Jo Woo-jin (actor)

Jo Woo-jin
Jo Woo-jin
	Jo in May 2018
Born	Jo Shin-je; January 16, 1979 (age 47); Daegu, South Korea
Alma mater	Seoul Institute of the Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Agent	Ace Factory
Spouse	Unknown (m. 2018)
Korean name
Hangul	조신제
RR	Jo Sinje
MR	Cho Sinje
Stage name
Hangul	조우진
Hanja	趙祐鎮
RR	Jo Ujin
MR	Cho Ujin

Born

Jo Shin-je

January 16, 1979 (age 47)

Daegu, South Korea

AlmamaterSeoul Institute of the Arts

OccupationActor

Yearsactive1999–present

Jo Shin-je (Korean: 조신제; born January 16, 1979), known professionally as Jo Woo-jin (Korean: 조우진), is a South Korean actor. He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2019 for his performance in the film Default (2018).^[1]^[2]

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[2]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	Mama
2011	War of the Arrows	Qing messenger
2012	Wonderful Radio
2014	Venus Talk	PD Choi
2015	Inside Men	Director Jo
2016	Mood of the Day	Agency junior
2017	One Line	Prosecutor Won
	The King	Park Tae-soo's detective
	The Sheriff in Town	Seon-cheol
	Real	Sa Do-jin
	V.I.P.	Public prosecutor
	The Fortress	Jung Myung-soo
	The Bros	Lee Mi-bong
	Steel Rain	Choi Myung-rok
2018	Rampant	Park Jong-sa
	The Drug King	Jo Seong-kang
	Default	Vice-minister of Finance
2019	Trade Your Love	Section chief Seo
2019	Money	Han Ji-cheol
2020	Steel Rain 2: Summit	Voice of the South Korean submarine captain		^[3]
2020	Collectors	Dr. Jones		^[4]
2021	The Book of Fish	Byeol Jang	Cameo	^[5]
	Seo Bok	Assistant Manager, Korea Intelligence Agency		^[6]
	Hard Hit	Lee Seong-gyu		^[7]
2022	Kingmaker	Director Lee
	Alienoid	Cheong-woon		^[8]^[9]
	Hunt	Moon Hyun-seok	Special appearance	^[10]
	Hero	Ma Do-sik	Special appearance	^[11]
2024	Alienoid: Return to the Future	Cheong-woon		^[12]
	Amazon Bullseye	Boss	Cameo	^[13]
	Harbin	Kim Sang-hyeon		^[14]
2025	The Match	Nam Ki-cheol	Special appearance	^[15]
	Boss	Na Soon-tae		^[16]
	Mantis	Dok-go		^[17]
	Prince Alone	President Han

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	OB & GY
2011	Warrior Baek Dong-soo	Ma Do-shik
2012	Dr. Jin	Deuk-chil
2012–2013	The King's Doctor	Baek Kwang-hyun
2013	Incarnation of Money
	Hur Jun, The Original Story	Woo Gong-bo
	Gu Family Book	Jo Gwan-woong's soldier
	Goddess of Marriage	Hye-Jung's brother-in-law
	Medical Top Team	Doctor Lim
2013–2014	Empress Ki	Wang Go's soldier
	One Well-Raised Daughter
	My Love from the Star	Heo-jun's assistant (Joseon era)
	Miss Korea	Dream Department Store Manager
2014	Secret Door	Lee Dal-Sung
2015	Make a Woman Cry
2016	Squad 38	Ahn Tae-wook
2016–2017	Guardian: The Lonely and Great God	Kim Do-young
2017	Chicago Typewriter	Gal Ji-seok
2017	Drama Stage – Chief B and the Love Letter	Shim Byung-sun
2018	Mr. Sunshine	Im Gwan-soo		^[18]
2021	Happiness	Han Tae-suk		^[19]
2022	Narco-Saints	Byeon Ki-tae		^[20]^[21]
2024	Gangnam B-Side	Kang Dong-woo		^[22]
2025	Heavenly Ever After	Grim reaper	Cameo (episode 1)	^[23]
TBA	Knock-Off	Baek Jong-min		^[24]

Year	Title	Artist(s)
2019	"MSG" (맵고짜고단거) feat. Penomeco	Dynamic Duo
2023	"Golden Mask" (황금가면)	Kim Dong-ryul
2025	'BOSS' (보스)	Dynamic Duo, TEAM BOSS

Award ceremony	Year	Category	Nominee / Work	Result	Ref.
Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards	2023	Best Supporting Actor	Narco-Saints	Nominated	^[26]
Asian Academy Creative Awards	2023	Best Actor in A Supporting Role (National Winners – Korea)	Narco-Saints	Won	^[27]^[28]
Baeksang Arts Awards	2018	Best Supporting Actor	Steel Rain	Nominated	^[29]
	2019		The Drug King	Nominated	^[30]
	2022		Kingmaker	Won	^[31]^[32]
	2023	Best Supporting Actor – Television	Narco-Saints	Won	^[33]
	2025	Best Supporting Actor – Film	Harbin	Nominated	^[34]
Blue Dragon Film Awards	2016	Best New Actor	Inside Men	Nominated
Blue Dragon Film Awards	2019	Best Supporting Actor	Default	Won	^[35]
Blue Dragon Series Awards	2023	Best Supporting Actor	Narco-Saints	Nominated	^[36]
Buil Film Awards	2018		1987: When the Day Comes	Nominated	^[37]
	2021		The Book of Fish	Nominated	^[38]
	2022		Kingmaker	Nominated	^[39]
	2025		Harbin	Nominated	^[40]
Chunsa Film Art Awards	2019		The Drug King	Nominated
Chunsa Film Art Awards	2022		Kingmaker	Nominated	^[41]
Director's Cut Awards	2023	Best Actor in Television	Narco-Saints	Won	^[42]
Grand Bell Awards	2022	Best Supporting Actor	Kingmaker	Nominated	^[43]
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	2022	Best Supporting Actor	Kingmaker, Hunt	Won	^[44]

v t e Baeksang Arts Award for Best Supporting Actor – Film
1970s	Jang Hyuk (1977)
2010s	Ma Dong-seok (2013) Lee Jung-jae (2014) Yoo Hae-jin (2015) Lee Geung-young (2016) Kim Eui-sung (2017) Park Hee-soon (2018) Kim Joo-hyuk (2019)
2020s	Lee Kwang-soo (2020) Park Jeong-min (2021) Jo Woo-jin (2022) Byun Yo-han (2023) Kim Jong-soo (2024)

Jo Woo-jin (actor)

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Jo Woo-jin
Jo in May 2018
Born	Jo Shin-je (1979-01-16) January 16, 1979 (age 47) Daegu, South Korea
Alma mater	Seoul Institute of the Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1999–present
Agent	Ace Factory
Spouse	Unknown (m. 2018)

Korean name
Hangul	조신제
RR	Jo Sinje
MR	Cho Sinje
Stage name
Hangul	조우진
Hanja	趙祐鎮
RR	Jo Ujin
MR	Cho Ujin

v t e Baeksang Arts Award for Best Supporting Actor – Television
2010s	Park Ho-san (2018) Kim Byung-chul (2019)
2020s	Oh Jung-se (2020) Oh Jung-se (2021) Cho Hyun-chul (2022) Jo Woo-jin (2023) Ahn Jae-hong (2024)

v t e Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
1960s	Choi Nam-hyeon (1963) Choi Moo-ryong (1964) Park No-sik (1965) Heo Jang-kang (1966) Kim Hee-gap (1967) Park No-sik (1969)
1970s	Heo Jang-kang (1970) Hwang Hae (1971) Yoon Il-bong (1972) Jang Hyuk (1973)
1990s	Choi Min-soo (1990) Lee Geung-young (1991) Dokgo Young-jae (1992) Ahn Byeong-kyeong (1993) Kim Kap-soo (1994) Huh Joon-ho (1995) Kim Hak-cheol (1996) Song Kang-ho (1997) Jung Jin-young (1998) Jang Dong-gun (1999)
2000s	Shin Ha-kyun (2000) Ahn Sung-ki (2001) Yoo Dong-geun (2002) Baek Yoon-sik (2003) Jung Jae-young (2004) Im Ha-ryong (2005) Byun Hee-bong (2006) Kim Sang-ho (2007) Park Hee-soon (2008) Jin Goo (2009)
2010s	Yoo Hae-jin (2010) Ryu Seung-ryong (2011) Ryu Seung-ryong (2012) Lee Jung-jae (2013) Cho Jin-woong (2014) Oh Dal-su (2015) Jun Kunimura (2016) Jin Seon-kyu (2017) Kim Joo-hyuk (2018) Jo Woo-jin (2019)
2020s	Park Jeong-min (2020) Huh Joon-ho (2021) Byun Yo-han (2022) Zo In-sung (2023) Jung Hae-in (2024) Lee Sung-min (2025)

v t e Director's Cut Awards for Best Actor
1990s	Han Suk-kyu (1998) Choi Min-sik (1999)
2000s	Song Kang-ho (2000) Choi Min-sik (2001) Sul Kyung-gu (2002) Song Kang-ho (2003) Choi Min-sik (2004) Jung Jae-young (2005) Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong and Park Hae-il (2006) Song Kang-ho (2007) Ha Jung-woo (2008) Song Kang-ho (2009)
2010s	Choi Min-sik (2010) N/A (2011–2013) Song Kang-ho (2014) Hwang Jung-min (2015) Lee Byung-hun (2016) Sul Kyung-gu (2017) Lee Sung-min (2018) Song Kang-ho (2019)
2020s	N/A (2020) N/A (2021) Lee Byung-hun (Film) and Koo Kyo-hwan (Series) (2022) Park Hae-il (Film) and Jo Woo-jin (Series) (2023) Lee Byung-hun (Film) and Ahn Jae-hong (Series) (2024)

v t e Korean Association of Film Critics Awards for Best Supporting Actor
2010s	Jo Jung-suk (2013) Kwak Do-won (2014) N/A (2015) N/A (2016) Yoo Hae-jin (2017) Ju Ji-hoon (2018) Jin Seon-kyu (2019)
2020s	Park Jeong-min (2020) Huh Joon-ho (2021) Jo Woo-jin (2022) Kim Jong-soo (2023) Hyeon Bong-sik (2024)

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