1. Jin Goo won Best Supporting Actor at the Grand Bell Awards and Blue Dragon Film Awards for his role in Bong Joon-ho's 2009 noir thriller Mother.
18 Facts About Jin Goo
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Jin Goo is known for his role in the critically and commercially successful series Descendants of the Sun.
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Jin Goo made his television debut in the 2003 gambling drama All In, as the younger version of the protagonist character played by Lee Byung-hun.
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In 2005, Jin Goo starred in the one-episode drama Saya, Saya, adapted from the novel written by Shin Kyung-sook about a mother and son who are both deaf.
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In 2010, Jin Goo shed his hardboiled image to play a down-to-earth, aspiring chef in Le Grand Chef 2: Kimchi Battle.
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Jin Goo said the film was a great pleasure to make since cooking is a hobby of his, though emulating a professional chef meant undergoing "200 hours of chopping radishes" in order to perfect the motion.
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Jin Goo added that after the filming, he was able to make kimchi with his mother, which proved to be a memorable experience.
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Jin Goo made his stage debut as Nathan in a Korean production of the musical Guys and Dolls.
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Jin Goo next starred in 26 Years, based on Kang Full's manhwa about a plot to assassinate the man responsible for the Gwangju Massacre.
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Jin Goo had been attached to the project since pre-production began in 2008, but investors backed out due to the politically controversial content.
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Jin Goo was the only holdover from the original cast; initially cast as the young policeman, he now played the more central role of the gangster.
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In 2015, Jin Goo starred in Northern Limit Line, a naval thriller about the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong.
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Jin Goo was cast as an elite special forces soldier in Descendants of the Sun, a romantic melodrama written by Kim Eun-sook.
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Later in the year, Jin Goo starred in MBC's melodrama Night Light.
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In 2017, Jin Goo starred in the action film One Line, where he played a legendary swindler who joins with a student to rob a bank.
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In 2019, Jin Goo starred in the legal drama Legal High, a remake of the Japanese television series of the same name.
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In December 2020, Jin Goo signed with new agency Varo Entertainment.
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Jin Goo completed his mandatory military service in the Republic of Korea Navy military police.