Jang Seung-jo

In this Korean name, the family name is Jang.

Jang Hyun-deok (Korean: 장현덕; born December 13, 1981), known professionally as Jang Seung-jo, is a South Korean actor, known for his roles in Money Flower (2017–2018), Snowdrop (2021-2022),Familiar Wife (2018) and Encounter (2018–2019).^[2][3][4] In recent years, Jang also starred in several other dramas like Chocolate (2019–2020) and The Good Detective (2020–2022).

Jang Seung-jo
Born	(1981-12-13) December 13, 1981 (age 43) South Korea
Alma mater	Sangmyung University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Agent	Ace Factory[1]
Spouse	Lina ​ (m. 2014)​
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	장현덕
Hanja	張賢德
Revised Romanization	Jang Hyeondeok
McCune–Reischauer	Chang Hyŏndŏk
Stage name
Hangul	장승조
Revised Romanization	Jang Seungjo
McCune–Reischauer	Chang Sŭngjo

Personal life

It was confirmed in 2014 that Jang had been dating SM Entertainment's The Grace member, Lina for two years. They had been seeing each other since the musical Temptation of Wolves. They got married on November 22, 2014 in a private ceremony and welcomed their first child in September 2018.^[5]

Later, on September 28, 2021, the agency announced that Jang's wife is pregnant with her second child and is due in January 2022.^[6] On December 31, 2021, Jang's wife gave birth to their second child, a daughter.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Romantic Debtors	Dong-ryul
2017	Heart Blackened	Studio head
2020	Secret Zoo	Sungmin

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Quiz of God	Lee Jae-joon
	Liar Game	Kim Bong-geun		[8]
2015	Splendid Politics	Prince Jeongwon		[9]
	I Order You	Kevin		[10]
	The Scholar Who Walks the Night	Crown Prince Sadong		[11]
	All About My Mom	young Jang Cheol-woong		[12]
	Six Flying Dragons	Roughneck Confucian scholar		[13]
2016	Marrying My Daughter Twice	Choi Jae-yeong		[14]
2017	Teacher Oh Soon Nam	Cha Yoo-min		[15]
	The Package	Bae Hyeong-goo		[16]
	Money Flower	Jang Boo-cheon		[17]
2018	Familiar Wife	Yoon Joong-hoo		[18]
	Encounter	Jung Woo-seok		[19]
2019	Chocolate	Lee Joon		[20]
2020–2022	The Good Detective	Oh Ji-hyuk	Season 1–2	[21][22]
2021–2022	Snowdrop	Lee Kang-moo		[23]
2023	Strangers Again	Goo Eun-beom		[24]
2024	Nothing Uncovered	Seol Woo-jae		[25]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2023–2024	Death's Game	Lee Ju-hun	Cameo	[26]

Theatre

Musical theatre

Year	Title	Role
2005	Proposal
2006	Cinderella & Cinderolla Story (신데렐라 신데룰라 이야기)
2006	Dino & Flora (디노&플로라)	Buggy
2006	Miss Saigon (미스 사이공)
2007	West Side Story (웨스트 사이드 스토리)	Tony
2007	Fix My Makeup (화장을 고치고)	Jiseop
2008	Yi Sunsin (이순신)	So Yoshitoshi
2008	Romeo and Juliet	Romeo
2008	THE COVENANT JOURNEY (언약의 여정)	Yoseph
2008	Sex is Zero (색즉시공)	Dalsu
2009	Cheong Story (청 이야기)	Heewon
2011	Temptation of Wolves (늑대의 유혹)	Jung Taesung
2011	Thrill Me	He
2012	Black Mary Poppins	Hans
2012	Sherlock Homes	Adam Anderson
2013	Mama Don't Cry	Vampire
2013	Gutenberg the Musical	Bud Davenport
2013	Trace U	Go Bunha
2014	Blood Brothers	Eddy
2014	Gutenberg the Musical	Bud Davenport
2017	The Devil	X-Black
2019	King Arthur	Arthur

Theater play

Year	Title	Role
2012	Our Bad Magnet	Gordon
2013	Model Student (모범생들)	Kim Myungjun
2014	Puzzle (퍼즐)	Simon

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2016	SBS Drama Awards	Special Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	Marrying My Daughter Twice	Nominated
2017	MBC Drama Awards	Male Excellence in a Weekend Drama	Money Flower	Won	[27]
2018	6th APAN Star Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama		Won	[28]
2019	14th Soompi Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Serial Drama	Familiar Wife	Nominated