1. Cho Seung-woo is a South Korean actor and singer.
20 Facts About Cho Seung-woo
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Cho Seung-woo is known for his leading roles in television dramas The King's Doctor, God's Gift: 14 Days, Stranger, Life, Sisyphus: The Myth and Divorce Attorney Shin.
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Cho Seung-woo did go on to appear in musicals after his film debut, acting in local productions Subway Line 1 and The Last Empress.
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In 2003, Cho Seung-woo acted in Kwak Jae-yong's romance The Classic opposite Son Ye-jin, receiving good reviews for his sincere acting.
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Cho Seung-woo's popularity continued to grow, and in 2004 he appeared in Im Kwon-taek's 99th film Low Life.
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The film sold over 5 million tickets, and aged 26, Cho Seung-woo won several awards for his performance including Best Actor at the 2005 Grand Bell Awards, Best Actor at 2005 Baeksang Arts Awards in film category, as well as Best Actor in the foreign film category at China's Hundred Flowers Awards.
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Cho Seung-woo starred in Love Phobia opposite then-girlfriend Kang Hye-jung; both were praised for their acting, but the melodrama wasn't a commercial success.
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Cho Seung-woo then headlined Tazza: The High Rollers with Kim Hye-soo, the 2006 film adaptation of Huh Young-man's same-titled manhwa, which went on to become one of the biggest Korean blockbuster hits of all time.
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Cho Seung-woo followed that with Go Go 70s, about a rock and roll band during the height of the Park Chung Hee military regime; and The Sword with No Name, in which he played a fictional royal guard in love with Empress Myeongseong.
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Cho Seung-woo's much-anticipated return to the stage was marked with controversy following reports that his salary would be the highest for any musical theatre actor in Korean history.
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That same year, Cho Seung-woo took on the lead role in the musical Zorro.
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Cho Seung-woo made his small screen debut in 2012 with The King's Doctor, a period drama based on a true story about a Joseon-era low-class veterinarian specializing in the treatment of horses who rises to become the royal physician.
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Cho Seung-woo won the highest award at the MBC Drama Awards for his performance in The King's Doctor, then returned to the stage in 2013 in Hedwig, reprising one of his most memorable musical roles.
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Cho Seung-woo portrayed the poet Yi Sang in Crow's-Eye View, a single-episode anthology as part of MBC's Drama Festival.
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Cho Seung-woo then starred in the 2014 time travel thriller God's Gift: 14 Days, playing a private investigator who helps a mother save her child.
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Cho Seung-woo reprised one of his most beloved roles in Jekyll and Hyde for the musical's 10th anniversary in late 2014, and the 18,700 tickets sold out in just 10 minutes.
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Cho Seung-woo next plays a heroic prosecutor who uncovers bribery in the halls of power in Inside Men, a 2015 film adaptation of Yoon Tae-ho's webtoon The Insiders.
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In 2017, Cho Seung-woo starred in tvN's mystery thriller drama Stranger, playing a prosecutor who lacks empathetic abilities.
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In 2018, Cho Seung-woo starred in the period film Feng Shui, the third installment of the "divining art trilogy" by Han Jae-rim.
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In 2020, Cho Seung-woo revived his role in Stranger Season 2 as Hwang Simok.