Cha Seo-won

Lee Chang-yeob (Korean: 이창엽; born April 15, 1991), known by his stage name Cha Seo-won (차서원), is a South Korean actor. His breakthrough role was in The Second Husband (2022), where he won his first acting award. He has also been a cast member of the variety show I Live Alone since 2022.

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee. In the stage name or pen-name, the surname is Cha.

Cha Seo-won
Cha in January 2019
Born	Lee Chang-yeob (1991-04-15) April 15, 1991 (age 34) Busan, South Korea
Education	Korea National University of Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2013–present
Agent	Namoo Actors[1]
Children	1
Korean name
Hangul	이창엽
Revised Romanization	I Changyeop
McCune–Reischauer	I Ch'angyŏp
Stage name
Hangul	차서원
Revised Romanization	Cha Seowon
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'a Sŏwŏn

Personal life

Military service

Cha enlisted for his mandatory military service as an active-duty soldier on November 22, 2022.^[2] In December 2022, he sustained a minor finger injury at the training center but resumed training after treatment.^[3] On May 21, 2024, Cha was officially discharged from the military.^[4]

Marriage and family

On June 5, 2023, it was announced that Cha's fiancée, actress Uhm Hyun-kyung, was pregnant, and that they planned to marry in May of the following year. They met while filming Second Husband.^[5] On October 16, 2023, Uhm gave birth to a son.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Tenderly Crunch	Da Yi Jae	Short film	[7]
2018	A Boy and Sungreen	Doctor		[8]
2022	Decision to Leave	Mr. Ryu	Bit part	[8]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	The Heirs			[7]
2015	Miss Mamma Mia			[9]
2017	Sisters-in-Law	Choi Dong-joo		[7]
	Children of the 20th Century	Lee Dong-hoon		[9]
2018	The Rich Son	Choi Yong		[7]
2019	Liver or Die	Lee Wi-sang		[10]
	Miss Lee	Park Do-joon		[7]
2021	The Second Husband	Yoon Jae-min		[11]
2023	Our Blooming Youth	Jang-eui	Cameo (episode 12)	[12]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2023	Unintentional Love Story	Yoon Tae-joon	[13]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	I Live Alone	Cast Member	Episodes 455–472	[14]
	If I Go Once			[15]

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2022	Charmi (차미)	Oh Jin-hyuk	[16]

Discography

Soundtrack appearances

Title	Year	Album	Ref.
"What's in Life"	2021	Second Husband OST	[17]
"Shalala"	2022		[18]
"Beautiful day"	2023	Unintentional Love Story OST

Ambassadorship

• Korean Red Cross blood donation ambassador (2022)^[19]

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.
APAN Star Awards	2022	Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama	The Second Husband	Nominated	[20]
KBS Drama Awards	2019	Best New Actor	Liver or Die	Nominated
MBC Drama Awards	2021	Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Daily Drama	The Second Husband	Won	[21]