1. Jo Jung-suk began his career in theater, starring in Spring Awakening, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Grease and stage adaptation of The Harmonium in My Memory, among many other musicals and plays.
14 Facts About Jo Jung-suk
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Jo Jung-suk was admitted into the Theater department of Seoul Institute of the Arts on student loan, but after his father died in 2000, Jo's widowed mother became fully dependent on him.
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Jo Jung-suk was granted an exemption from military service due to family circumstances, and he quit school before graduating so he could start earning money by doing musicals.
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Jo Jung-suk made his professional acting debut in The Nutcracker in 2004.
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Jo Jung-suk was a scene stealer in his third onscreen role as earnest soldier Eun Shi-kyung in the drama series The King 2 Hearts.
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Jo Jung-suk next starred in big-screen comedy Almost Che, loosely based on a real-life incident from 1985, in which student activists forcibly occupied the US Cultural Center in Seoul and had a standoff with the police.
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In 2013, Jo Jung-suk starred in his first historical film, The Face Reader, alongside Song Kang-ho.
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Jo Jung-suk wanders around the eight provinces in the story.
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Jo Jung-suk seems to be an excellent performer, capable of acting with emotional depth rather than a comedic appearance.
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Jo Jung-suk headlined The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo, in which he played a TV news reporter who gets a scoop, followed by the time-hopping thriller Time Renegades.
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Jo Jung-suk then headlined the comedy-drama film My Annoying Brother alongside Park Shin-hye and Doh Kyung-soo of Exo.
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Jo Jung-suk was nominated for the Best Actor Award at the Blue Dragon Film Awards.
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Jo hosted the Jo Jung-suk Show at Mastercard Hall in Blue Square, Seoul, for two days on September 3 to 4,2022.
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Jo Jung-suk was selected as the brand ambassador of an online English learning platform in 2016.