Cha Tae-hyun
| Cha Tae-hyun | |
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Tae-hyun in May 2015
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| Born |
March 25, 1976 Seoul, South Korea |
| Education |
Seoul Institute of the Arts (Broadcasting) Kyonggi University (Multimedia Arts) Chung-Ang University (Graduate School of Mass Communications) |
| Occupation | Actor, singer, television personality, radio DJ |
| Years active | 1995-present |
| Agent | Blossom Entertainment |
| Spouse(s) | Choi Suk-eun (m. 2006) |
| Children | 3 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 차태현 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Cha Tae-hyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch’a T’ae-hyŏn |
Cha Tae-hyun (born March 25, 1976) is a South Korean actor, singer, television personality and radio DJ. He is best known for his lead roles in the box-office hit comedies My Sassy Girl (2001), Scandal Makers (2008) and Hello Ghost (2010) as well as the television series Jeon Woo-chi (2012) and The Producers (2015). Since 2012, he is a cast member of the variety show 2 Days & 1 Night. He is a co-founder of the talent management agency Blossom Entertainment.
Cha's father is Cha Jae-wan, who was an assistant director for special effects at KBS, and his mother Choi Su-min, now retired, was a voice-over artist. His brother is film producer Cha Ji-hiyeon.
In June 1, 2006, Cha married his high school sweetheart, pop lyricist Choi Suk-eun. They dated for 13 years; she was his first and only girlfriend. They have three children, a son (Cha Soo-chan) and two daughters (Cha Tae-eun, Cha Su-jin).
In 2011, Cha revealed on SBS talk show Healing Camp, Aren't You Happy that he suffers from a panic disorder.
Cha Tae-hyun started his career as a silver medalist in a 1995 KBS Talent Contest. Over the next several years he would star in a large number of TV dramas such as Sunflower and Happy Together, while also appearing in numerous TV commercials. He was the radio DJ for KBS Cool FM's FM Popular Music with Cha Tae-hyun from 1999-2000, and made a minor film debut in the comedy Hallelujah.
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