Um Ki-joon

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Um.
Um Ki-joon
Born (1976-03-23) March 23, 1976 (age 48)
Seoul, South Korea
Education Seoul Artspool Conservatory - Musical Acting
Occupation Actor
Years active 1995-present
Agent SidusHQ
Website http://www.umkijoon.com/
Korean name
Hangul 엄기준
Hanja 嚴基俊
Revised Romanization Eom Gi-jun
McCune–Reischauer Ŏm Ki-chun

Um Ki-joon (born March 23, 1976) is a South Korean actor.

Career

Um Ki-joon made his acting debut in 1995 in the stage play Richard III, though he later became best known as a musical theatre actor, starring in Singin' in the Rain,[1] The Sorrows of Young Werther,[2] Grease, The Three Musketeers,[3] Jack the Ripper,[4] The Count of Monte Cristo,[5][6] Catch Me If You Can,[7][8][9] and Rebecca. He also appeared in the Patrick Marber play Closer.[10][11]

Um's popularity increased after he began playing supporting roles in television dramas such as Life Special Investigation Team, Worlds Within, Hero,[12] Dream High,[13] Scent of a Woman and Phantom. He was also the leading actor in Good Job, Good Job and The Virus.

Um played the villain in his first film Man of Vendetta, opposite Kim Myung-min.[14] This was followed by a role as Lee Ki-cheol, a detective investigating serial murders in horror film Killer Toon, opposite Lee Si-young.

Filmography

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2006 Drama City "Who Loved Her?" Park Cheol-ho KBS2
2007 Drama City "Grim Reaper with Amnesia" Dong-wook KBS2
Kimchi Cheese Smile Um Ki-joon MBC
2008 Drama City "Secret, Only You Don't Know" Park Hyeong-joo KBS2
Life Special Investigation Team Park Chan-ho MBC
Worlds Within Song Gyu-ho KBS2
2009 Good Job, Good Job Choi Seung-hyun MBC
Hero Kang Hye-sung MBC
2010 Dream High Kang Oh-hyuk KBS2
2011 Miss Ripley Prosecutor
(cameo, episode 14)		 MBC
Scent of a Woman Chae Eun-suk SBS
Can't Lose Cha Seok-hoon
(guest, episodes 14-17)		 MBC
2012 Phantom Jo Hyun-min SBS
2013 The Virus Lee Myung-hyun OCN
I Can Hear Your Voice Public defender Um Ki-joon
(cameo, episode 14)		 SBS
2014 Golden Cross Michael Jang KBS2
2015 Masked Prosecutor Kang Hyun-woong KBS2

Film

Year Title Role
2010 Man of Vendetta Choi Byeong-chul
Villain and Widow Representative Ha (cameo)
Finding Mr. Destiny Kim Jong-wook (cameo)
2013 Killer Toon Lee Ki-cheol

Music video

Year Song Title Artist
2007 "Goodbye, 20 Years Old" Toy
"Three People" Lee Ki-chan
2015 "April Snow" Huh Gak

Theater

Year Title Role
1995 Richard III
1996 Oliver!
1998 Gwanggaeto the Great
1999 Tripitaka Koreana
Jang Bogo, the Sea God
2000 Oh! Happy Day
2001 Singin' in the Rain Don Lockwood
2002 The Sorrows of Young Werther Werther
Songshan Nights Kim Hyun
Carmen Escamillo
2003 Grease Danny Zuko
2003-2004 The Sorrows of Young Werther Werther
2004 Men's Impulses Yoo-jung
Singin' in the Rain Don Lockwood
Anakji Love Story
2005 Assassins John Wilkes Booth
Grease Danny Zuko
2005-2006 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Hedwig
2005 Love Diary
2006-2007 Singin' in the Rain Dong-hyun
2006 The Sorrows of Young Werther Werther
Le Passe-Muraille Dusoleil
Finding Kim Jong-wook Man/Kim Jong-wook
Grease Danny Zuko
Passion of the Rain
2007 A Day Han Min-ho
Hedwig Concert Together with John Cameron Mitchell[15]
2007-2008 Mad Kiss Jang Jung
Separated Man and Woman Kang Yeon-oh
2009 The Lower Depths Satine
The Three Musketeers D'Artagnan
2009-2010 Jack the Ripper Daniel
2010 The Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantès
Jack the Ripper Daniel
Closer Dan
2010-2011 The Three Musketeers D'Artagnan
2011 The Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantès
Jack the Ripper Daniel
2012-2013 Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale Jr.
2012 Jack the Ripper Daniel
2013 The Three Musketeers D'Artagnan
The Count of Monte Cristo Edmond Dantès
Jack the Ripper Daniel
Bonnie & Clyde Clyde Barrow
2013-2014 The Sorrows of Young Werther Werther
The Three Musketeers D'Artagnan
2014 Bonnie & Clyde Clyde Barrow
2014-2015 Rebecca Maxim de Winter
2015 Robin Hood[16] Robin Hood
Cinderella Prince Christopher
Werther Werther
2016 Rebecca Maxim de Winter
Mata Hari Armand

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2007 MBC Entertainment Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Sitcom/Comedy Kimchi Cheese Smile Won
2008 KBS Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor Worlds Within Won
2009 45th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor (TV) Nominated
2010 47th Grand Bell Awards Best New Actor Man of Vendetta Nominated
8th Korean Film Awards Best New Actor Nominated
2011 8th Max Movie Awards Best New Actor Nominated
47th Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor (Film) Nominated
15th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival It Star Award[17] N/A Won
4th Korea Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor Dream High, Scent of a Woman Nominated
SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Drama Scent of a Woman Won
2012 SBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special Phantom Nominated

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