Park Ji-hwan

Park Ji-hwan (Korean: 박지환; born September 5, 1980) is a South Korean actor. He initially appeared in Yellow Hair (1999) and made his feature film debut in The City of Violence (2006). Since then, Park has performed in numerous movies and television dramas, including The Outlaws (2017), Untouchable (2017), and Black Dog (2019). Initially interested in a career in fashion design, Park changed track and decided to attend the Korean Academy of Film Arts. After working in many projects as a minor character, he has recently played more central roles, including that of a conflicted single father in Our Blues (2022).^[1][2]

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Park Ji-hwan
Park in 2022
Born	(1980-09-05) September 5, 1980 (age 44) South Korea
Occupation	Actor
Agent	Just Entertainment
Spouse	Unknown (m. 2024)
Children	1
Korean name
Hangul	박지환
Revised Romanization	Bak Jihwan
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Chihwan

Personal life

On March 8, 2024, Just Entertainment announced that Park would be holding a wedding ceremony next month after already registering his marriage and having a son.^[3] The couple held the ceremony on April 27.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2006	The City of Violence	teen gang boss
2008	A Cheonggyecheon Dog	Min-soo
2009	Exhausted	Ko-gal
	A Blind River	cameo
2013	Anti Gas Skin	Bo-Sik
	Way Back Home	Ha Tae-gwang
2014	Virgin Theory: 7 Steps to Get on the Top	intoxicated man
	Man in Love	"Gold Teeth"
	My Dictator	leader of Advisory Team
	Big Match	homeless man
	Love Clinic	senior in medical school
2015	The Shameless	Son Kyoung-Soo
	Bad Man	Detective Kim Joo-Won
	The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale	hunter Hwan
2016	A Violent Prosecutor	Chul-goo
	The Great Actor	Jung-bong
2017	Warriors of the Dawn	Gorruta
	The Outlaws	Jang Yi-soo
	1987: When the Day Comes	detective
2018	Unstoppable	Choon-sik
	The Drug King	Wang Moon-ho
2019	Svaha: The Sixth Finger	Jang-seok
	The Battle: Roar to Victory	Shigeru Arayoshi
2020	Beasts Clawing at Straws	Carp
2021	Spiritwalker	Haengryeo
2022	The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure	A-gwi
	The Roundup	Jang Yi-soo
	Hansan: Rising Dragon	Na Dae-yong	[5]
2023	The Roundup: No Way Out	Jang Yi-soo	Special appearance
2024	The Roundup: Punishment	Jang Yi-soo	[6]
	Hijack 1971	Chief Kim	Special appearance
	Handsome Guys	Chief Choi	[7]
TBA	Boss	Pan-ho	[8]
	The Roundup 5	Jang Yi-soo

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Pied Piper	Heo Tae-woong
2017–2018	Untouchable	Goo Do-soo
2019	Touch Your Heart	Lee Doo-seob
	Nokdu Flower	Kim Ga		[9]
	Black Dog	Song Young-tae		[10]
2020	The Good Detective	Kang Eun-Hee's ex-husband	Cameo (ep.4,14,16)
2022	Our Blues	Jung In-gwon		[11]
2023	My Lovely Boxer	Kim Oh-bok		[12][13]
2023–2024	Gyeongseong Creature	Gap-pyeong	Season 1	[14]
2024	The Frog	Jong-du		[15]
	Seoul Busters	Mu Jung-nyok		[16]
	The Queen 'Woo'	Mugol		[17][18]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022–2023	Europe Outside Your Tent	Cast Member	Season 1 and 3	[19]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
APAN Star Awards	2022	Best Supporting Actor	Our Blues	Nominated	[20]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2023	Best Supporting Actor – Film	The Roundup	Nominated	[21]
Blue Dragon Film Awards	2022	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	[22]
Buil Film Awards	2022	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated	[23]
Chunsa Film Art Awards	2022			Won	[24]
Grand Bell Awards	2022			Nominated	[25]
		People's Choice Award		Won	[26]