Jo Byeong-kyu

In this Korean name, the family name is Jo.

Jo Byeong-kyu (Korean: 조병규; born April 23, 1996) is a South Korean actor. He is notable for his roles in the television series SKY Castle (2018–2019), Hot Stove League (2019–2020), and The Uncanny Counter Season 1 & 2 (2020–2023).

Jo Byeong-kyu
Jo in February 2021
Born	(1996-04-23) April 23, 1996 (age 28) Seoul, South Korea
Alma mater	Anyang Arts High School[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2015–present
Agent	HB Entertainment[2]
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Korean name
Hangul	조병규
Revised Romanization	Jo Byeong-gyu
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Pyŏnggyu
Website	hbenter.com

Personal life

Bullying allegations and investigation

Jo for Marie Claire Korea in April 2020

In February 2021, Jo Byeong-kyu was accused of being a former bully back in his school days,^[3] which led to a suspension of his career and investigations being made on the veracity of these allegations. In July 2021, police investigations had concluded that the allegations were fabricated and the accuser had apologised to Jo, who was set to recover his career and in talks to star in a new drama serial.^[4]

Military service

Jo was judged to be a 4th-grade supplementary service (social service agent) in his first physical examination by the Military Manpower Administration. Jo had been diagnosed with scoliosis, but decided to apply for a re-examination.^[5][6] The exact timing of Cho's enlistment has not been determined, but he is expected to enlist in the second half of 2024.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Life Risking Romance	Seol Rok-hwan (teen)		[8]
	Secret	Park Ji-soo	independent film
	School Battle	Park Ji-soo
	Interchange	Lee Jun-seok
	Shooting Star	Moo-joo
	Train to Chuncheon	Kim Tae-soo
	Agape	Song Tae-woo
	Cinema Game "Some"	Sang Sik
2017	Let's Go	himself
	Knock, Knock, Knock	Yeon-woo
	I Had No Other Choice	Song Kwang
2018	Fantasy of the Girls	Go Woo-cheol		[9]
	Kim Hee-sun	Choi Dong-hun	independent film	[10]
2019	Idol	Goo Yo-han		[11]
	Miss & Mrs. Cops	Kang Han-sol		[12]
2020	Special Ending	Jeon Su-won	independent film	[citation needed]
2021	There Is an Alien Here	Do Geon-tae		[13][14][15]
	Hardcore Romance	Kim Haeng-nam	independent film
	Is Hikikomori Doing Well?	Ki-woo
	Killing Kim Gong-joo	Byeong-kyu		[citation needed]
2022	School Caste	Shin Je-ah	TVING Short Film	[16]
	Millennial Killer	Jeong-sik	independent film	[17][18]
2024	Again 1997	Jeon Woo-seok		[19]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2015	Who Are You: School 2015	Byeong-kyu		[20]
	Riders: Catch Tomorrow	Kim Min-joong		[21]
2016	Yeah, That's How It Is	the patient	Episode 28
	A Beautiful Mind	Gye Jin-sung's brother		[22]
	The K2	the part-timer	Episode 8	[23]
2017	Queen for Seven Days	Baek Suk-hee (young)		[24]
	Money Flower	Kang Pil-joo (young)		[25]
	Hello, My Twenties! 2	Jo Chung-han
	Girls' Generation 1979	Lee Bong-soo		[26]
2018	Radio Romance	Go Hoon-jung		[27]
	The Time	Kim Bok-kyu		[28]
2018–2019	Sky Castle	Cha Ki-joon		[29]
2019	He Is Psychometric	Kang Seong-mo (young)		[30][31]
	Arthdal Chronicles	Sateunik		[32][33]
2019–2020	Hot Stove League	Han Jae-hee
2020–2023	The Uncanny Counter	So Mun	Season 1–2	[34]
TBA	History of Losers	Seo Min-ki
TBA	Paradise	Kang Jin Hyuk
TBA	Serenade	Park Yeong

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2018	Dokgo Rewind	Kim Jong-il	[35]

Television show

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2019–2020	Naturally	Cast member	Episode 1–6, 8–12, 20, 26, 36–43	[36]
2021	Long Live Independence		Episode 2
2024	Rap Cup	Main MC		[37]

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Album
"Pieces Of My Life" (with Choi Hui-seung, UK)[38]	2024	Again 1997 Original Soundtrack
"Don't Cry"[39]		Non-album single

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.
Asia Model Awards	2021	Rising Star Award	The Uncanny Counter	Won	[40]
SBS Drama Awards	2020	Best New Actor	Hot Stove League	Won	[41]

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18. Intermediate short film directed by Korean National University of the Arts students.
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External links

• Jo Byeong-kyu at HanCinema
• Jo Byeong-kyu at the Korean Movie Database