Han Ji-sang

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Han Ji-sang
Born (1982-07-25) July 25, 1982 (age 41)
Occupation Actor
Years active2003–present
Agent CJes Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul
한지상
Revised Romanization Han Ji-sang
McCune–Reischauer Han Chisang

Han Ji-sang (born July 25, 1982) is a South Korean actor. Han debuted as a stage actor in the musical Grease.

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Han Ji Sang is also one of the top 5 most wanted actors in musicals. [1]

On July 25, 2014, Han successfully held his concert Han Ji Sang Premium Concert in Tokyo at Tokyo Hall in Tokyo, Japan. [2]

In 2019 Han Ji Sang was cast as the voice of "Jack" for Disney's Marry Poppins Returns, the actor sang several songs for the movie including "Lovely London Sky" and the biggest musical sequence in the movie "Trip a little light fantastic". [3]

Early life

Han was born in Seoul. One month after his birth, his family suddenly left for France. He was in Paris until 4-years old and attended Kindergarten there. Then he was fluent in French but could not remember any of it now. [4]

Jisang's family resided in New York City for two years where he attended elementary school before returning to Korea.

According to Jisang he suffered from Dyslexia and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder but was an honor student with good grades and served as the vice president of his class. [5]

Theater

YearTitleRole
2003 Grease
2009 Don Juan Raphael
Assassins Samuel Byck
2013 Next to Normal Gabe
Jesus Christ Superstar Judas Iscariot
The Scarlet Pimpernel [6] Percy Blakeney
Bonnie & Clyde [7] Clyde Barrow
Red Ken
2014Murder BalladTom
FrankensteinHenry/monster
The DevilX
2015 Jesus Christ Superstar Judas Iscariot
Frankenstein Henry/Monster
2017 Death Note: The Musical Light Yagami
Napoleon Napoleon
2018 Amadeus Salieri
Frankenstein Henry/Monster
Sand Glass
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
2019 Benhur Benhur
King Arthur Arthur
A Better TomorrowJa Geol
2022Musical MM

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2015Three Summer NightsChief of criminal investigation (cameo)
2017 Blue Busking Min-woo

Television series

YearTitleRoleNetwork
2014 Rosy Lovers Park Kang-tae MBC
2016 Working Mom Parenting Daddy Cha Il-mok
2018 Welcome to Waikiki Tae-hyun (cameo, ep. 2 & 3) JTBC
2019 Haechi Do Ji-kwang SBS
Catch the Ghost Ko Do Nam tvN
2022 Unlock My Boss Choi Seong-jun [8] ENA

Entertainment

YearTitleRoleEpisode(s)Network
2014–2015 Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend Contestant157, 183, 184, 213, 227 KBS
2020 Double Casting  [ ko ]Judge tvN

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
20126th Daegu International Musical Festival [9] Best ActorWon
2013Seoul Musical Festival [9] Yegreen Award for Best ActorWon
20193rd Korea Musical Awards [9] Best Supporting ActorGentleman's GuideWon

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