Jo Jae-yoon

In this Korean name, the family name is Jo.

Jo Jae-yoon (born October 29, 1974) is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut in 2003 and has since starred as a supporting actor in numerous films and television series, including The Man from Nowhere (2010), The Chaser (2012), Gu Family Book (2013), The Suspect (2013), Descendants of the Sun (2016), Mad Dog (2017), Sky Castle (2018–2019), and Alchemy of Souls season 1 and 2 (2022–2023).^[3][4][5][6] Jo also appeared in the variety-reality show Animals (2015).^[7]

Jo Jae-yoon
Jo Jae-yoon in October 2023
Born	(1974-10-29) October 29, 1974 (age 50) Cheongju, South Korea
Other names	Jo Jae-yun
Education	Seoul Institute of the Arts – Theater
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present
Agent	MK Entertainment[1]
Spouse	Cho Eun Ae ​ (m. 2015)​ [2]
Korean name
Hangul	조재윤
Hanja	趙在允
Revised Romanization	Jo Jae-yun
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Chaeyun
Website	http://bbent.co.kr/jo.php

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2003	Please Teach Me English	Manager Hong
2004	Au Revoir, UFO	Employee at last stop
2005	The President's Last Bang	Security guard
2006	Love Me Not	Keun-son
	The Restless	Person of low caste
2008	Story of Wine
2009	Marine Boy	Department head Im
	The Scam	Deputy Lee
	Take Off	Adoption agency employee 1
	City of Fathers	Nal-chi
2010	The Man from Nowhere	Jang Doo-sik
	Mr. Zombie	Jo Yong-pal
	Romantic Debtors	Tow truck driver
	The Yellow Sea	Truck driver at Busan port
2011	Late Blossom	Kun-bong's brother-in-law
	Officer of the Year	Jo Tae-bok
	S.I.U.	Informant
	Poison Frog	Yeon-bok	Short film
2012	Romance Joe	Food stall owner
2013	Miracle in Cell No. 7	Prison guard Kim
	Mr. Go	Orthopedic doctor
	The Suspect	Captain Jo
2014	Dad for Rent	Seung-il		[8]
2015	Casa Amor: Exclusive for Ladies	Jo Ji-ho	Cameo
	The Deal	Kim Ki-seok
	Inside Men	Section Chief Bang
2016	Mood of the Day	Senior Kang		[9]
	Insane	Detective Park
2017	I'm Doing Fine in Middle School	Doctor Jo
	The Prison	Hong-pyo
	Part-Time Spy	Deputy Department Head Park
	House of the Disappeared	Chul-joong
	Memoir of a Murderer	Doctor
	The Outlaws	Boss Hwang Choon-sik
	The Age of Blood	Do Man-chul
2018	The Pension	Jae Deok
2019	Forever	Lee Jin-soo
2020	The Golden Holiday	Detective Ahn
	P1H: The Beginning of a New World	Chaeyoon's father / Present
2021	Sseol	Lee Chung-moo		[10]
	Brother	Yong-sik		[11]
	Voice	Deokpal	Special appearance	[12]
2022	Hansan: Rising Dragon	Manabe		[13]
	Take Off: Standing on the Waves	Yoon Jae	Independent film	[14]
	Hero	Woo Deok-soon		[15]
TBA	Taste of Horror – The Beginning		Short Film	[16]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2007	H.I.T
	Kid Gang
	Lee San, Wind of the Palace	Kkak Jung-yi
2008	Crime 2
	Fight
	East of Eden	Gang action leader
2009	Dream	Gal-chi
	Joseon Mystery Detective Jeong Yak-yong
2010	Jungle Fish 2	P.E. Teacher
	Secret Garden	Photographer	Cameo (Episode 2)
2011	Detectives in Trouble	Yang Do-soo	Cameo (Episode 1)
2012	Hero	Young-joon
	A Gentleman's Dignity	Police officer	Cameo (Episode 1)
	The Chaser	Park Yong-sik
	KBS Drama Special	Bong-sik	Episode "Butcher Barber"
	KBS Drama Special	Hong Man-sik	Episode "The Great Dipper"
	My Lover, Madame Butterfly	Kyung-chal	Cameo
	Full House Take 2	Korean-Chinese taxi driver
	Jeon Woo-chi	Cheol-gyeon
2013	Gu Family Book	Ma Bong-chul
	Monstar	Manager Hong
	The Blade and Petal	Boo-chi
	Master's Sun	Man with dead fiancée	Cameo (Episode 14)
	Reply 1994	Kim Jae-young	Cameo (Episode 12)
	Empress Ki	Kolta
2014	KBS Drama Special	Han Jung-hoon	Episode "Illegal Parking"
	Liar Game	Jo Dal-gu
2015	Blood	Woo Il-nam
	Let's Eat 2	Mi-ran's husband	Cameo (Episode 9)
	Late Night Restaurant	Gwang-jo	Cameo (Episode 11)
	Last	Baemnun
2016	Descendants of the Sun	Jin Young-soo		[17]
	Pied Piper	Han Ji-hoon
	Click Your Heart	Neoz High history teacher
	Fantastic	Oh Chang-seok
	Woman with a Suitcase	Na Gil-tae	Cameo (Episode 1)
	My Runway	Mr. Bong
2017	Voice	Triad member	Cameo (Episode 1)
	Innocent Defendant	Shin Cheol-sik
	Save Me	Jo Wan-tae
	Hip Hop Teacher	School commissioner
	Mad Dog	Park Soon-jung
	Black	Grim Reaper No.007
2018	Wok of Love	Oh Maeng-dal		[18]
	Sweet Revenge 2	Rok-hee's dad
	Heart Surgeons	Hwang Jin-cheol
	Player	Reporter Shin	Cameo (Episode 8)
2018–2019	Sky Castle	Dr. Woo Yang-woo		[19]
2019	Save Me 2	Sin Pil-goo
	Catch the Ghost	Lee Man-jin
	Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung	Kim Chuk-jeom	Cameo (Episode 3)
2020	The King: Eternal Monarch	Arcade worker	Cameo (Episode 5 & 7)
	The Good Detective	Lee Dae-chul
	Love Is Annoying, but I Hate Being Lonely!	Editor-in-chief	Cameo (Episode 10)
2021	Mouse	Daniel Lee		[20]
	The Penthouse: War in Life 2	Hwang Geum-bong	Cameo (Episode 9–12)	[21]
	Racket Boys	comic performer as 'The End of the Earth Avengers	Cameo (Episode 7,8,14)	[22][23]
2022	Alchemy of Souls	Jin Mu		[24]
	Unlock My Boss		Cameo	[25]
2023–2024	The Escape of the Seven	Nam Cheol-woo		[26]
2024	Knight Flower	Kang Pil-jik		[27]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2016	Matching! Boys Archery	Coach
2022	Big Bet		[28]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Animals	Cast member
2018	Law of the Jungle in Patagonia		Episode 305–310; Part of second-half cast member.
	Sea Police	Main cast	Season 1
2019	Urban Cops		Season 1
	Urban Cops: KCSI		Season 2
	Coffee Friends	Guest	Episodes 2–5, 8–10	[29]
2020	Scent of the Sea / Can I Take Your Order	Main cast
	Sea Police 2		Season 2
	The Devil Wears Jung Nam	Main cast		[30]
2021	Ho Dong's Camping Zone: Let's Choose	Regular Member		[31]
	Documentary 3 Days	Narrator	episode Chasers-Seoul's Scientific Investigation Unit 72 Hours	[32]
	Genius Jigol	Cast Member		[33]
2022	The Power of Superfoods	Storyteller		[34]
	Brave Detectives	Special MC	Season 2	[35]
2022–2023	Second House	Cast Member	Season 1–2	[36]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Reprised
	The Magic Wings
	The Stepping Stone
	Subway Line 1
	The Tempest
2004	The Human Comedy	Grandfather/Detective/Dancer	2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2013
2007	The Bald Soprano	Fire chief	2011
2013	University of Laughs	Censor	2014
2015-2016	Le Passe-Muraille	Prosecutor

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2012	SBS Drama Awards	Special Award, Actor in a Miniseries	The Chaser	Nominated
2016	2nd Scene Stealer Festival	Scene Stealer Award (Male)	Descendants of the Sun	Won
	9th Korea Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor		Won
	30th KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
2017	31st KBS Drama Awards		Mad Dog	Nominated
	SBS Drama Awards[37]		Innocent Defendant	Nominated
2020	Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards[38]	Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Commendation	—	Won
2021	Hallyu Culture Awards [39]	New Stealer Award	Mouse	Won
2022	2022 KBS Entertainment Awards[40]	Best Couple Award (with Joo Sang-wook)	2nd House	Won