Lim Ju-hwan

Lim Ju-hwan
At Uncontrollably Fond press conference, 4 July 2016
Born	(1982-05-18) May 18, 1982 (age 34)
Other names	Im Joo-hwan
Education	Daejin University - Theatre and Film
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Agent	Blossom Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	임주환
Hanja	林周煥
Revised Romanization	Im Ju-hwan
McCune–Reischauer	Im Chu-hwan

Lim Ju-hwan (Hangul: 임주환; born May 18, 1982) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the television dramas Tamra, the Island (2009) and Ugly Alert (2013).

When he was a senior in high school, Lim Ju-hwan joined the theater group called Kwangto, an acronym of Kwangdae Tokkaebi referring to traditional performers and hobgoblins in Korean, where he was first introduced to theatrical performance. He watched most of theater performances run in high schools, colleges, and theaters in Daehakro, the Broadway of Seoul where theaters are clustered almost one on top of each other. Lim played the role of the pastor in The Good Doctor by Neil Simon and won the prize of best performance in the Fourth Youth Theater Festival in 2000. He also directed the play, Pay Tuition Back, at the school festival. He continues to maintain a good friendship with fellow actor Shin Dong-wook, whom he met at the time.

After graduating from high school, Lim began his professional career in modeling at The Men, a modeling and acting agency. He also enrolled at Daejin University for his undergraduate and graduate studies in theatre and film.

Lim made his first professional television debut on Magic, aired on SBS in 2004, and made his film debut in A Millionaire's First Love in 2006, followed by a series of supporting roles, notably in The Snow Queen (2006) and Boys Over Flowers (2009). He received favorable reviews for his performance as a blind painter in episode 10 of Auction House, a 2007 TV series revolving around the art world which aired on MBC. But his breakthrough came in his first leading role in the 2009 MBC series Tamra, the Island.