Won Tae-hee

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

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]

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Career

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

As actor

Television series

YearTitleRole
2005 Drama City:
"Pokhara"
2006 Dr. Kkang Junior high school student
Invincible Parachute AgentLee Joo-bin

Film

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

As director

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
2012 34th Moscow International Film Festival [1] Best Actor Fire in Hell Nominated

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.