Joo Jin-mo
| Joo Jin-mo | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Park Jin-tae August 11, 1974 Seoul, South Korea |
| Education |
University of Incheon - Physical Education (dropped out) Chung-Ang University - Film |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1999-present |
| Agent |
Fantagio (????-2016) Huayi Brothers (2016-present) |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Ju Jin-mo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chu Chinmo |
| Birth name | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Jin-tae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Chint'ae |
Joo Jin-mo (born Park Jin-tae on August 11, 1974), is a South Korean actor.
Born as Park Jin-tae, he borrowed his manager's name "Joo Jin-mo" for his stage name when he began his acting career.
After appearing in TV dramas and some minor roles in film, Joo was first cast as a lead in Dance Dance in 1999, for which he underwent extensive dance training. Although the film itself did not perform well, it gave Joo some publicity before he broke through with the box-office and critical hit Happy End. His role as a spurned lover in this psycho-drama attracted considerable notice in Korea, and the film itself also traveled to Hong Kong.
After taking the lead in Kim Ki-duk's mildly experimental Real Fiction (which was shot in 3.5 hours without any retakes), Joo took a major role in the much-hyped Musa, set in 14th century China and starring Zhang Ziyi from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. He also acted in Wanee & Junah, a melodrama about a screenwriter and an animator opposite Kim Hee-sun.
After some films he had been cast in were cancelled due to lack of financing, Joo did the 2003 boxing drama Punch with Shin Min-ah, then returned to the big screen in 2004, in the comedy Liar based on the play Run for Your Wife by Ray Cooney.
From 2004 to early 2005, Joo filmed the epic wuxia historical drama Bichunmoo ("Dance in the Sky"), but due to copyright issues with Korean broadcasters, it aired first in China and Taiwan in 2006. It was finally shown on Korean television in 2008, though SBS edited down the original 33 episodes into 14.
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