Gi Ju-bong

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Gi Ju-bong
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Born (1955-09-03) September 3, 1955 (age 68)
EducationSorabol College of Arts - Theater and Film
Occupation Actor
Years active1977-present
AgentPK Entertainment
FamilyGi Guk-seo (brother)
Korean name
Hangul
기주봉
Hanja
Revised Romanization Gi Ju-bong
McCune–Reischauer Ki Chupong

Gi Ju-bong (born September 3, 1955) is a South Korean actor.

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Career

Gi began acting in 1977 and is notable for Offending the Audience , Sorum (2001), Viva! Love (2008) and The Spy Gone North (2018). [1] [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
1981Children of Darkness Part 1, Young-ae the SongstressHyun-bae
1982Geniuses With the Grade FLee Gwan-doo/Kant
Come Unto Down Friend 1
1983Human Market, Small Devil - An Autobiography
of a Twenty-two-year-old
1988Sunshine at PresentFriend
1991Who Saw the Dragon's Toenail?
1992Myung-ja, Akiko, Sonya
1995My Old Sweetheart
1997 Bad Movie Traveling performer
1998 The Quiet Family Lonely man
1999 Judgement [3] (short film)Morgue employee
A Great Chinese RestaurantMan in his forties
Nowhere to Hide Chief of criminal unit
2000KilimanjaroSuit
Bichunmoo Kwak-jung
Die Bad Auto repair boss (cameo)
Joint Security Area General Pyo
Asako in Ruby ShoesE U-in's brother-in-law
2001Red Heart (short film)Park Je-myung
A Woman Off Her Uniform (short film)Man
Bungee Jumping of Their Own Dean of student affairs
Friend "Mustache"
Sorum [4] Writer Lee
Say Yes Manager
My Boss, My Hero Sang Chun-man
2002Driving Mrs. Park (short film)
Public Enemy Song Haeng-ki
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Driver Pang
Chow Yun-fat Boy Meets Brownie GirlYong-baek
Boss X-File간부 prosecutor
Saving My Hubby Han Joo-tae's father
Baby AloneYang-geun
Sex Is Zero OB/Gyn doctor
Every Angel Dreams of Being a Janitor (short film)Shoe shiner
2003Dying PuppyTruck driver
The First Amendment of KoreaCommissioner Byun (cameo)
Taxidriver Catches Taxi (short film)Taxi driver Park Dong-sik
Save the Green Planet! Squad leader Lee
Wild Card [5] Squad leader Kim
Tube Jungbu chief of police
Sword in the Moon Officer Jang
Wonderful DaysNoah
Into the Mirror Jeon Il-seong
2004Mokpo, Gangster's ParadiseJo Tae-beom (cameo)
Mr. HandyChairman Yoon
LiarLieutenant detective
Foolish GameDirector Kim
Clementine Hwang Jong-chul
Dead Friend Detective 1
Our Teatime (short film)
A Happy Day (short film)
R-Point Captain Park
2005 Crying Fist [6] Yu Sang-hwan's father
Spying Cam
The Crescent MoonUncle
2006The RomanceSquad leader Hwang
Ad-lib Night Myung-eun's father (cameo)
2007Pruning the GrapevineFather Moon
Fish on Land
2008 His Last Gift Class monitor (cameo)
Night and Day Mr. Jang
Viva! Love Mr. Ha
My Dear Enemy Man at cousin's house 1 (cameo)
Heartbreak Library Hong-soo
2009Where is Ronny...Choong-sik (cameo)
Lifting King KongDirector Baek (cameo)
Never Belongs to MeCatholic priest (cameo)
Mom's Vacation (short film)
2010VegetarianJi-hye's father (cameo)
Saying Good-byeKim Joon-sik
Hahaha Curator of Tongyeong's
local history museum
A Good Night's Sleep for the BadPornography buyer (cameo)
2011 The Day He Arrives Producer
2012Woosoossi [7] Company president Wang
2013 Nobody's Daughter Haewon Hoo-won
Norigae Hyun Sung-bong
Dear Dolphin Therapist
Montage Ear doctor Han
Hide and Seek Sung-soo's father (cameo)
Rough Play Theater director (cameo)
Steel Cold Winter Young-jun's father (cameo)
Friend: The Great Legacy Hyung-doo
The Suspect Coroner
2014Apostle: He Was Anointed by GodAgency official (cameo)
A Hard Day Company president Kim (cameo)
Haemoo Ship owner
Hill of Freedom Byeong-joo
2015 Empire of Lust Jo Jun
The Deal Subsection chief Choi
Coin Locker Girl Man in suit (cameo)
The Treacherous Butcher Mr. Kim
Office Chief
Right Now, Wrong Then Kim Won-ho
Hiya
2016 Misbehavior Shin Byung-soo
The End of AprilReal estate agency boss
2017 Merry Christmas Mr. Mo Mo Geum-san
The First Lap Ji-yeong's father
The Battleship Island Ahn
2018 The Soup President
Grass Chang-soo
Hotel by the River Yeong-hwan
The Spy Gone North Kim Jong Il
2022 The Novelist's Film [8]

Television series

YearTitleRole
2003 All In Bae Sang-doo
The Reason I Want to Get Married Hagwon administrator
Good PersonDetective Park
2004 Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin Yoon Hwan-shi
2005 Mr. Camel's Disappearance Father
Resurrection Jung Sang-gook
Sweet Spy Han Yoo-il's assistant
2006 Alone in Love [9] Lee Dae-hoon
2007Merry MaryHwang Do-chul
Lobbyist Park Joon-gil
2008KPSI 1Team leader Park Won-oh
In the Name of the Father Gap-soo
Get Up Dean of student affairs
Who Are You? Cha Chul-soo
KPSI 2Team leader Park Won-oh
Night After NightNoh Jung-pil
2009PartnerJi Nam-chul
2010 You Don't Know Women Company president Park
2011 Heartstrings Professor
Men Cry
Me Too, Flower! Dispatch chief
2012 Glass Mask Shin Ki-tae
Do You Know Taekwondo? Teacher Im
Mellow in May Lee Ki-kwan
2014 Golden Cross [10] Jung Gyu-jik
Reset Department head Choi
2015 Let's Stand Still Kim Jong-seob
The Superman AgeDirector Gi Ju-bong
The Producers Park Choon-bong
2016 Lucky Romance Je Mool-po

Theater

YearTitleRoleReprised
1978 Krapp's Last Tape
1979 Offending the Audience 2004, 2014
Danton's Death
"Master Harold"...and the Boys
Woza Albert!
Hamlet
The Balcony
Cheongbu
King Lear
Theresa's Dream
지피족들
Death of a Salesman
Try Lying to Me
Jeongseon Arirang Changgeuk - The Sound of the Gods
2010사나이 와타나베... 완전히 삐지다Watanabe
2012-2013Letters to My ParentsBong-gu
2015Song of WaterWatanabe

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2008 17th Buil Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Viva! Love Nominated
45th Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting ActorNominated
2018 5th Wildflower Film Awards Best Actor Merry Christmas Mr. Mo Won [11]
27th Buil Film Awards Nominated [12]
2018 Locarno Festival Best Actor Hotel by the River Won [13]
55th Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actor The Spy Gone North Nominated [14]
26th Korea Culture Entertainment Awards Won [15]

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