Jeon Bae-soo

In this Korean name, the family name is Jeon.

Jeon Bae-soo (Korean: 전배수; born June 2, 1970)^[1] is a South Korean actor. He is known for his supporting roles in various TV series and films.^[2] His better known works are: 2016 TV series The K2, 2019 romantic comedy When the Camellia Blooms, 2020 historical romantic comedy Mr. Queen, Netflix horror web series All of Us Are Dead and the 2024 hit romantic comedy series Queen of Tears. He has appeared in more than 50 TV series, theatrical plays and films including 2022 political drama film Kingmaker. In 2022, he appeared in TV series Tracer and Forecasting Love and Weather.^[3]

Jeon Bae-soo
Jeon in November 2024
Born	(1970-06-02) June 2, 1970 (age 55) Imsil-gun, North Jeolla Province, South Korea
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Agent	Noon Company
Korean name
Hangul	전배수
Hanja	全培秀
RR	Jeon Baesu
MR	Chŏn Paesu

Career

Jeon Bae-soo debuted as an actor in films in 2004, taking small roles. His major breakthrough was in 2016 with roles in the TV series The K2 and Becky's Back. After that in 2017 he appeared in both seasons of Stranger, Fight for My Way, Witch at Court Mad Dog, and Revolutionary Love. In 2020 he was cast in historical romantic comedy Mr. Queen.^[4]

In 2022 Jeon was seen in action thriller TV series Tracer, Netflix original series All of Us Are Dead, JTBC's work place romance Forecasting Love and Weather, KBS's sports drama Love All Play and legal drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo alongside Park Eun-bin. In 2022, he also played role of director Lee's assistant in political drama film Kingmaker.

In January 2023, Jeon signed with Noon Company.^[5]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Lost in Love			[6]
2008	Crossing	Coal miner
	Modern Boy	Real estate research group colleague
2009	Handphone	Song Ki-taek
2010	Heartbeat	Section chief Park
2011	Late Blossom	Public officer of small neighborhood office
2012	Masquerade	Hyung-pan
	The Tower	Young-chul
2014	The Language of Love	PD
	No Tears for the Dead	Detective Jang
	The Pirates	Baek Seon-gi
2015	Gangnam Blues	Chairman Gu
	The Himalayas	Jeon Bae-soo		[7]
2016	A Violent Prosecutor	Subsection chief Kang
	The Wailing	Deok-gi
	Detour	Byeong-cheol
	The Age of Shadows	Seodaemun prison officer
2017	The Prison	Chief of security officer
	The Battleship Island	Ma
	Man of Will	Park Dong-goo
2018	Seven Years of Night	Hyeon-tae		[8]
	On Your Wedding Day	Seung-hee's father
	Default	Yeong-beom
2019	The Odd Family: Zombie on Sale	Constable Park	Cameo
	The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil	Chief detective
2020	#ALIVE	Mask man		[9]
2022	Kingmaker	Lee's assistant		[10]
	Confidential Assignment 2: International	Kim Jung-taek	Cameo	[11]
2024	Land of Happiness	Bu Han-myeong		[12]
2025	Ghost Train		Releasing July 9	[13]

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Golden Cross			[6]
2016	Becky's Back	Teacher		[7]
	The K2	Joo Chul-ho
2017–20	Stranger	Choi Yoon-soo	Season 1–2	[14]
2017	Fight for My Way	Choi Cheon-gap, Ae-ra's father		[7]
	KBS Drama Special – "Let Us Meet"	Cha Min-gwan	Season 8
	Witch at Court	Oh Soo-cheol
	Mad Dog	Sin Ji-woong
	Revolutionary Love	Baek Joon's father
	Drama Stage – "The Picnic Day"		Season 1	[15]
	A Midsummer's Memory	Kim Ji-woon's boss	Cameo	[8]
2018	Lawless Lawyer	Giseong Court judge
	Still 17	Woo Sung-hyun
	Lovely Horribly	Eul-soon's father
	The Ghost Detective	Jeon Deok-joong
	The Guest	Kim Yeong-soo		[16]
2019	My Lawyer, Mr. Jo 2: Crime and Punishment	Kang Ki-yeong		[8]
	Haechi	Jang Dal
	When the Camellia Blooms	Manager Byeon Bae-soo		[17]
	KBS Drama Special – "Wreck Car"	Car mechanic	Season 10	[9]
2020	Welcome	Go Min-joong
	The King: Eternal Monarch	Jeong Do-in		[18]
	Hush	Kim Hyeon-do		[19]
	Mr. Queen	Kim Mun-geun		[20]
2022	Tracer	Jang Jeong-il		[21]
	Forecasting Love and Weather	Lee Myung-han		[22]
	Love All Play	Park Man-soo		[23]
	Extraordinary Attorney Woo	Woo Gwang-ho		[24]
2023	Strangers Again	Seo Han-gil		[25]
	Divorce Attorney Shin	Park Yu-seok		[26]
2024	Queen of Tears	Baek Du-gwan, Hyun-woo's father		[27]
	Dear Hyeri	Kim Shin		[28]
2025	Undercover High School	An Seok-ho		[29]
	When Life Gives You Tangerines	Song Yeon-sam	Cameo (episode 9,10)

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	All of Us Are Dead	Nam So-ju	Season 1	[30]
	Glitch	Hong Jong-sik		[citation needed]
2023	Daily Dose of Sunshine	Yoon Man-cheon		[31]
2024	Queen Woo	Woo-so		[32]

Theater

Year	Title	Native title	Role	Ref.
2007	Liar 3	라이어 3탄	Lee Young-ho	[33]
2008	Forever - Daegu International Musical Festival	포에버 - 대구국제뮤지컬페스티벌	Multi roles
	Play Yeoljeon 2 - The Story of the Neulgeun Thief	연극열전2 - 늘근도둑 이야기	Sleazy thief
2019	All Faces of Eggs - Gimhae	달걀의 모든 얼굴 - 김해	Governor Jang

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2019	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor	When the Camellia Blooms and Drama Special – Wreck Car	Nominated	[34]