Chun Ho-jin (born September 9, 1960) is a South Korean actor.
Early life
Chun studied chemistry at
Inha University but dropped out to pursue acting. His father Chun Gyu-deok was among the first generation of professional wrestlers in the country.
Career
Chun's acting career began in 1983 when he auditioned at
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC; ) is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. ''Munhwa'' is the Sino-Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television station MBC TV broadcasts as channel 11.
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(MBC) and was selected. His first roles were mostly in miniseries and one-off telemovies (similar to KBS's ''
Drama City
Drama City (''Deurama Siti'', 드라마 시티) is the KBS to broadcast via KBS2TV in a collection of usually single episode short dramas, shown weekly. Each episode is a different story, and the cast changes every week.
1984's "Drama Game" ...
''). He came to prominence with viewers in the long-running KBS drama ''Love on a Jujube Tree''
( ko), which garnered him the
Baeksang Arts Awards for Best New Actor in the television category in 1992. In later years, he earned the sobriquet "the national father" (국민 아버지) after portraying the father of the main characters in the family dramas ''
My Golden Life'' (2017) and ''
Once Again'' (2020), both of which had viewership ratings of over 30%. His portrayal of a bankrupt and down-on-his-luck man who has a complex relationship with his wife and their four adult children in ''My Golden Life'' won critical acclaim from both critics and viewers and earned him the ''Daesang'' (Grand Prize) at the
2017 KBS Drama Awards
The 2017 KBS Drama Awards (), presented by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), was held on December 31, 2017 at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. It was hosted by Park Soo-hong, Lee Yoo-ri and Namkoong Min.
Winners and nominees
Presenters
Spe ...
and a string of award nominations.
Filmography
Film
Television series
Musical theatre
Book
Awards and nominations
State honors
Notes
References
External links
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Male actors from Busan
South Korean male film actors
South Korean male television actors
South Korean male musical theatre actors
1960 births
Living people
People from Busan
Yeongyang Cheon clan
20th-century South Korean male actors
21st-century South Korean male actors
Best New Actor Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners