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Jo Hee-bong is a Actor Sud coréen born on 23 august 1971

Jo Hee-bong

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Nationality Coree du sud
Birth 23 august 1971 (53 years)

Jo Hee-bong (born August 23, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Jo began his acting career in 1997 as part of the theatre troupe Bipa (비파). He later became known as a supporting actor onscreen, in films such as Blind (2011) and Incomplete Life: Prequel (2013), and the television dramas Hong Gil-dong (2008), Joseon X-Files (2010), and Good Doctor (2013).

In a collaboration with director Kim Tae-yong, Jo is also the live narrator (or byeonsa) for Crossroads of Youth (1934), Korea's oldest surviving silent film. Aside from local performances in 2008 and 2012, Jo has performed at the 2009 New York Film Festival, the 2011 Guwahati International Film Festival in Mexico, the 2011 Thames Festival in London, and the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.

Usually with

Ahn Sang-hoon
Ahn Sang-hoon
(2 films)
Uhm Jung-hwa
Uhm Jung-hwa
(3 films)
Kim Tae-yong
Kim Tae-yong
(2 films)
Joo Jin-mo
Joo Jin-mo
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jo Hee-bong (13 films)

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Empire of Lust, 1h53
Directed by Ahn Sang-hoon
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Shin Ha-kyun, Jang Hyuk, Kang Ha-neul, Gi Ju-bong, Hwang Geum-hee, Lee Jae-yong
Roles Hwajeon owner (cameo)
Rating61% 3.061643.061643.061643.061643.06164
Kim Min-jae is a brilliant general who's distinguished himself by protecting the borders of the recently established Joseon dynasty. He keeps a close eye on Yi Bang-won, the fifth son of King Taejo, whom he believes has ambitions of seizing the throne. Yi Bang-won was instrumental in helping his father overthrow the Goryeo dynasty and founding Joseon, but was passed over when Taejo chose his successor. Meanwhile, Kim Min-jae falls in love for the first time with a gisaeng named Ka-hee, whom he takes as his concubine, not realizing that she aims to carry out a vendetta against him.
The Pirates, 2h10
Directed by Lee Seok-hoon
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Mise en scène d'un cétacé
Actors Kim Nam-gil, Son Ye-jin, Kim Tae-woo, Sulli (설리), Lee Geung-young, Yoo Hae-jin
Roles Oh Man-ho
Rating65% 3.2595453.2595453.2595453.2595453.259545
On the eve of the founding of the Joseon Dynasty, a whale swallows the Ming Emperor's Seal of State being brought to Joseon by envoys from China. With a big reward on whoever brings back the royal seal, mountain bandits led by Jang Sa-jung go out to sea to hunt down the whale. But he soon clashes with Yeo-wol, a female captain of pirates, and unexpected adventure unfolds.
Montage
Montage (2013)
, 1h59
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Kim Sang-kyung, Uhm Jung-hwa, Park Chul-min, Jo Hee-bong, Yu Seung-Mok, Gi Ju-bong
Roles Detective Kang
Rating73% 3.6975553.6975553.6975553.6975553.697555
A kidnapper disappeared 15 years ago without a trace. Five days before the case's statute of limitations expires, someone anonymously leaves a flower at the crime scene. A few days later, another kidnapping takes place using the same method on a similar target. Three people team up to solve the case before it's too late: the grandfather (Song Young-chang), who lost his granddaughter right in front of him, the mother (Uhm Jung-hwa), who has been searching for the person who abducted her daughter 15 years ago, and the detective with a guilty conscience (Kim Sang-kyung), who puts everything into this long-unsolved case.
Love Fiction, 2h1
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Ha Jeong-woo, Gong Hyo-jin, Ji Jin-hee, Lee Byung-joon, Jo Hee-bong, Yoo In-na
Roles Publisher Kwak / Detective squad chief Kwak
Rating60% 3.0160053.0160053.0160053.0160053.016005
Goo Joo-wol (Ha Jung-woo) is a novelist (and part-time bartender) suffering writer's block and he has not been able to write anything for the past couple of years. A hopeless romantic, he looks to find artistic inspiration in every woman he meets, but ends up only with despair and heartache. One day, his publisher asks him to come along to a book fair in Germany for a change of pace. There he meets Hee-jin (Gong Hyo-jin), a film distributor who is there to survey the European film market at an event in Berlin. Unsurprisingly, he falls in love instantly, and upon returning to Seoul, he writes her a love letter displaying his odd sense of humor, which convinces her to go out on a date with him. As their relationship progresses, Joo-wol writes a bestselling pulp noir serial with a main character loosely based on Hee-jin. However, with this newfound popularity he begins to discover more than he would like to know about his girlfriend’s complicated history with men.
Blind
Blind (2011)
, 1h52
Directed by Ahn Sang-hoon
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, La cécité, Buddy films
Actors Kim Ha-neul, Yoo Seung-ho, Kim Mi-kyung, Jo Hee-bong, Park Bo-gum, Choi Phillip
Roles Detective Jo
Rating68% 3.4084153.4084153.4084153.4084153.408415
A missing person case involving a female university student and the victim in a hit and run case appears to be related. Detectives look for a witness.
A Man Who Was Superman, 1h42
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Hwang Jeong-min, Jeon Ji-hyeon, Lee Sang-yeob, Jin Ji-hee, Sunwoo Sun, Jo Hee-bong
Roles sound engineer
Rating72% 3.646183.646183.646183.646183.64618
Song Soo-jung is a producer going on her third year at a small company. Her speciality is filming human interest stories. She is driven to produce these shallow stories for the sake of her ambition of one day becoming Korea's own Oprah Winfrey. However, she is reaching the end of what's left of her pride. After months of not getting paid, one day she leaves her office as usual with the company camera to produce a story on a lion apparently refusing to eat its meal. On her way, however, she comes across a robber, but she is saved somehow by "Superman" in a Hawaiian shirt. Superman claims he's unable to tap into his superhuman powers because "bad guys" have placed kryptonite inside his head. However, he doesn't let that get in his way of helping others, and saving the world from global warming and rescuing a lost puppy. Soo-jung can see this will make a good story and, with a little tweaking and a little fabricating, she produces the "Superman Saves the World" documentary which goes on to be a ratings hit. After an X-Ray examination of "Superman's" skull, it becomes clear that there really is something stuck in his head - a bullet.
Once Upon a Time, 1h50
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Heist films
Actors Lee Bo-young, Park Yong-woo, Sung Dong-il, Kim Su-hyeon, Ahn Gil-kang, Kim Eung-soo
Roles Hee-bong, the cook
Rating58% 2.912642.912642.912642.912642.91264
The film is set in Seoul, 1945, during the final days of Japanese rule. Kanemura is a well-connected con artist who makes money by selling ancient Korean artifacts to wealthy Japanese collectors. His eyes are set on Haruko, a beautiful jazz singer in a downtown nightclub; unbeknownst to anyone, Haruko has been moonlighting as "Haedanghwa" ("Rugosa Rose"), a cat burglar who has carried out a succession of high profile thefts. She is also pursued by Yamada, a colonel in the Japanese military police, who is jealous of Kanemura's affections towards her. The owner of the nightclub and his chef, Hee-bong, secretly work for the Korean independence movement.
Cruel Winter Blues, 1h58
Directed by Lee Jeong-beom, Lee Jeong-beom
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Sol Kyung-gu, Jo Han-sun, Na Moon-hee, Jo Hee-bong, Ryoo Seung-ryong, Yoon Je-moon
Rating69% 3.4867153.4867153.4867153.4867153.486715
A small-time crook, Jae-mun (Sol Kyung-gu) is the seasoned veteran of a gang. He decides to go after Dae-sik, the man who killed his mentor and childhood friend a few years earlier. He takes Chi-guk with him as his partner in the assassination. Although a physically imposing black belt in Taekwondo, Chi-guk (Jo Han-sun) is a soft-spoken newcomer to gang life, who is quietly offended by Jae-mun's arbitrary and random acts of cruelty and rudeness against him and others. Together, they travel to Dae-sik's hometown, a remote rural village called Bulgyo in South Jeolla Province.
Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater, 2h
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Themes Ghost films, Musical films, Comedy horror films
Actors Kim Kkobbi, Chun Ho-jin, Jo Hee-bong
Roles Hiroshi
Rating58% 2.9447052.9447052.9447052.9447052.944705
The plot follows a young girl, Seong So-dan as she searches for her grandmother, who disappears at the beginning of the film after announcing that she wanted to go and see "her film". So-dan goes to the movie theatre to look for her and stops the suicidal manager from hanging himself, he gives her a job working in the box office so she can wait and see if her grandmother will show up. One night, while she is working late at the theater, four ghosts appear to her; Wanda, a bulimic ex-kisaeng who obsessively counts her own hair; Elisa, a Joseon Dynasty princess; Ijawa Hiroshi, a Japanese soldier stationed in Korea and Mosquito. Each of the ghosts is identical to a member of the theater staff working during the day.
My Wife Is a Gangster 3, 1h55
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Gangster films
Actors Shu Qi, Lee Beom-soo, Hyun Young, Oh Ji-ho, Ti Lung, Jo Hee-bong
Rating62% 3.1439153.1439153.1439153.1439153.143915
Korean gangster Han Ki-Chul (Lee Beom-soo) is put in charge by his Big Boss of looking after Lim Aryong (Shu Qi) who comes from Hong Kong. They expect Lim Aryong to be some big male gangster but she turns out to be a woman and acts very cold toward him and his associates. Moreover none of them speak her language and she doesn't understand Korean. A translator called Yeon-Hee (Hyun Young) arrives. She is immature and very scared of the gangsters so at the beginning, instead of translating Aryong's rather rude answers, she changes them to nice ones. Quickly, Aryong shows her fighting skills beating other bosses to save her companions. Ki-Chul and his associates who are rather unskilled, are impressed and become afraid of her while, upon finding that they are actually nice, she's trying to be more friendly. Her efforts are ruined by Yeon-Hee who, taking advantage of Aryoung's aura, 'translates' very threatening sentences.
Family Ties, 1h53
Directed by Kim Tae-yong
Genres Drama
Actors Moon So-ri, Go Doo-shim, Uhm Tae-woong, Gong Hyo-jin, Bong Tae-gyu, Kim Kkobbi
Roles man fighting on train
Rating69% 3.470553.470553.470553.470553.47055
The film is divided into three different 'family' portraits. The first two take place at roughly the same time.
All for Love, 2h9
Directed by Min Gyoo-dong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Uhm Jung-hwa, Hwang Jeong-min, Im Chang-jung, Im Chang-jung, Seo Young-hee, Kim Su-ro
Roles cameo
Rating66% 3.332883.332883.332883.332883.33288
A lovely week in the lives of these people. An elderly woman (Oh Mi-hee) rents a coffee shop from a gruff theater owner (Joo Hyun).
Singles
Singles (2003)
, 1h50
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jang Jin-young, Uhm Jung-hwa, Lee Beom-soo, Kim Joo-hyuk, Han Ji-hye, Song Jae-ho
Roles Na-Nan's co-worker
Rating63% 3.194283.194283.194283.194283.19428
Na-nan, soon to turn 30, is at a crossroads in her life. She has been dumped by her boyfriend, then gets demoted at work from designer to restaurant manager. For support she relies on her best friend, promiscuous party girl Dong-mi, who shares an apartment with the shy and studious Jeong-joon. Eventually Na-nan attracts the attention of Su-heon, and the two start dating. But when she learns that Su-heon is being transferred to the United States, she must choose between making a go of her career as a restaurateur, or starting a new life overseas.