Um Ki-joon

This is a Korean name; the family name is Um.

Um Ki-joon
Born	(1976-03-23) March 23, 1976 Seoul, South Korea
Education	Seoul Artspool Conservatory - Musical Acting
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995-present
Agent	SidusHQ
Website	http://www.umkijoon.com/
Korean name
Hangul	엄기준
Hanja	嚴基俊
Revised Romanization	Eom Gi-jun
McCune–Reischauer	Ŏm Ki-chun

Um Ki-joon (born March 23, 1976) is a South Korean actor.

Career

Um Ki-joon made his acting debut in 1995 in the stage play Richard III, though he later became best known as a musical theatre actor, starring in Singin' in the Rain, The Sorrows of Young Werther, Grease, The Three Musketeers, Jack the Ripper, The Count of Monte Cristo, Catch Me If You Can, and Rebecca. He also appeared in the Patrick Marber play Closer.

Um's popularity increased after he began playing supporting roles in television dramas such as Life Special Investigation Team, Worlds Within, Hero, Dream High, Scent of a Woman and Phantom. He was also the leading actor in Good Job, Good Job and The Virus.

Um played the villain in his first film Man of Vendetta, opposite Kim Myung-min. This was followed by a role as Lee Ki-cheol, a detective investigating serial murders in horror film Killer Toon, opposite Lee Si-young.

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Network
2006	Drama City "Who Loved Her?"	Park Cheol-ho	KBS2
2007	Drama City "Grim Reaper with Amnesia"	Dong-wook	KBS2
	Kimchi Cheese Smile	Um Ki-joon	MBC
2008	Drama City "Secret, Only You Don't Know"	Park Hyeong-joo	KBS2
	Life Special Investigation Team	Park Chan-ho	MBC
	Worlds Within	Song Gyu-ho	KBS2
2009	Good Job, Good Job	Choi Seung-hyun	MBC
	Hero	Kang Hye-sung	MBC
2010	Dream High	Kang Oh-hyuk	KBS2
2011	Miss Ripley	Prosecutor (cameo, episode 14)	MBC
	Scent of a Woman	Chae Eun-suk	SBS
	Can't Lose	Cha Seok-hoon (guest, episodes 14-17)	MBC
2012	Phantom	Jo Hyun-min	SBS
2013	The Virus	Lee Myung-hyun	OCN
	I Can Hear Your Voice	Public defender Um Ki-joon (cameo, episode 14)	SBS
2014	Golden Cross	Michael Jang	KBS2
2015	Masked Prosecutor	Kang Hyun-woong	KBS2

Film

Year	Title	Role
2010	Man of Vendetta	Choi Byeong-chul
	Villain and Widow	Representative Ha (cameo)
	Finding Mr. Destiny	Kim Jong-wook (cameo)
2013	Killer Toon	Lee Ki-cheol

Music video

Year	Song Title	Artist
2007	"Goodbye, 20 Years Old"	Toy
	"Three People"	Lee Ki-chan
2015	"April Snow"	Huh Gak

Theater

Year	Title	Role
1995	Richard III
1996	Oliver!
1998	Gwanggaeto the Great
1999	Tripitaka Koreana
	Jang Bogo, the Sea God
2000	Oh! Happy Day
2001	Singin' in the Rain	Don Lockwood
2002	The Sorrows of Young Werther	Werther
	Songshan Nights	Kim Hyun
	Carmen	Escamillo
2003	Grease	Danny Zuko
2003-2004	The Sorrows of Young Werther	Werther
2004	Men's Impulses	Yoo-jung
	Singin' in the Rain	Don Lockwood
	Anakji Love Story
2005	Assassins	John Wilkes Booth
	Grease	Danny Zuko
2005-2006	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Hedwig
2005	Love Diary
2006-2007	Singin' in the Rain	Dong-hyun
2006	The Sorrows of Young Werther	Werther
	Le Passe-Muraille	Dusoleil
	Finding Kim Jong-wook	Man/Kim Jong-wook
	Grease	Danny Zuko
	Passion of the Rain
2007	A Day	Han Min-ho
	Hedwig Concert Together with John Cameron Mitchell
2007-2008	Mad Kiss	Jang Jung
	Separated Man and Woman	Kang Yeon-oh
2009	The Lower Depths	Satine
	The Three Musketeers	D'Artagnan
2009-2010	Jack the Ripper	Daniel
2010	The Count of Monte Cristo	Edmond Dantès
	Jack the Ripper	Daniel
	Closer	Dan
2010-2011	The Three Musketeers	D'Artagnan
2011	The Count of Monte Cristo	Edmond Dantès
	Jack the Ripper	Daniel
2012-2013	Catch Me If You Can	Frank Abagnale Jr.
2012	Jack the Ripper	Daniel
2013	The Three Musketeers	D'Artagnan
	The Count of Monte Cristo	Edmond Dantès
	Jack the Ripper	Daniel
	Bonnie & Clyde	Clyde Barrow
2013-2014	The Sorrows of Young Werther	Werther
	The Three Musketeers	D'Artagnan
2014	Bonnie & Clyde	Clyde Barrow
2014-2015	Rebecca	Maxim de Winter
2015	Robin Hood	Robin Hood
	Cinderella	Prince Christopher
	Werther	Werther
2016	Rebecca	Maxim de Winter
	Mata Hari	Armand

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2007	MBC Entertainment Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Sitcom/Comedy	Kimchi Cheese Smile	Won
2008	KBS Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Worlds Within	Won
2009	45th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actor (TV)		Nominated
2010	47th Grand Bell Awards	Best New Actor	Man of Vendetta	Nominated
	8th Korean Film Awards	Best New Actor		Nominated
2011	8th Max Movie Awards	Best New Actor		Nominated
	47th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best New Actor (Film)		Nominated
	15th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival	It Star Award	N/A	Won
	4th Korea Drama Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Dream High, Scent of a Woman	Nominated
	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Weekend Drama	Scent of a Woman	Won
2012	SBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special	Phantom	Nominated

External links

• Official website (Korean)
• Um Ki-joon at Cyworld (Korean)
• Um Ki-joon at SidusHQ (Korean)
• Um Ki-joon at HanCinema
• Um Ki-joon at the Korean Movie Database
• Um Ki-joon at the Internet Movie Database