Jeon Seok-ho

In this Korean name, the family name is Jeon.

Jeon Seok-ho (Korean: 전석호; born May 2, 1984) is a South Korean actor. He is known for his role in Kingdom as the incompetent magistrate. He starred in TV series such as Misaeng: Incomplete Life (2014), The Good Wife (2016), and Strong Woman Do Bong-soon (2017).^[1][2][3]

Jeon Seok-ho
Jeon in October 2022
Born	(1984-05-02) May 2, 1984 (age 40) South Korea
Alma mater	Department of Theater and Film at Hanyang University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2011 to present
Agent	Ace Factory
Spouse	Undisclosed ​ (m. 2016)​
Children	2 daughters[citation needed]
Korean name
Hangul	전석호
Revised Romanization	Jeon Seokho
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏn Sŏkho

Early life and education

Jeon was born on May 2, 1984. Jeon first appeared on the screen in a minor role in the 2000 film Just Do It.^[4] In 2001, he appeared on the small screen in the EBS drama School Story.^[5] In 2003, he entered the Department of Theater and Film at Hanyang University. He said, "I fell in love with theater after meeting good professors and good seniors." He knew then that he wanted to do this for the rest of his life.^[6][7]

Career

Early career in Travel series

Jeon, actors Park Dong-wook and Director Park Seon-hee, three alumni of Hanyang University's Theater Department left for India in February 2010 and traveled for a month. Upon returning, they were jointly planning the 'India Blog'. In June 2011, performance took place on the stage of the 80-seat Yeonwoo Theater near Hyehwa Rotary in Daehakro, Seoul, ended on the 28th. Park Seon-hee, the director, had been directing play at Yeonwoo Stage since 2011.^[8][9] India Blog, which he appeared in after graduating from college, was a box office hit.

Jeon reunited with Park Dong-wook and Director Park Seon-hee in the play Turkish Blues. The play tells the story of two friends, high school student Da-hein and middle school student Seok-ho, who met as an English tutor and student in 1999. Seok-ho, a self-proclaimed 'basketball king' with an outspoken personality, and Da-hein, a perfectionist and sensitive 'study king', build memories by playing basketball together, strumming the guitar and singing, and performing on the streets of Daehakro. He then suggests that they take a trip to Turkey, saying that they can go to the beach in 'The Shawshank Redemption' and the places in 'Troy'. But even after 10 years, that promise has never been kept.^[10]

Jeon reunited with Park Dong-wook and Director Park Seon-hee in the play Bulryeongseon. Director Park Seon-hee serves as co-director with Kim Byeong-ju, the artistic director of Praxis, an educational theater research institute, and a professor of educational theater at Seoul National University of Education. Bulryeongseon is a play that reflects on the life and times of 'Kim Sang-ok' (Jeon Seok-ho), a doctor who sacrificed his life for the country 90 years ago, through the character 'Kim Sang-bok' (Park Dong-wook), an ordinary 27-year-old young man living in 2013.^[11]

Screen debut

In 2014, Jeon made his big screen debut in Director Noh Young-seok's film Intruders. Director Noh Young-seok revealed the secret behind the casting of Jeon Seok-ho. Director Noh Young-seok said, “I think the audience will view him with a more open mind because he is a not-so-well-known actor. When using a known actor, there seems to be a tendency to think more about the actor's image, so I looked for a new person. “I first saw Jeon Seok-ho in the play ‘India Blog’ and his acting was so natural and good that I cast him,” he said.^[12] The movie is about what happens when suspicious characters, including Sang-jin (played by Jeon Seok-ho), a pretentious traveler stranded in a pension, a kind ex-convict (played by Oh Tae-kyung [ko]), a mysterious police officer (played by Choi Moo-sung), and a suspicious hunter, become embroiled in a mysterious murder case. All main and casts Director Noh Young-seok attended press preview of the movie (produced by Stonewalk/distributed by CJ Entertainment) on February 14, at Wangsimni CGV in Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul.^[12] It was invited to the Busan International Film Festival.

At the age of 31, Jeon made his television debut in Misaeng: Incomplete Life.^[13] The television series based on webtoon Misaeng by Yoon Tae-ho. It aired on tvN from October 17 to December 20, 2014, on Fridays and Saturdays at 20:30 (KST) for 20 episodes. Jeon acted as Ha Sung-joon (Ha Daeri), the boss who harasses Ahn Young-mi (played by Kang So-ra). His portrayal played a big role in increasing the immersion of viewers in watching the drama.^[14]

In fall, Jeon joined The 63rd regular performance of the Yeonwoo Theater Company, Inside Himalaya. It was performed at the Yeonwoo Small Theater in Hyehwa-dong, Jongno-gu from August 14 to September 14. Revolved around stories of five men sharing their hearts while traveling together in the Himalayas. This is the third work in the travel play series presented by director Park Seon-hee and actors following 'India Blog' and 'Turkish Blues'. Kim Da-hin, Park Dong-wook, Jeon Seok-ho, Lim Seung-Beom, and Kim Hyun-Sik appeared.^[15]

Good Wife.^[16]

Kingdom

Jeon joined Kim Eun-hee Netflix original series Kingdom as scaredy cat Cho Beom-pal, a magistrate of Dongnae and Cho Hak-ju's nephew, a somewhat of a good nature character but incompetent.^[17] Cho Beom-pal is one of the characters who achieved remarkable growth from season 1 to season 2.^[18][19]

Personal life

Jeon got married in May 2016 after 10 years of dating. Jeon's wife gave birth to a daughter on the afternoon of March 8, 2018, after about two years of marriage.^[20]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2000	Just Do It	Maeng-in	[4]
2003	Singles	Jae-ho
2011	Help Me	Hyeok-jin	[21]
2014	Intruders	Sang-jin
2016	Familyhood	Director Park
	Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River	Yi Wan
	Unwanted Brother	Jo Dong-hyun	[22]
2017	Lucid Dream	Choi Kyung-hwan
	Room No.7	detective Woo
2018	After Spring	Seok-ho
	Miss Baek	detective Bae
	Passing Summer	In-gu
2019	Miss & Mrs. Cops	detective Oh
	Film Adventure	Seok-ho
2020	Secret Garden (Independent Film)	Sang-woo	[23]
2021	Sana-Hee Pure	Yoo	[24][25]
2022	Special Delivery	Nam Ang-beol	[26]
	Transaction Complete	Kwang-sung	[27][28]
2023	Where Would You Like to Go?		[29]
	The Roundup: No Way Out	Kim Yang-ho	[30][31]
TBA	SAT, Secret of the Question	Ki Ki-su	[32]
	Amazon Whal Myung-soo	Manager Park	[33]

Television series

Television series' appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2001	School Story	Student	Bit part	[5]
2014	Misaeng: Incomplete Life	Ha Sung-jun	Supporting role	[34][35]
2016	The Good Wife	Park Do-seob	Supporting role	[16]
2017	Strong Girl Bong-soon	Secretary Gong	Supporting role	[36]
	Han Yeo-reum's Memory	Contact accident driver	Cameo
2017–2018	Jugglers	Park Jun-pyo	Cameo
2018	Live	Jung-oh's sunbae	Cameo
	The Miracle We Met	Detective Park Dong-su	Cameo	[37]
	Life on Mars	Han Choong-ho	Supporting role
	Familiar Wife		Cameo
2019	My Fellow Citizens!	Kang Hyun-tae		[38]
	Class of Lies	Lee Tae-seok	Supporting role
2020	Chocolate	Dae-ho	Cameo (episode 2)	[39]
	Hyena	Ga Ki-hyuk	Supporting role
	365: Repeat the Year	Park Young-gil	Cameo (Ep. 1–3)
	The Uncanny Counter	So Gwon	Cameo
2021	Jirisan	Kim Woong-soon		[40]
	Moebius: The Veil	Park Wang-eom	Supporting role	[41]
2021–2022	School 2021	Lee Kang-hoon	Supporting role	[42][43]
2022	Yumi's Cells	Ahn Dae-young	Cameo (Season 2)	[44][45]
2024	Love Next Door	Yoon Myung-woo	Supporting role	[46]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019–2020	Kingdom	Jo Bum-pal	Seasons 1–2	[47]
2023	Moving	Yoon Seong-wook		[48]
2024	Blood Free	Seo Hui		[49]
	Squid Game 2	Choi Woo-seok		[50]

Television show

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2015	Discovering Weekly Movies	narrator	[51]

Stage

Musical

Musical play performance(s)

Year	Title		Role	Theater	Date	Ref.
	English	Korean
2019	Cold Heart Part 2	차가운심장 Part2	Ejesil	Sowol Art Hall	December 7 to 29	[52]

Theater

Theater play performance(s)

Year	Title		Role	Theater	Date	Ref.
	English	Korean
2011	India Blog	인디아 블로그	Hyuk-jin	Yeonwoo Small Theatre	June 23 to August 28	[53]
2011–2012				Daehak-ro T.O.M.2	December 8 to May 28
2012				Gyeongseong University Yenoso Theatre Busan	June 29 to July 29	[9]
				Daejeon Pyeongsong Youth Culture Centre Small Theatre	September 25 to October 7, 2012	[54]
2013	Turkish Blues	터키 블루스	Lim Joo-hyuk	Yeonwoo Small Theatre	September 26 to November 3	[55]
	Bulryeongseon	불령선인	Kim Sang-bok	NH Art Hall	November 28 to December 8	[56]
				Cheonan Arts Centre Small Performance Hall	December 13 to 14
2014	Inside Himalayas	인사이드 히말라야	Bob Dylan	Yeonwoo Small Theatre	August 14 to September 4	[57]
2015	True West	트루웨스트	Lee	A Art Hall	August 13 to November 1	[58]
2016	Turkish Blues	터키 블루스	Lim Joo-hyuk	Hongik University Daehakro Art Center	March 4 to April 10	[59]
	India Blog	인디아 블로그	Hyuk-jin	Art One Theatre 3, Daehak-ro	January 8 to February 28	[60]
2017	Latin America Quartet	라틴아메리카 콰르텟	Kim Han-min	Project Box Seeya	August 8 to 13	[61]
2017–2018	Millennium Boys	밀레니엄 소년단	Jeon Myeong-gu	Dongsung Art Centre Dongsungso Theatre	December 1 to February 4	[62]
2018	Doosan Humanities Theater 2018 Altruism - Nassim	두산인문극장 2018 이타주의자 - 낫심	—	Doosan Art Center Space111	April 10–29	[63]
	Latin America Quartet	라틴아메리카 콰르텟	Kim Han-min	CKL Stage	July 6–15	[64]
2020	Good Day to Read Hamlet	햄릿 읽기 좋은 날	Guest	Yeonwoo Small Theatre	February 19 to 29	[65]
2021	Club Berlin	클럽 베를린	Seok-ho	CJ Azit Daehakro	May 26 to June 19	[66]
	India Blog	인디아 블로그	Hyuk-jin	Yeonwoo Small Theatre	January 14 to February 28	[67]
2022	Club Berlin	클럽 베를린	Seok-ho	CJ Azit Daehakro	June 26 to July 18	[68]
	Latin America Quartet	라틴아메리카 콰르텟	Kim Han-min	CJ Azit Daehakro	July 1 to 24	[69]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2020	56th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Supporting Actor (TV)	Hyena	Nominated	[70]