Joo Jin-mo (born Park Jin-tae on 26 September 1974),[2] is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the films Happy End (1999) in which he won Grand Bell Awards for Best Supporting Actor, 200 Pounds Beauty (2006), and A Frozen Flower (2008) in which he won Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Actor, as well as the television series Empress Ki (2013).
Background
Born in Seoul, South Korea as Park Jin-tae, he borrowed his manager's name "Joo Jin-mo" for his stage name when he began his acting career.[3]
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.[4]
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.[4]
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.[7] It was finally shown on Korean television in 2008, though SBS edited down the original 33 episodes into 14.[8]
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.[22] He later released his cover of "Like Rain, Like Music" as a digital single in September 2011.[23] Joo also starred in the accompanying music video with Go Joon-hee.[24]
In 2012's Gabi (the antiquated local term for "coffee"), Joo played a late 19th-century international con man who becomes embroiled in the espionage and political conspiracy surrounding King Gojong.[25][26] In making the role his own, Joo said he enjoyed the depth of his participation in the creative process with director Chang Yoon-hyun.[27] 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.[27]
Joo Jin-mo married doctor Min Hye-yeon on June 1, 2019, in Jeju Island. Min is a Seoul National University graduate who specializes in family medicine. She has appeared on various health-related TV programs, in which she gained popularity and often dubbed as "Kim Tae-hee of the medical world."[1]
Legal case
In January 2020, Joo Jin-mo revealed that he was a victim of phone hacking and was being blackmailed after several personal messages shared between Joo and his close actor friend appeared on an online community board on January 10, 2020. The messages allegedly included pictures of women and vulgar comments made by the two men about the women in the pictures. Joo's agency has reported the case to authorities. Investigation is ongoing.[37] He also apologized to the women mentioned in the messages.[38]
^Wo Se-na (5 January 2022). "사생활 논란' 주진모, 소속사 계약 종료…새 소속사와 컴백 시동?[TF확대경]" ['Private life controversy' Joo Jin-mo ends contract with agency... Start a comeback with a new agency? [TF magnifying glass]] (in Korean). The Fact. Retrieved 5 January 2022 – via Naver.
^Ham, Na-yan (1 January 2020). "[2019 SBS 연기대상] 이승기 최우수상 "이 상은 '배가본드'가 받은 상" [[2019 SBS Drama Awards] Lee Seung-gi Grand Prize “This award was won by ‘Vagabond] (in Korean). Sports DongA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Naver.
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