kang ji-hwan
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Kang Ji Hwan (born March 20, 1977 as Jo Tae-gyu) is a South Korean actor. He started his acting career in Korean version of musical stage performance “The Rocky Horror Show” in 2001.Then, he played small roles in popular Korean TV Dramas such as Summer Scent(KBS2, 2003), Nonstop 4(MBC,2003), Youth! Fly To The Sky (KBS2, 2004 [1], More Beautiful Than A Flower (KBS2, 2004 [2] and Save the Last Dance for Me(SBS,2004)
He started to play lead role and shot to fame in MBC‘s 2005 TV Drama Be Strong, Geum-soon![3], in which he co-starred with Han Hye-jin.His role in this drama also made him become famous outside Korea, especially in Japan, China, and Taiwan[4].
Meanwhile, his first movie debut was in an independent movie in 2005 titled Host and Guest from the Korean director named Shin Dong-il[5][6].This movie was acclaimed both in Korean and International Film Festival [7], including shown in Berlin Film Festival[8] and The 32nd Seattle Film Festival in 2006.[9]
Career
Musical Stage Performances
- Grease (Korean Version,2004)
- Rocky Horror (Korean Version, 2001)
[edit] Movie
- Host and Guest (방문자, 2005)[10]
- Rough Cut (영화는 영화다, 2008) [11]
- My Girlfriend Is An Agent (7급공무원, 2009)
- The Relation of Face, Mind and Love (2009)
- Speedy Scandal (과속스캔들, 2008)
TV Series
- Coffee House (TV Series) (커피 하우스, SBS 2010)
- Hong Gil Dong, The Hero (쾌도 홍길동, KBS2 2008) >> [12][13]
- Scandal in Old Seoul a.k.a Capital Scandal (경성스캔들, KBS2 2007)[14]
- 90 Days, Time to Love (90일 사랑할 시간, MBC 2006)[15]
- Fireworks a.k.a Exhibition of Fireworks (불꽃놀이, MBC 2006)[16]
- Be Strong, Geum-soon![17] (굳세어라 금순아, MBC 2005)
- Save the Last Dance for Me (마지막 춤은 나와 함께, SBS 2004)
- More Beautiful Than a Flower (꽃보다 아름다워, KBS2 2004)
- Youth! Fly To The Sky (KBS2 2004)[18]
- Nonstop 4 (MBC 2003)
- Summer Scent (여름향기, KBS2 2003)
Awards
- 2008 29th Blue dragon Awards, Best New Actor Rough Cut
- 2008 44th Baek Sang Arts Awards, Popularity Award Hong Gil Dong, The Hero
- 2008 KBS Drama Awards, Best Couple Award Hong Gil Dong, with Sung Yu Ri
- 2008 KBS Drama Awards, Netizen Hong Gil Dong
- 2007 KBS Drama Awards, Excellent Acting Award (2007KBS연기대상남자우수상) Capital Scandal[19]
- 2007 KBS Drama Awards, Best Couple Award (2007KBS연기대상배스트커플상) Capital Scandal, with Han Ji Min[20]
- 2005 MBC Drama Awards, New Actor Award (2005MBC연기대상남자신인상) Be Strong Geum Soon[21]
- 2005 MBC Drama Awards, Excellent Acting Award (2005MBC연기대상남자우수상) Be Strong Geum Soon[22]
