Cho Seung-woo

Cho Seung-woo
Cho in July 2018
Born (1980-03-28) March 28, 1980 (age 44)
Education
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active2000–present
Agents
  • PL Ent. (2000–2015)
  • Goodman Story Ent.
FatherCho Kyung-soo [ko]
RelativesCho Seo-yeon [ko] (sister)
Korean name
Hangul
조승우
Hanja
曺承佑
Revised RomanizationJo Seungu
McCune–ReischauerCho Sŭng'u

Cho Seung-woo (Korean조승우; born March 28, 1980) is a South Korean actor and singer. He is best known for his leading roles in the films The Classic (2003), Marathon (2005), Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), and Inside Men (2015), as well as in the stage musicals Jekyll & Hyde, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Man of La Mancha. He is also known for his leading roles in television dramas The King's Doctor (2012), God's Gift: 14 Days (2014), Stranger (2017–2020), Life (2018), Sisyphus: The Myth (2021) and Divorce Attorney Shin (2023).

Career

2000–2004: Acting debut

Cho Seung-woo grew up in a musical family: his father Cho Kyung-soo [ko] is a singer, and his older sister Cho Seo-yeon [ko] acts in musical theatre.[2][3] Cho himself also dreamed of becoming a musical actor from an early age, however in 1999 while a student at Dankook University he was persuaded to join auditions for Im Kwon-taek's film Chunhyang, and he ended up winning the part from among a field of 1,000 actors. Chunhyang would screen as the first Korean film in competition at Cannes, although domestically it failed to attract much of an audience.[4]

Cho did go on to appear in musicals after his film debut, acting in local productions Subway Line 1 and The Last Empress. Soon he was drawn back into the film industry, however, with a key supporting role in Wanee & Junah (2001), a villainous turn in H (2002), plus a leading role in Who Are U? (2002). In 2003, Cho acted in Kwak Jae-yong's romance The Classic opposite Son Ye-jin, receiving good reviews for his sincere acting.[4] His popularity continued to grow, and in 2004 he appeared in Im Kwon-taek's 99th film Low Life.[5]

2005: Breakthrough with Marathon and Jekyll & Hyde

Cho's breakthrough would come in early 2005 with the smash hit Marathon, where he played an autistic young man who only finds release in running.[6][7] The film sold over 5 million tickets,[8] and aged 26, Cho 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. Nonetheless, he continued to pursue his career in musicals, with critically acclaimed appearances in Hedwig and the Angry Inch[9] and Jekyll and Hyde.[10][11] His success at pursuing both film and musicals make him an unusual case among contemporary actors.[4][12]

2006–2009: Continued success

Cho in December 2006

Cho starred in Love Phobia (2006) opposite then-girlfriend Kang Hye-jung; both were praised for their acting, but the melodrama wasn't a commercial success.[13] He 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.[14] He followed that with Go Go 70s, about a rock and roll band during the height of the Park Chung Hee military regime;[15] and The Sword with No Name, in which he played a fictional royal guard in love with Empress Myeongseong (Soo Ae).[16]

2010–present: Comeback

After completing his mandatory military service,[17][18] Cho made his comeback in the 2010 production of Jekyll and Hyde.[19] The musical was especially meaningful to Cho since the actor rose to stardom when the show premiered in Korea in 2004.[20] Cho'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. While producers feared that demands for similarly high fees could follow (which could eventually put them out of business), others said that the fee was justified, based on the hope that Cho would help spark a renaissance in a once-vibrant but now-stagnant musical theatre industry.[21] And true enough, when tickets went on sale, the demand was so high that the online reservation server broke down after 15 minutes, with all of the performances in which Cho was scheduled to appear already sold out.[22]

His 2011 sports movie Perfect Game revisited one of the most exciting matches in Korean baseball history, between Choi Dong-won of the Lotte Giants and Sun Dong-yeol of the Haitai Tigers in the summer of 1987, which ended in a tie after being extended 15 innings; the rivalry between the two was further heated up by regionalism at the time with Choi representing the Gyeongsang Province and Sun, the Jeolla Province. Cho starred as Choi opposite Yang Dong-geun as Sun.[23][24][25][26][27] That same year, Cho also took on the lead role in the musical Zorro.[28][29]

After lead actor Ju Ji-hoon quit due to vocal chord problems, Cho joined the 2012 stage production of Doctor Zhivago just two weeks ahead of opening, turning the musical into a hit.[30][31][32][33] He and Ryu Deok-hwan then played conjoined twins in actress Ku Hye-sun's sophomore directorial effort The Peach Tree.[34][35]

Cho 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.[36][37][38] Cho won the highest award ("Daesang," or Grand Prize) at the MBC Drama Awards for his performance in The King's Doctor,[39] then returned to the stage in 2013 in Hedwig, reprising one of his most memorable musical roles.[40]

Cho continued working in television. He portrayed the poet Yi Sang in Crow's-Eye View, a single-episode anthology as part of MBC's Drama Festival.[41] Cho then starred in the 2014 time travel thriller God's Gift - 14 Days, playing a private investigator who helps a mother (Lee Bo-young) save her child.[42]

Cho 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.[43][44] Because of his ticket power, he was chosen as among the top 30 most influential people in Korean popular culture in 2006, and for four consecutive years in 2010 to 2014.[45]

Cho in February 2015

Cho 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.[46] Inside Men was a box office success with more than 7 million admissions, becoming Cho's highest-grossing film.[47]

In his interview in July 2016, Cho said that after completion of his performance for the musical Sweeney Todd, he decided to take a three-year hiatus from musical to focus on film.[48]

In 2017, Cho starred in tvN's mystery thriller drama Stranger, playing a prosecutor who lacks empathetic abilities.[49] The series was a hit and gained favorable reviews for its tight plot, gripping sequences and strong performances.[50][51] Cho's performance in the Stranger also won him an Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actor in TV category.[52]

In 2018, Cho starred in the period film Feng Shui, the third installment of the "divining art trilogy" by Han Jae-rim.[53][54] He also starred in JTBC's medical drama Life.[55]

In 2020, Cho revived his role in Stranger Season 2 as Hwang Simok.[56]

In 2023, Cho played the titular role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera in Busan, Seoul and Daegu, alternating the part with Choi Jae-rim, Julian Jootaek Kim, and Jeon Dong-seok.[57]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2000 Chunhyang Lee Mong-ryong
2001 Ahmijimong Ahn Ji-hoon Web film [58]
Wanee & Junah Lee Young-min
2002 Who Are U? Ji Hyung-tae
YMCA Baseball Team Young coachman Cameo [59]
H Shin Hyun
2003 The Classic Oh Joon-ha
2004 Low Life Choi Tae-woong
2005 Marathon Yoon Cho-won
2006 Love Phobia Cha Jo-kang
Tazza: The High Rollers Kim Gon(Go-ni)
2008 Go Go 70s Im Sang-kyu
2009 The Sword with No Name Mu-myung(Yo-han)
2011 Perfect Game Choi Dong-won
2012 The Peach Tree Choi Sang-hyun
2015 Assassination Kim Won-bong Cameo [60]
Inside Men Woo Jang-hoon
2018 Feng Shui Park Jae-sang

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 The King's Doctor Baek Gwang-hyun
2013 Drama Festival – "Lee Sang That Lee Sang" Lee Sang Single drama [61]
2014 God's Gift: 14 Days Ki Dong-chan
2017 Stranger Hwang Shi-mok Season 1–2
2018 Life Koo Seung-hyo
2021 Sisyphus: The Myth Han Tae-sul
2023 Divorce Attorney Shin Shin Sung-han [62]

Music video appearances

Year Title Artist Ref.
2005 "Another Side of Memory" Boohwal YouTube
"Prayer to Overcome Sadness" YouTube

Stage

Musical theatre

Year Title Role Theater Date Notes
2000 Blood Brothers Beggar(Narrator) Hagjeon Blue Small Theater August 29 – December 31
2001 The Last Empress Gojong Seoul Arts Center January 12 – July 7
Subway Line 1 Newsboy Hagjeon Green Small Theater April 27 – June 17
2002 The Sorrows of Young Werther Werther Sejong Center for the Performing Arts 2002.02.08–2002.03.24
2003 Carmen Don José Universal Arts Center 2003.07.11–2003.07.27
2004–2005 Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll/Hyde COEX Auditorium 2004.07.25–2004.08.21

2004.12.24—2005.02.14

[63]
2005 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig/Tommy Daehangno Live Theater 2005.04.12–2005.06.26
2006 Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll/Hyde Seoul Arts Center
National Theater of Korea
2006.01.25–2006.08.13
Subway Line 1 Salesperson Hagjeon Green Small Theater 2006.03.28 Cameo[64]
2007 Rent Roger Davis Daehangno Seensee Musical Theater 2007.01.07–2007.02.14 [3]
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig/Tommy Daehangno Theater SH 2007.03.30~2007.05.13 [65]
Man of La Mancha Miguel de Cervantes/Don Quixote LG Art Center 2007.08.03–2007.09.01 [66]
Pump Boys and Dinettes Delivery man Daehangno Art Cente 2007.09.15 Cameo[67]
2010–2011 Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll/Hyde Charlotte Theater 2010.11.30–2011.05.07
2011 Subway Line 1 Singer Hagjeon Blue Small Theater 03.10, 03.13, 03.14 Cameo[68]
Blood Brothers Beggar(Narrator)
2011–2012 Zorro Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro Samsung Electronics Hall 2011.11.04–2012.01.15
2012 Doctor Zhivago Yuri Zhivago Charlotte Theater 2012.02.14–2012.06.03
2013 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig/Tommy Baekam Art Hall 2013.06.08–2013.09.08
2013–2014 Man of La Mancha Miguel de Cervantes/Don Quixote Chungmu Art Hall 2013.11.20–2014.02.09
2014 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig/Tommy Baekam Art Hall 2014.05.13–2014.10.19 10th Anniversary
2014–2015 Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll/Hyde Samsung Electronics Hall 2014.11.21–2015.06.14 10th Anniversary
2015 Man of La Mancha Miguel de Cervantes/Don Quixote D Cube Art Center 2015.07.30–2015.11.01 10th Anniversary
2015–2016 Werther Werther Seoul Arts Center 2015.11.10–2016.01.10 15th Anniversary
2016 Hedwig: New Makeup Hedwig/Tommy Hongik University Daehangno Art Center 2016.03.01–2016.04.24
Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd Charlotte Theater 2016.06.21–2016.10.03
2018–2019 Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll/Hyde Charlotte Theater 2018.11.13–2019.05.18
2019–2020 Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd Charlotte Theater 2019.10.02–2020.01.26
2021 Man of La Mancha Miguel de Cervantes/Don Quixote Charlotte Theater
Chungmu Arts Center
2021.02.03–2021.05.15 15th Anniversary[69]
Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig/Tommy Chungmu Arts Center 2021.07.30–2021.10.31 [70]
2023 The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom Dream Theater
Charlotte Theatre
2023.03.25–2023.11.17 [71]

Musical Concerts

Year Title Notes
2004 Musical Story Show with Lee Seok-joon Ep. 10[72] / Ep. 16[73]
Autumn Night Concert KT&G Family Concert with The Seoul Shinmun[74]
2005 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Concert [75]
2007 Musical Story Show with Lee Seok-joon Ep. 100[76]
2008 HEDWIG 10th Anniversary! Hedwig Concert with John Cameron Mitchell and Oh Man-seok Cameo[77]
Musical Concert, I Am Nam Sam: 30th Anniversary of Nam Kyung-eup [ko]'s Musical Life
2009 Korean National Police University Annual Concert For Public [78]
2010 Summer Night Concert [79]

Stage Play

Year Title Role Theater Date Notes
2024 Hamlet Hamlet CJ Towol Theater October 18 – November 17 [80]

Discography

Soundtracks
Year Song Title Album Notes
2001 "Ah-mi's Dream" Ahmijimong [ko] OST
2002 "Hyung-tae Live"
"End"
Who Are U? [ko] OST
"H" H OST
2008 "We're Devils"
"Mustang Sally"
"Soul Man"
"I've Been Loving You Too Long (to stop now)"
"U Got Me Bad"
"The Flame of Youth"
"Proud Mary"
"Funky Tone"
"Land Of A 1000 Dances"
"고고춤을 춥시다"
"One Of A Kind"
"새타령"
"Mustang Sally (Twist ver)"
Go Go 70s OST song by Cho Seung-woo and The Devils
2012 "The Peach Tree" The Peach Tree OST
2015 "As Flowers Bloom and Fall" The Throne OST[81]
As featured artist
Year Song Title Album Notes
2004 "The Way of the Blessing"
"Think about it"
Come to me Ha Kyung-hye's album[82]
2005 "A Little Thing for You" Lyrics Boohwal's album[83]
2009 "Standing on The Road" Lee Young-mi 1st Single Lee Young-mi's album[84]
2011 Love Universe
"A Wonderful Saviour Is Jesus My Lord" I Am Melody 2 Various artists[85]
Original Cast Recording
Year Song Title Album Notes
2002 "어쩌나 이마음"
"우리는 (with Chu Sang-mi)"
"사랑하고 있다면 (with Choi Min-chul)"
"뭐였을까"
"무례와 사랑 (with Kim Pub-lae)"
"제발 (with Chu Sang-mi)"
The Sorrows of Young Werther cast recording
2004 "Lost In the Darkness"
"Now there is no choice"
"This is the moment"
"First Transformation"
"Alive"
"The way back"
Jekyll & Hyde cast recording
2005 "Tear Me Down"
"Wig in a Box"
"Angry Inch (with Kim Da-hyun, Oh Man-seok, Song Yong-jin)"
Hedwig and the Angry Inch cast recording
2006 "Lost In the Darkness"
"I must go on (with Lee Hye-kyung)"
"Take me as I am (with Lee Hye-kyung)"
"Now there is no choice"
"This is the moment"
"First Transformation"
"Alive"
"His work and nothing more (with Lee Hye-kyung, Kim Do-hyung, Kim Bong-hwan)"
"Alive Rep."
"Obsession"
"Dangerous Game (with Kim Sun-young)"
"The way back"
"Sympathy, Tenderness Rep."
"Confrontation"
"Finale (with Lee Hye-kyung)"
"Dangerous Game (with Lee Young-mi)"
Jekyll & Hyde cast recording
"Angry Inch (with Song Yong-jin, Kim Soo-yong, Um Ki-joon, Lee Suk-joon, Jo Jung-suk, Kim Da-hyun, Jeon Hye-seon, Ahn Yoo-jin)"
"Midnight Radio"
Hedwig and the Angry Inch cast recording
2007 "Man of La Mancha (with Lee Hoon-jin)"
"Dulcinea"
"Golden Helmet of Mambrino (with Lee Hoon-jin)"
"The Impossible Dream"
"Dulcinea Rep. / The Impossible Dream Rep. / Man of La Mancha Rep. (with Kim Sun-young, Lee Hoon-jin)"
Man of La Mancha cast recording
2013 "Tear Me Down"
"The Origin of Love"
"Sugar Daddy"
"Angry Inch"
"Wig in a Box"
"Wicked Little Town"
"Hedwig's Lament"
"Exquisite Corpse"
"Wicked Little Town Rep."
"Midnight Radio"
"The Origin of Love (Acoustic ver)"
Hedwig and the Angry Inch cast recording with Lee Young-mi and Angry Inch Band
2015 "어쩌나 이마음"
"우리는 (with Jeon Mi-do)"
"사랑을 전해요 (with Kang Seong-wook)"
"두려워 말어"
"하룻밤이 천년 (with Jeon Mi-do)"
"반가운 나의 사랑 (with Jeon Mi-do, Moon Jong-won)"
"발길을 뗄 수 없으면"
"뭐였을까"
"알 수가 없어 (with Moon Jong-won)"
"번갯불에 쏘인 것처럼 (with Jeon Mi-do)"
"꽃을 사세요"
"오, 카인즈"
"구원과 단죄 (with Moon Jong-won)"
"다만 지나치지 않게 (with Jeon Mi-do)"
"자석산의 전설 Rep. (with Jeon Mi-do)"
"발길을 뗄 수 없으면 Rep."
Werther cast recording
2016 "In Your Arms Tonight"
"Tear Me Down"
"The Origin of Love"
"Scene: Hansel Meets Luther (East Berlin, 1988)"
"Sugar Daddy"
"Angry Inch"
"Wig in a Box"
"Wicked Little Town"
"Hedwig's Lament"
"Exquisite Corpse"
"Wicked Little Town Rep."
"Midnight Radio"
"The Origin of Love (Acoustic ver)"
Hedwig: New Make Up Live Album with Seomoon Tak and Angry Inch Band

Bibliography

Year Title Category Notes
2004 "Alphonse Daudet's Les étoiles - Audiobook read by Cho Seung-woo"[86] Audiobook ISBN 9788990683045
"별 (The Stars)"
"어머니 (Mother)"
"코르니유 영감의 비밀 (Master Cornille's Secret)"
"마지막 수업 (The Last Lesson)"

Ambassadorship

Year Title Organization Notes
2005 PR Ambassador of Hope Broadcast for the Disabled HMN for the Disabled [87]
2010 Honorary Police Officer Korean National Police Agency with Ryu Soo-young[88][89]
2012 PR Ambassador for 6th The Musical Awards [ko] The Musical Awards [ko] with Cha Ji-yeon[90]
2013 PR Ambassador for Sapsali campaign The Korean Sapsali Foundation [91]

Accolades

Awards and nominations

Year presented, name of the award ceremony, award category, nominated work and the result of the nomination
Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2000 21st Blue Dragon Film Awards Best New Actor Chunhyang Nominated
37th Grand Bell Awards Best New Actor Nominated
2002 8th Korea Musical Awards The Sorrows of Young Werther Nominated [92]
2004 9th Moscow International Love Film Festival Best Couple Award with Son Ye-jin The Classic Won [93]
10th Korea Musical Awards Best Actor Jekyll & Hyde Won
2005 28th Golden Cinema Film Festival [ko] Most Popular Actor Marathon Won
41st Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actor (Film) Won
42nd Grand Bell Awards Best Actor Won [94]
Popularity Award Won
14th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival Best Actor in a Foreign Film Won [95]
6th Busan Film Critics Awards Best Actor Won
1st Premiere Rising Star Awards Won [96]
4th Korean Film Awards Nominated
13th Chunsa Film Art Awards Nominated
26th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actor Nominated [97]
Popular Star Award Won
Korea Advertisers Association Awards [ko] Best Model Award Won [98]
2006 1st Golden Ticket Awards [ko] Best Musical Actor Jekyll & Hyde Won [99]
14th Chunsa Film Art Awards Best Actor Tazza: The High Rollers Nominated
27th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actor Nominated
2nd University Film Festival of Korea [ko] Best Actor Won
2007 43rd Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actor (Film) Nominated
8th Newport Beach Film Festival Best Actor Won [100]
1st Korea Movie Star Awards Won [101]
6th Korean Film Awards Nominated
1st The Musical Awards [ko] Jekyll & Hyde Nominated
13th Korea Musical Awards Man of La Mancha Nominated
Popularity Award Won
2008 3rd Golden Ticket Awards [ko] Best Musical Actor Won
2nd The Musical Awards [ko] Best Actor Won
2011 5th The Musical Awards [ko] Jekyll & Hyde Won [102]
2012 7th Golden Ticket Awards [ko] Best Musical Actor Won [99]
6th The Musical Awards [ko] Best Actor Doctor Zhivago Won [103]
18th Korea Musical Awards Nominated
MBC Drama Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) The King's Doctor Won
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Won
2013 19th Korea Musical Awards Best Actor Hedwig and the Angry Inch Nominated
Popularity Award Won
2014 SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries God's Gift: 14 Days Nominated
2016 5th Yegreen Musical Award [ko] Best Actor Werther Nominated
Popularity Award Won
2017 1st Korea Musical Awards Best Actor Sweeney Todd Nominated
1st The Seoul Awards Best Actor (Drama) Stranger Nominated
2018 54th Baeksang Arts Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) for TV Nominated [104][52][105]
Best Actor (TV) Won
6th APAN Star Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Life Nominated [106]
2nd The Seoul Awards Best Actor (Drama) Nominated [107]
2019 3rd Korea Musical Awards Best Actor Jekyll & Hyde Nominated [108]
2020 4th Korea Musical Awards Sweeney Todd Nominated [109]
2022 6th Korea Musical Awards Hedwig and the Angry Inch Nominated [110]
2024 8th Korea Musical Awards The Phantom of the Opera Won [111]

State honors

Name of country, year given, and name of honor
Country Ceremony Year Honor Or Award Ref.
South Korea Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards[a] 2012 Prime Minister Commendation [115]

Notes

  1. ^ Honors are given at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards, arranged by the Korea Creative Content Agency and hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.[112][113] They are awarded to those who have contributed to the arts and South Korea's pop culture.[114]

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