Kang Ji-hwan

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Kang Ji Hwan
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Born	Jo Tae Gyu March 20, 1977 (1977-03-20) (age 31) Seoul, South Korea
Years active	2001 — Present

Kang Ji-hwan

Hangul	강지환
Hanja	姜至奂
Revised Romanization	Gang Ji Hwan
McCune-Reischauer	Kang Chi Hwan

Birth name

Hangul	조태규
Hanja	赵太奎
Revised Romanization	Jo Tae Gyu
McCune-Reischauer	Cho T'ae Kyu

Kang Ji Hwan (born March 20, 1977 as Jo Tae-gyu) is a South Korean actor. He started his acting career in Korean version of musical stage performance "The Rocky Horror Show" in 2001.Then, he played small roles in popular Korean TV Dramas such as Summer Scent(KBS2, 2003), Nonstop 4(MBC,2003), Youth! Fly To The Sky (KBS2, 2004 [1], More Beautiful Than A Flower (KBS2, 2004 [2]and Save the Last Dance for Me(SBS,2004)

He started to play lead role and shot to fame in MBC's 2005 TV Drama Be Strong, Geum-soon![3], in which he co-starred with Han Hye-jin.His role in this drama also made him become famous outside Korea, especially in Japan, China, and Taiwan[4].

Meanwhile, his first movie debut was in an independent movie in 2005 titled Host and Guest from the Korean director named Shin Dong-il[5][6].This movie was acclaimed both in Korean and International Film Festival [7], including shown in Berlin Film Festival[8] and The 32nd Seattle Film Festival in 2006 .[9]

1 Profile
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[edit] Profile

Name: Kang Ji Hwan (강지환)
Birth Name : Jo Tae-Gyu (조태규)
Date Of Birth : March 20, 1977
Profession : Actor
Height: 184cm
Weight: 73kg
Blood type: B
Marital Status : Single
Family : Father, Mother and 1 Older Sister

[edit] Career

[edit] Musical Stage Performances

Grease (Korean Version,2004)
Rocky Horror (Korean Version, 2001)

[edit] Movie

Host and Guest (방문자, 2005)[10]

[edit] TV Series

Hong Gil-Dong, The Hero a.k.a Hong Gil Dong (쾌도 홍길동, KBS2 2008) >> [11][12]
Scandal in Old Seoul a.k.a Capital Scandal (경성스캔들, KBS2 2007)[13]
90 Days, Time to Love (90일 사랑할 시간, MBC 2006)[14]
Fireworks a.k.a Exhibition of Fireworks (불꽃놀이, MBC 2006)[15]
Be Strong, Geum-soon![16] (굳세어라 금순아, MBC 2005)
Save the Last Dance for Me (마지막 춤은 나와 함께, SBS 2004)
More Beautiful Than a Flower (꽃보다 아름다워, KBS2 2004)
Youth! Fly To The Sky (KBS2 2004)[17]
Nonstop 4 (MBC 2003)
Summer Scent(KBS2 2003)

[edit] Awards

2008 44^th Baek Sang Arts Awards, Popularity Award for the drama Hong Gildong, the Hero
2007 KBS Drama Awards, Excellent Acting Award (2007KBS연기대상남자우수상) for the drama Capital Scandal[18]
2007 KBS Drama Awards, Best Couple Award (2007KBS연기대상배스트커플상) for the drama Capital Scandal, with Han Ji Min[19]
2005 MBC Drama Awards, New Actor Award (2005MBC연기대상남자신인상) for the drama Be Strong Geum Soon[20]
2005 MBC Drama Awards, Excellent Acting Award (2005MBC연기대상남자우수상) for the drama Be Strong Geum Soon[21]