Won Tae-hee (born 13 December 1978) is a South Korean actor and film director. Won is also known as the Ha Jung-woo of independent films.[1]

Won Tae-hee
Born (1978-12-13) 13 December 1978 (age 45)
South Korea
Occupation(s)Actor, film director
Korean name
Hangul
원태희
Revised RomanizationWon Tae-hui
McCune–ReischauerWŏn T'ae-hŭi

Career

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Won has been sporadically active in film and television for a decade since his debut in Sword in the Moon in 2003. However, he has become active in independent films such as My Heart Beats (2011) and Rain & Rain (2012). In 2012, he appeared as the lead in two well-received works by Lee-Song Hee-il's White Night (2012) and Lee Sang-woo's Fire in Hell (2014).[2]

He has also started to direct his own indie films Cinema (2015) and In Another Place.

Filmography

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As actor

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Television series

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Year Title Role
2005 Drama City:
"Pokhara"
2006 Dr. Kkang Junior high school student
Invincible Parachute Agent Lee Joo-bin

Film

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Year Title Role
2002 Four Toes
Forgive Me Once Again Despite Hatred 2002
2003 Sword in the Moon
2004 Radio Dreams (short film)
2005 Flowering Day (short film)
2007 Temptation of Eve: Her Own Art Min-gyu
2009 Thirsty (short film)
2011 My Heart Beats Byeol
Lost and Found (short film)
2012 Rain & Rain
White Night Won-gyu
2013 Entry (short film) Whistle police
2014 Three Hours Between Planes Park Ji-hoon
Night Flight Shin Yong-joo's friend
Fire in Hell Ji-wol
2015 Cancelled Faces[3]
A Lonely Bird (short film)
2016 Black Stone
2017 Come, Together Manager
In to from

As director

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  • Cinema (short, 2015)
  • In Another Place (TBA)

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2012 34th Moscow International Film Festival[1] Best Actor Fire in Hell Nominated

References

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  1. ^ a b "Actor Won Tae-hee gets invitation to Vancouver International Film Festival". Hancinema. 26 September 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ "WON Tae-hee". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Won Tae-hee to star in a German movie". Hancinema. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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