Cho Jae-hyun (born June 30, 1965) is a South Korean film, stage, and
TV actor. He is commonly dubbed "director Kim Ki-duk's persona" since
Cho has starred as leading and supporting characters in almost all
films directed by Kim.Cho Jae-hyun was born in Gyeongju on June 30,
1965. He and his family lived in a poor neighborhood on the slopes of
a hill until his father became successful with his restaurant business
in the Jongno area, Seoul. In a 2002 interview with the film magazine
Cine21, Cho said he was a rebellious boy wandering outside the home.
He aspired to be a painter, so tried to enter an art high school but
failed. When he entered another high school, Cho ran away from home to
Busan. Cho worked as a waiter there, and studied on his own to pass a
qualification exam equivalent to obtaining a high school diploma.
However, Cho failed it, so returned to Seoul to finish his high school
year.Cho was admitted to study theater and film at Kyungsung
University. Cho recollected he indulged himself in Busan's culture as
a freshman and sophomore, then focused on theater for the rest of his
university years. Cho said a question from his junior in school during
his third summer break shook him to rethink about his future; "What
would you do after the graduation from the school?" Cho said he felt
shame at the time because he could not clearly answer the question.
Therefore, Cho started dedicating himself to acting.After graduation,
Cho was selected as a TV actor by a public recruit of Korea
Broadcasting System (KBS), and officially debuted as a professional
actor by starring as the youngest brother of Yu In-chon in The Age of
Ambition (ì•¼ë¨•ì ˜ 세ì›"). But theater remained his main priority,
as Cho and his friends established a theatrical company named "Jongak"
(ì¢…ê° , literally "Bell Pavilion"), which produced several works on
the stage such as Tricycles (ì„¸ë°œìž ì „ê±°, 1989), Look Back in
Anger (성난 얼굴로 ë Œì•„ë³´ë ¼, 1990) and The Lovers of
Woomook-baemi (ìš°ë¬µë°°ë¯¸ì ˜ 사ëž', 1990). In 1991, Cho won Best
New Actor in Theater at the Baeksang Arts Awards for his acting in
Equus; he reinterpreted the leading role Alan Strang as an innocent
person, though he is largely depicted as a cruel and rebellious
character.
TV actor. He is commonly dubbed "director Kim Ki-duk's persona" since
Cho has starred as leading and supporting characters in almost all
films directed by Kim.Cho Jae-hyun was born in Gyeongju on June 30,
1965. He and his family lived in a poor neighborhood on the slopes of
a hill until his father became successful with his restaurant business
in the Jongno area, Seoul. In a 2002 interview with the film magazine
Cine21, Cho said he was a rebellious boy wandering outside the home.
He aspired to be a painter, so tried to enter an art high school but
failed. When he entered another high school, Cho ran away from home to
Busan. Cho worked as a waiter there, and studied on his own to pass a
qualification exam equivalent to obtaining a high school diploma.
However, Cho failed it, so returned to Seoul to finish his high school
year.Cho was admitted to study theater and film at Kyungsung
University. Cho recollected he indulged himself in Busan's culture as
a freshman and sophomore, then focused on theater for the rest of his
university years. Cho said a question from his junior in school during
his third summer break shook him to rethink about his future; "What
would you do after the graduation from the school?" Cho said he felt
shame at the time because he could not clearly answer the question.
Therefore, Cho started dedicating himself to acting.After graduation,
Cho was selected as a TV actor by a public recruit of Korea
Broadcasting System (KBS), and officially debuted as a professional
actor by starring as the youngest brother of Yu In-chon in The Age of
Ambition (ì•¼ë¨•ì ˜ 세ì›"). But theater remained his main priority,
as Cho and his friends established a theatrical company named "Jongak"
(ì¢…ê° , literally "Bell Pavilion"), which produced several works on
the stage such as Tricycles (ì„¸ë°œìž ì „ê±°, 1989), Look Back in
Anger (성난 얼굴로 ë Œì•„ë³´ë ¼, 1990) and The Lovers of
Woomook-baemi (ìš°ë¬µë°°ë¯¸ì ˜ 사ëž', 1990). In 1991, Cho won Best
New Actor in Theater at the Baeksang Arts Awards for his acting in
Equus; he reinterpreted the leading role Alan Strang as an innocent
person, though he is largely depicted as a cruel and rebellious
character.
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