside the comic roles he had become known for and appeared in the grisly period thriller Blood Rain.
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Cha Seung-won further proved his versatility in Jang Jin's Murder, Take One.
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Cha Seung-won was named as major film actor from his agency Gooder Better Entertainment.
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Cha Seung-won starred in his first melodrama Over the Border, about a North Korean defector.
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Cha Seung-won then reunited with Jang Jin in My Son, and he said his experience as a father helped a lot in learning the character.
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Cha Seung-won returned to television in 2009, in the political fairytale City Hall penned by writer Kim Eun-sook.
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In 2014, Cha Seung-won signed with the talent agency YG Entertainment, then starred in the police series You're All Surrounded.
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Cha Seung-won was then cast as Prince Gwanghae in the period drama Splendid Politics, which focused on power struggles for the throne amid the backdrop of the Joseon Dynasty.
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Cha Seung-won next plays cartographer and geologist Kim Jeong-ho in Kang Woo-suk's period epic Gosanja, Daedongyeojido, adapted from Park Bum-shin's novel The Map Maker.
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In 2017, Cha Seung-won was cast in tvN's fantasy romantic comedy drama A Korean Odyssey by the Hong sisters.
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Cha Seung-won the starred in the family comedy-drama film Cheer Up, Mr Lee in 2019 and the disaster film Sinkhole in 2021.
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In March 2025, Cha Seung-won left YG Entertainment and signed with new agency KeyEast.
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Cha Seung-won had previously falsified his marriage date as 1989 to match No-ah's age, apologizing for entering the wrong date since their son did not know his paternity.