1. Lim Ju-hwan is best known for his leading roles in the television dramas Tamra, the Island, Ugly Alert, Uncontrollably Fond and The Bride of Habaek.
15 Facts About Lim Ju-hwan
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When he was a senior in high school, Lim joined the theater group called Kwangto, an acronym of Kwangdae Tokkaebi referring to traditional performers and hobgoblins in Korean, where he was first introduced to theatrical performance.
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Lim Ju-hwan then played the role of the pastor in The Good Doctor by Neil Simon and won the prize of best performance in the Fourth Youth Theater Festival in 2000.
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Lim Ju-hwan directed the play, Pay Tuition Back, at the school festival.
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Lim Ju-hwan continues to maintain a good friendship with fellow actor Shin Dong-wook, whom he met at the time.
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Lim Ju-hwan enrolled at Daejin University for his undergraduate and graduate studies in theatre and film.
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Lim Ju-hwan made his first professional television debut on Magic, aired on SBS in 2004, and made his film debut in A Millionaire's First Love in 2006, followed by a series of supporting roles, notably in The Snow Queen and Boys Over Flowers.
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Lim Ju-hwan received favorable reviews for his performance as a blind painter in episode 10 of Auction House, a 2007 TV series revolving around the art world which aired on MBC.
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Lim Ju-hwan's breakthrough came in his first leading role in the 2009 MBC series Tamra, the Island.
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Lim Ju-hwan later won New Actor of the Year at the 2009 Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards for his performance.
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What's Up, the long-delayed musical campus drama that Lim Ju-hwan filmed in 2010, finally aired on cable channel MBN in 2011.
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Lim Ju-hwan played the leading role of Jang Je-hun, a cynical outsider who becomes completely immersed in the world of musicals.
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Lim Ju-hwan followed that with a supporting role as a warm-hearted homeless man with Tourette's syndrome in the film The Suicide Forecast in 2011.
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Lim Ju-hwan then completed his service despite being given the option for an early discharge.
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Lim Ju-hwan acted as a Japanese prosecutor Fukuda in 2019 MBC's period spy drama, Different Dreams.