Jo Jung-suk filmography

Jo Jung-suk filmography
Jo Jung-suk in an Award
Film15
Television series14
Television show4

Jo Jung-suk (Korean: 조정석; born December 26, 1980) is a South Korean actor with a diverse body of work across various entertainment platforms. He began his career in musical, making his debut on stage in 2004 with musical The Nutcracker. After performing exclusively on stage for seven years, he auditioned for a television role, landing a role in the MBN musical drama What's Up (2011–2012).

Following this, he auditioned for a supporting role in Architecture 101 (2012), where he portrayed Nabddeuki, the best friend of the protagonist, played by Lee Je-hoon. This marked his film debut and proved to be a breakthrough role, earning him critical acclaim. For his performance in Architecture 101, Jo Jung-suk won multiple awards, including the Best New Actor Award at the 2012 Blue Dragon Film Awards. He further solidified his reputation onscreen with drama series The King Two Hearts (2012) where he was nominated for several New Actor Awards.

He continued to star in the television series Oh My Ghost (2015), Don't Dare to Dream (2016), Hospital Playlist (2020–2021), as well as films The Face Reader (2013), My Annoying Brother (2016), Exit (2019), and My Daughter Is a Zombie (2025). For his role in the film Pilot (2024), he won the 60th Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Actor in Film.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2012 Architecture 101 Nabddeuki Film debut [1]
Almost Che Hwang Young-min / Kang Moon-mo [2]
2013 The Face Reader Paeng-heon [3]
2014 The Fatal Encounter Sal-soo [4][5]
My Love, My Bride Young-min [6][7][8]
2015 The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo Heo Moo-hyuk [9]
2016 Time Renegades Ji-hwan [10]
My Annoying Brother Go Doo-shik [11][12][13]
2018 Intimate Strangers Yeon-woo Voice cameo [14]
The Drug King Kim In-goo [15][16]
2019 Hit-and-Run Squad Jung Jae-cheol [17][18]
Exit Yong-nam [19]
2024 Pilot Han Jung-woo [20]
Land of Happiness Jung In-hoo [21]
2025 My Daughter Is a Zombie Lee Jung-hwan [22]

Television series

Acting credit of Jo in series
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 What's Up Kim Byung-gun [23]
2012 The King 2 Hearts Eun Shi-kyung [24]
2013 You Are the Best! Shin Joon-ho [25][26]
2015 Oh My Ghost Kang Sun-woo [27][28][29]
2016 Don't Dare to Dream Lee Hwa-shin [30][31]
The Legend of the Blue Sea Yoo Jeong-hoon Cameo (Ep. 7–8) [32]
2017–2018 Two Cops Cha Dong-tak / Gong Su-chang [33]
2018 Familiar Wife Kang Sun-woo Cameo (Ep. 15) [34]
2019 Nokdu Flower Baek Yi-kang [35][36]
2020–2021 Hospital Playlist Lee Ik-joon Season 1–2 [37]
2024 Captivating the King King Yi In / Grand Prince Jinhan [38]
2024 When the Stars Gossip Newscaster Cameo (Ep. 1–2) [39]
2025 Weak Hero Choi Chang Hui Cameo (Ep. 5, 7–8) [40]
2025 Resident Playbook Lee Ik-joon Cameo (Ep. 10) [41]

Variety shows

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 Youth Over Flowers (Iceland) Cast member [42]
2021 Wise Mountain Village Life [43]
Saturday Night Live Korea Host Coupang Play Show, Season 10, Episode 3 [44]
2024 A-list to Playlist Main cast Netflix Original [45]

References

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