Joo Jin-mo

For an actor of the same name, see Joo Jin-mo (actor, born 1958).
This is a Korean name; the family name is Park. In stage/pen name, the surname is Joo.
Joo Jin-mo
Born Park Jin-tae
(1974-09-26) September 26, 1974
Seoul, South Korea
Education University of Incheon - Physical Education (dropped out)
Chung-Ang University - Film
Occupation Actor
Years active 1999-present
Agent Fantagio
Korean name
Hangul 주진모
Hanja 朱鎭模
Revised Romanization Ju Jin-mo
McCune–Reischauer Chu Chinmo
Birth name
Hangul 박진태
Hanja 朴鎮泰
Revised Romanization Bak Jin-tae
McCune–Reischauer Pak Chint'ae

Joo Jin-mo (born Park Jin-tae on September 26, 1974),[1] is a South Korean actor.

Background

Born as Park Jin-tae, he borrowed his manager's name "Joo Jin-mo" for his stage name when he began his acting career.[2]

Career

After appearing in TV dramas and some minor roles in film, Joo was first cast as a lead in Dance Dance in 1999, for which he underwent extensive dance training. Although the film itself did not perform well, it gave Joo some publicity before he broke through with the box-office and critical hit Happy End. His role as a spurned lover in this psycho-drama attracted considerable notice in Korea, and the film itself also traveled to Hong Kong.[3]

After taking the lead in Kim Ki-duk's mildly experimental Real Fiction (which was shot in 3.5 hours without any retakes), Joo took a major role in the much-hyped Musa, set in 14th century China and starring Zhang Ziyi from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.[4][5] He also acted in Wanee & Junah, a melodrama about a screenwriter and an animator opposite Kim Hee-sun.[3]

After some films he had been cast in were cancelled due to lack of financing, Joo did the 2003 boxing drama Punch with Shin Min-ah, then returned to the big screen in 2004, in the comedy Liar based on the play Run for Your Wife by Ray Cooney.[3]

From 2004 to early 2005, Joo filmed the epic wuxia historical drama Bichunmoo ("Dance in the Sky"), but due to copyright issues with Korean broadcasters, it aired first in China and Taiwan in 2006.[6] It was finally shown on Korean television in 2008, though SBS edited down the original 33 episodes into 14.[7]

Meanwhile Joo and Lee Yo-won's 2005 TV series Fashion 70's received good ratings of 30%.[8] In 2006 he starred in Puzzle about a bank robbery gone wrong, and opposite Kim Ah-joong in the hugely popular romantic comedy 200 Pounds Beauty.[9] The Kwak Kyung-taek gangster romance A Love co-starring Park Si-yeon followed in 2007.[10][11]

A Frozen Flower, Yoo Ha's controversial 2008 film which revolved around the love triangle between a homosexual Goryeo king (Joo), his queen (Song Ji-hyo), and the royal guard (Jo In-sung) they're both in love with,[12][13][14] won Joo his first Best Actor trophy at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards.

He played a sports agent to a K-1 fighter in the 2009 TV series Dream,[15] but it received low ratings for sharing the same timeslot as Queen Seondeok.[16] The year after, Joo and Hallyu star Song Seung-heon appeared in A Better Tomorrow, the 2010 Korean remake of John Woo's classic Hong Kong noir film.[17][18] Joo was ranked fourth in CNNGo's "South Korea's Top 20 Hottest Male Celebs."[19][20]

Joo first sang "Like Rain, Like Music" by late singer Kim Hyun-sik during his first fan meeting in Japan at the Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo.[21] He later released his cover of "Like Rain, Like Music" as a digital single in September 2011.[22] Joo also starred in the accompanying music video with Go Joon-hee.[23]

In 2012's Gabi (the antiquated local term for "coffee"), he played a late 19th-century international con man who becomes embroiled in the espionage and political conspiracy surrounding King Gojong.[24][25] In making the role his own, Joo said he enjoyed the depth of his participation in the creative process with director Chang Yoon-hyun.[26]

He said he is still waiting for a new role, a complete departure from the brooding masculinity he has come to be equated with. "All male actors dream of playing macho men at one point or another, but they also dream of playing emotionally complex roles. I'm the same," Joo said at a press conference.[26]

Joo and Ruby Lin starred in the 42-episode Chinese TV drama Flowers in Fog based on the novel by Qiong Yao (the title 花非花雾非雾 literally translates to "Flower is Not Flower, Fog is Not Fog").[27] It was shot in France, and aired on Hunan TV in 2013.[28] He then returned to the Goryeo era to play a fictional character based on King Chunghye in Empress Ki, a historical drama with Ha Ji-won in the title role.[29]

On the big screen, Joo reunited with director Kwak Kyung-taek for Friend: The Great Legacy, the sequel to the 2001 hit film. Joo plays a gangster in 1963, the father of Yoo Oh-sung's character in the original movie.[30][31][32]

He made his theater debut in a 2015 staging of the musical Gone with the Wind, adapted from Margaret Mitchell's novel. Joo said, "Rhett Butler is a character every actor would dream to play."[33] This was followed by melodrama series Beloved Eun-dong on cable channel jTBC.[34]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
1999 Dance Dance Jun-young
Happy End Kim Il-beom
2000 Real Fiction Kim Han-sik
2001 Musa: The Warrior Choi Jung
Wanee & Junah' Jun-ha
2004 Liar Jeong Man-cheol
2006 Puzzle Ryu
200 Pounds Beauty Han Sang-jun
2007 A Love Chae In-ho
2008 A Frozen Flower King
2010 A Better Tomorrow Kim Hyuk
2012 Gabi Ilyich
2013 Friend: The Great Legacy Lee Chul-joo

Television series

Year Title Role Network Notes
1999 Sad Temptation Shin Joon-young KBS2
2000 Look Back in Anger Lee Dong-hoon KBS2
2003 Punch Lee Han-sae SBS
2005 Fashion 70's Kim Dong-young SBS
2006 Queen of the Game Lee Shin-jeon/Chase SBS
Bichunmoo Liu Zhen He
(Yoo Jin-ha)		 GDTV Also aired on SBS in 2008.
2009 Dream Nam Je-il SBS
2013 Flowers in Fog Qi Yuan Hunan TV Chinese television drama
Empress Ki Wang Yoo MBC
2015 Beloved Eun-dong Ji Eun-ho/
Park Hyun-soo		 jTBC

Theater

Year Title Role
1997 Taxi Driver
2015 Gone with the Wind Rhett Butler

Discography

Album information Track listing
Like Rain, Like Music

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2000 36th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor (TV) Sad Temptation Nominated
37th Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actor Happy End Won
Best New Actor Nominated
KBS Drama Awards Best New Actor Look Back in Anger Won
2003 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special Punch Won
2005 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Planning Drama Fashion 70's Nominated
Top 10 Stars Won
2007 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actor A Love Nominated
Popular Star Award Won
6th Korean Film Awards Best Actor Nominated
2009 45th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actor (Film) A Frozen Flower Won
2010 3rd Style Icon Awards Style Icon Award, Movie Actor A Better Tomorrow Won
2013 MBC Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Special Project Drama Empress Ki Won
2014 3rd APAN Star Awards Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Nominated

References

  1. ↑ He shares a name with another actor. Joo Jin-mo (born February 26, 1958) creating some confusion over the actors' projects as listed in the IMDb.
  2. ↑ Han, Sang-hee (11 December 2007). "How Stars Create Their Names". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. 1 2 3 Paquet, Darcy. "Actors and Actresses of Korean Cinema: Joo Jin-mo". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  4. ↑ Chun, Su-jin (5 September 2011). "Without a Fighting Chance". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  5. ↑ Cho, Ines (18 March 2002). "In France, the shows go on and on...". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  6. ↑ Kwon, Mee-yoo (10 February 2008). "Dramas Adapt New Way of Production". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
  7. ↑ "Previously-made drama, Bichunmoo is finally on-air 1st February after so many complications". Hancinema. 31 January 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  8. ↑ "KOREAN TV DRAMA REVIEWS: 패션 70s (Fashion Seventies)". Twitch Film. 25 November 2005. Archived from the original on February 4, 2007. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
  9. ↑ Paquet, Darcy. "200 Pounds Beauty". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  10. ↑ Lee, Hoo-nam (19 September 2007). "Gangsters in love and actors who diet create a comeback". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  11. ↑ Lee, Hyo-won (20 September 2007). "Films to Catch During Chuseok". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  12. ↑ Yang, Sung-jin (4 April 2010). "Ssanghwajeom barely avoids trap". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  13. ↑ Song, Won-seop (10 January 2009). "Homosexuality in history". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  14. ↑ Paquet, Darcy (2012-08-06). "Frozen Flower". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  15. ↑ Han, Sang-hee (27 July 2009). "Dream to Depict the World of Sports Business". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  16. ↑ Lee, Ho-jeong (20 August 2009). "Silla queen holds audiences spellbound". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  17. ↑ Lee, Hyo-won (17 August 2010). "Tomorrow remake to bring macho drama". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  18. ↑ Lee, Ji-hye (9 September 2010). "Song Seung-heon Invincible will be "lucky to break even"". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  19. ↑ "Jang Dong-gun Tops CNN's List of Korea's Hottest Male Stars". The Chosun Ilbo. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  20. ↑ Hicap, Jonathan (5 July 2010). "CNN Go names top 20 Korean male stars". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  21. ↑ Kim, Jessica (26 July 2011). "Joo Jin-mo holds fan meeting in Japan". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  22. ↑ Ko, Kyoung-seok (7 September 2011). "Joo Jin-mo to release digital single this week". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  23. ↑ "Actress Go Jun-hee dismisses rumors of dating actor Ju Jin-mo". Korea JoongAng Daily. 21 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  24. ↑ Kim, Heidi (24 March 2011). "New historical film Coffee to crank in next week". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  25. ↑ Kwaak, Je-yup (21 February 2012). "Gabi: East-meets-West thriller on Joseon Kingdom’s first coffee". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  26. 1 2 Kwaak, Je-yup (13 March 2012). "Heartthrob determined to go beyond his image". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  27. ↑ Sunwoo, Carla (13 June 2012). "Joo Jin-mo to star in Chinese drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  28. ↑ "Flowers in Fog TV series debuts on Hunan TV". Global Times. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  29. ↑ Oh, Jean (24 October 2013). "Ha Ji-won back in The Empress Ki". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
  30. ↑ An, So-hyoun (27 March 2013). "Ju Jin Mo to Return to Film with Friend 2". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  31. ↑ Lee, Sun-min (28 March 2013). "Ju Jin-mo pumped for Friend sequel". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  32. ↑ Lee, Eun-sun (13 May 2013). "Shooting of FRIEND 2 Begins". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  33. ↑ Lee, Sun-young (10 November 2014). "Seohyun to star in musical Gone with the Wind". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
  34. ↑ Ghim, Sora (4 May 2015). "My Love Eun Dong Releases Its First Teaser". BNTNews. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  35. ↑ "Mnet's Pick: 주진모의 '비처럼 음악처럼' 리메이크곡 출시" [Mnet's Pick: Joo Jin-mo releases cover song Like Rain, Like Music]. Mnet (in Korean). 8 September 2011. Retrieved 2014-06-16.

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