Jo Hui-bong

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 and Incomplete Life: Prequel (2013), and the television dramas Hong Gil-dong (2008), Joseon X-Files (2010), and Good Doctor (2013).

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. 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.

Filmography

Film Year Title RoleNotes 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

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 2008 KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama Disciplinary Committee Best Supporting Actor Hong Gil-dong 2011 48th Grand Bell Awards Blind 2012 SBS Drama Awards Special Acting Award, Actor in a Weekend/Daily Drama Only Because It's You 2013 KBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor Good Doctor