Jo Hee-bong

In this Korean name, the family name is Jo.

Jo Hee-bong (born August 23, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Hee-bong 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), Unsolved (2010), and Good Doctor (2013).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Jo Hee-bong
Born	(1971-08-23) August 23, 1971 (age 53) South Korea
Education	Sogang University - Economics
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997-present
Agent	Starvillage Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul	조희봉
Hanja	曺熙奉
RR	Jo Huibong
MR	Cho Hŭibong
Website

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.^[7] Aside from local performances in 2008 and 2012, Jo has performed at the 2009 New York Film Festival, the 2011 International Film Festival in Mexico, the 2011 Thames Festival in London, and the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Singles	Director Cheon
2004	The Wolf Returns	Kwang-soo
	Twentidentity		segment: "Pass Me"
	The Big Swindle	Detective Park
	Superstar Mr. Gam	Kim Sam-yong
2005	All for Love	Businessman (cameo)
2006	One Shining Day
	Family Ties	Man searching on train platform (cameo)
	Three Fellas	Police substation chief
	Mission Sex Control	Bok-man
	Cruel Winter Blues	Village head
	Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater	Projectionist / Japanese lieutenant Hiroshi / Tetsuo
	My Wife Is a Gangster 3	Domi
2007	Femme Fatal	Gangster boss Choi
	The Worst Guy Ever	Jung-kil
2008	Once Upon a Time	Chef
	A Man Who Was Superman	Audio engineer (cameo)
	Antique	Boxer (cameo)
	The Accidental Gangster and the Mistaken Courtesan	Delivery man 1 (cameo)
	Ten Ten	Chang-nam	segment: "Blind Date"
2009	Oishii Man	(cameo)
	If You Were Me 4		segment: "U and Me"
	The Righteous Thief	Detective Park
2010	Bestseller	Middle-aged man 2
2011	Moby Dick	Photographer Im (cameo)
	Blind	Detective Jo
2012	Pacemaker	Jong-soo
	Love Fiction	Publisher Kwak / Detective squad chief Kwak
	A Millionaire on the Run	Gangster boss Jo
2013	Montage	Detective Kang
	Incomplete Life: Prequel	Oh Sang-shik
2014	The Pirates	Oh Man-ho
	Phantoms of the Archive		segment: "A Hat's Journey"
	Wild Flowers
2015	Empire of Lust	Hwajeon owner (cameo)
	The Long Way Home	Drunkard

TV Movies

Year	Title	Role
2015	I'm After You	Sang-Jin

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	A Farewell to Arms
	Drama City		Episode "The Stars Shine Brightly"
2007	Lucifer
2008	Hong Gil-dong	King Gwanghae	[9]
	Drama City	Park Hak-seok	Episode "Disciplinary Committee"
	Night After Night	Jo Sang-chul
	Love Marriage	Park Hyun-seong
2009	Kyung-sook, Kyung-sook's Father	Myung-rang
	Partner	Taxi driver	recurring character, episodes 9-13
2010	The Slave Hunters	Kkeut-bong
	Joseon X-Files	Jang-man	[10]
	Sunday Drama Theater	Nephew	Episode "It's Me, Grandma"
	The Fugitive: Plan B	James Bong
	KBS Drama Special		Episode "Pianist"
2011	You're So Pretty	Jang Dae-poong
	Deep Rooted Tree	Han Myung-hoi/Han Ga-nom
	KBS Drama Special	In-ho	Episode "My Wife Disappeared"
2012	Man from the Equator	Mr. Koon
	I Do, I Do	Seol Bong-soo
	KBS Drama Special	Lee Soo-chul	Episode "The Whereabouts of Noh Sook-ja"
	Only Because It's You	Ma Do-yo
	KBS Drama Special	Lee Kang-seok	Episode "Daddy's Coming"
2013	The Virus	Go Soo-kil
	Good Doctor	Go Choong-man
	Basketball	One-man band
	KBS Drama Special	Jae-kwan	Episode "My Dad Is a Nude Model"
	My Love from the Star	Company president Ahn
2014	Three Days	Go Young-hoon
	Golden Cross	Kang Joo-dong
	Steal Heart	Hong Gye-pal
	My Lovely Girl	Kang Tae-min
2015	A Girl Who Sees Smells	Detective Ki
	Love on a Rooftop	Byun Joon-bae
	Six Flying Dragons	Ha Ryun
	KBS Drama Special	Detective Park	Episode "Secret"
2016	Beautiful Gong Shim	Salon's CEO
	Love in the Moonlight	Eunuch Sung
	The K2	Police officer	Cameo
2017	Naked Fireman	Kwon Jeong-nam	[11]
	My Sassy Girl	Gyeon Pil-hyung
	Tunnel	Jeon Sung-sik
	Distorted	Yang Dong-sik
2018	Switch	Director Bong
	Your House Helper	Go Tae-soo
	Four Men		[12]
2019–2020	Unasked Family	Nam Il-nam
2020	Oh My Baby	Nam Soo-cheol
	Drama Special	Hwang Geum-song	Episode "One Night"
2020–2022	The Good Detective	Woo Bong-shik	Season 1–2[13]
2021	The Red Sleeve	Hong Jung-yeo
2022	Bloody Heart	Ma Seo-bang	[14]
2022–2023	The First Responders	Yang Chi-young	Season 1–2[15]
2023	Joseon Attorney	Park Je-soo	[16]
	Numbers	Chief Koo	[17]
2023–2024	Korea–Khitan War	Yoo Jin
2024	Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale	Ban Dan-ah's dad	Cameo

Theater

Year	Title	Role	Reprised
2004	Art	Soo-hyun	2005, 2008
2008	Crossroads of Youth	Byeonsa	2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
2009	University of Laughs	Playwright	2010
2010	Yi	Eunuch Hong

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2006	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama	The Stars Shine Brightly	Nominated
2008	KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama	Disciplinary Committee	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Hong Gil-dong	Nominated
2011	48th Grand Bell Awards		Blind	Nominated
2012	SBS Drama Awards	Special Acting Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama	I Like You	Nominated
2013	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Good Doctor	Nominated