1. Cha Tae-hyun is a South Korean actor, singer, television personality, radio DJ and director.
25 Facts About Cha Tae-hyun
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Cha Tae-hyun is best known for his lead roles in the box-office hit comedies My Sassy Girl, Scandal Makers, Hello Ghost, The Grand Heist, and fantasy drama action hit Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds as well as the television series Jeon Woo-chi, The Producers, and Police University.
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Cha Tae-hyun made his directorial debut with the variety-drama Hit the Top, in which he starred.
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Cha Tae-hyun is a co-founder of the talent management agency Blossom Entertainment.
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Cha Tae-hyun started his career as a silver medalist in a 1995 KBS Talent Contest.
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Cha Tae-hyun was the radio DJ for KBS Cool FM's FM Popular Music with Cha Tae-hyun from 1999 to 2000, and made a minor film debut in the comedy Hallelujah.
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From 2003 Cha Tae-hyun's casting choices proved to be less inspired.
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Cha Tae-hyun released his second album The Book later that year.
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Cha Tae-hyun hosted KBS Cool FM's Mr Radio from 2007 to 2008, and was awarded Best Radio DJ at the 2007 KBS Entertainment Awards alongside Ahn Jae-wook.
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Cha Tae-hyun then portrayed the town's jester who has the intelligence of a six-year-old in BABO, a film adaptation of Kang Full's popular online comic.
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Cha Tae-hyun regained his top star status when his comedy flick Scandal Makers became the number one film of 2008, attracting 8.2 million moviegoers and ranking among Korea's biggest hits of all time.
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Cha Tae-hyun reunited with BABO director Kim Young-tak in 2010's Hello Ghost, a film about a man who after several suicide attempts, becomes possessed by four different ghosts.
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Cha Tae-hyun spent time with the horse before and during filming, luring his four-legged partner with a combination of carrots and sugar cubes.
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Cha Tae-hyun played his first historical role in The Grand Heist, as the leader of a Joseon era group of thieves who band together to steal ice.
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Cha Tae-hyun took on another sageuk role as the titular character in TV series Jeon Woo-chi, an impish Taoist wizard who becomes an unlikely hero.
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In 2016, Cha Tae-hyun reprised his role in My New Sassy Girl, a sequel to the 2001 hit film.
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In 2017, Cha Tae-hyun starred in the romantic comedy Because I Love You, playing a gifted composer who connects people in love; the film was again produced by his brother Cha Tae-hyun Ji-hyun.
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Cha Tae-hyun next starred in KBS2's variety-drama Hit the Top, which he directs.
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Cha Tae-hyun subsequently issued a formal statement of apology and withdrew from all his shows.
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In 2020, Cha Tae-hyun was cast in the crime detective drama Team Bulldog: Off-Duty Investigation.
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In 2021, Cha Tae-hyun starred in KBS2 drama Police University, playing Yoo Dong-man, a detective-turned-professor at the National Police University.
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In March 2025, Cha Tae-hyun announced that he ended his exclusive contract with Blossom Entertainment, which he co-founded, and will be establishing a new company with Zo In-sung.
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Cha Tae-hyun's father, Cha Tae-hyun Jae-wan, was an assistant director for special effects at KBS, and his mother Choi Su-min, now retired, was a voice-over artist.
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On June 1,2006, Cha Tae-hyun married his high school sweetheart, pop lyricist Choi Suk-eun.
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In 2011, Cha Tae-hyun revealed on SBS talk show Healing Camp, Aren't You Happy that he has a panic disorder.