Han Joo-wan (born January 10, 1984) is a South Korean actor. He began his acting career in indie short films such as Leesong Hee-il's queer Suddenly, Last Summer and Lee Sang-woo's Exit (the latter from Jeonju International Film Festival's annual Short! Short! Short! omnibus project).[2][3] Han rose to mainstream popularity in 2013 in the highly rated ensemble TV drama Wang's Family,[4] which led to him being cast in 2014 period drama Gunman in Joseon.[5]

Han Joo-wan
Born (1984-01-10) January 10, 1984 (age 40)
Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea[1]
EducationSeoul Institute of the Arts - Theater
OccupationActor
Years active2009–2021
Korean name
Hangul
한주완
Hanja
韓周完
Revised RomanizationHan Ju-wan
McCune–ReischauerHan Chuwan

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 A Young Stallman Hyun-woo short film
2010 Broken Night Min-jo
2012 Suddenly, Last Summer Sang-woo
2013 Where Is My Pepper
Hwayi: A Monster Boy Entourage of the former chairman
Short! Short! Short! Woo-hyun segment: "Exit"
2017 The Prison Prisoner in Ik-ho's entourage
2018 Mothers Jung-woo
2019 Money Baek Jong-pil

Television series

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Year Title Role Notes
2013 Wang's Family Choi Sang-nam
Yeonu's Summer Kim Yoon-hwan
2014 Gunman in Joseon Kim Ho-kyung
KBS Drama Special Jang Soo-han episode: "The Tale of the Bookworm"
2015 Splendid Politics Kang In-woo
2016 Devil's Diary Devil web drama
Blow Breeze Jo Hee-dong
KBS Drama Special Park Yeong-jung episode: "Twenty Dollars to Pyongyang"
2017 School 2017 Shim Kang-myung
Meloholic Kim Sun-ho
2021 The Road: The Tragedy of One Kim Young-shin

Discography

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Year Song Title Notes
2014 "That Person" (duet with Lee Yoon-ji) track from Wang's Family OST

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2013 KBS Drama Awards Best New Actor[6] Wang's Family, "Yeonu's Summer" Won
Best Actor in a One-Act/Short Drama/Special "Yeonu's Summer" Nominated
2014 Miss Supertalent Season 4 Best New Actor Won
2016 MBC Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama Blow Breeze Nominated
KBS Drama Awards Excellence Award, Actor in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama "Twenty Dollars to Pyongyang" Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "한주완". Cinefox (씨네폭스) (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  2. ^ Lee, Hye-ji (25 April 2013). "JIFF 2013: Short! Short! Short! EXIT Cast Han Joo-wan, Cho Yoon-hee – Part. 1". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  3. ^ Lee, Hye-ji (25 April 2013). "JIFF 2013: Short! Short! Short! EXIT Cast Han Joo-wan, Cho Yoon-hee – Part. 2". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
  4. ^ "Ratings Jump to 30.4% Thanks to Lee Yoon-ji and Han Joo-wan's Romance!". KBS Global. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  5. ^ Kim, Hee-eun (20 March 2014). "Lee Joon-gi returns to Joseon era in new drama". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  6. ^ Kim, Gwang-kuk (31 December 2013). 정우 한주완, 2013 KBS 연기대상 신인상 영예...'대세 배우'는 소감도 달랐다. TenAsia (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-03-14.
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