Cho Hyun-chul

In this Korean name, the family name is Cho.

Cho Hyun-chul (Korean: 조현철; born December 24, 1986) is a South Korean actor. He gained recognition for his roles in the television series Hotel del Luna (2019), D.P. (2021–2023), Inspector Koo (2021), as well as the films The First Lap (2017) and Samjin Company English Class (2020).

Cho Hyun-chul
Hyun-chul in October 2022
Born	(1986-12-24) December 24, 1986 (age 38) Seoul, South Korea
Education	Korea National University of Arts
Occupations	Actor director
Years active	2010–present
Agent	Management MMM[1]
Relatives	Jo Dong-rim (brother)
Korean name
Hangul	조현철
Revised Romanization	Jo Hyeoncheol
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Hyŏnch'ŏl

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Love in the Time of Allergy		as director and screenwriter
2010	Pitpat Wing Chun	Hyun-cheol	Short film
2012	Architecture 101	Dong-gu
2014	Romance in Seoul		as Co-director and screenwriter
2015	Coin Locker Girl	Hong-joo
	Robot Revival		as director
2016	Tunnel	Rescue team member
	Master	Ahn Kyung-nam
	My Sister Is Dead	Ha-neul	Short film
2017	The First Lap	Soo-hyun
2019	Mal-Mo-E: The Secret Mission	Park Bong-doo
	The King of the Border	Dong-cheol		[2]
	Film Adventure	Young-hwa
2020	Samjin Company English Class	Choi Dong-soo		[3]
	Best Friend	Young-cheol		[4]
2022	The Dream Songs		as director, Premiere at 27th BIFF	[5]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	Argon	Heo Jong-tae		[6]
2019	Memories of the Alhambra	Choi Yang-joo		[7]
	Hotel del Luna	Sanchez		[8]
	The Lies Within	Park Seong-jae	Cameo	[9]
2021	Inspector Koo	Oh Kyung-soo		[10]
2023	Revenant	shaman	Cameo (episode 7)	[11]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021–2023	D.P.	Jo Suk-bong	Season 1	[12]
2023	One Day Off	Art teacher	Cameo	[13]
TBA	Pleasant Bullying	Young-gyun		[14]
	Aema	Kwak In-woo		[15]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2010	36th Seoul Independent Film Festival	Jury's Special Mention	Love in the Time of Allergy	Won
	4th Great Short Film Festival	KT & G Gold Crown Award		Won
2019	23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival	Best Actor	Film Adventure	Won	[16]
	7th Wildflower Film Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
2022	20th Director's Cut Awards	Best New Actor – Television	D.P.	Won	[17]
	58th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Supporting Actor – Television		Won	[18]
2024	Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Director – Film	The Dream Songs	Nominated	[19]