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Jo Jung-suk

Jo Jung-suk

Actor · Born December 26, 1980 (45) · Seoul, South Korea

Cho Jung-seok (born 26 December 1980) is a South Korean actor. He began his career in theater, starring in Spring Awakening, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and the stage adaptation of The Harmonium in My Memory, among many other musicals and plays. After nearly a decade on the stage, Jo made his film debut as a comedic supporting actor in the 2012 box office hit Architecture 101, which became his breakout role. His versatility was further showcased by the television series The King 2 Hearts (2012), You're the Best, Lee Soon-shin (2013), Oh My Ghost (2015), and Don't Dare to Dream (2016), as well as films The Face Reader (2013), My Love, My Bride (2014) and My Annoying Brother (2016).

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 26, 1980 (45)
From
Seoul, South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 34 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 32% in 30 days

What are Jo Jung-suk's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
33%
Morality
25%
Self
24%
Power
11%
Ideas
3%
Survival
3%
Society
1%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this themePower3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

16 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 8 of 16 analyzed roles.

Hero
8 of 16
Mentor
3 of 16
Shadow
3 of 16
Ally
1 of 16
Trickster
1 of 16
Show the 16 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Warm
6
Joyful
6
Thrilling
5
Melancholic
4
Other
15

How their films linger

Bittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet11
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jo Jung-suk's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jo Jung-suk's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

34 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 19 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • My Daughter Is a Zombie(2025)

    as Lee Jung-hwan

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Resident Playbook(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · Theme Song Performance · as Lee Ik-joon

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • When the Stars Gossip(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · as News Anchor Lee Hwa-sin

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • One Win(2023)

    as Supergirls manager

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Land of Happiness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Jung In-hoo

  • Pilot(2024)

    as Han Jung-woo

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Captivating the King(2024)

    Show 16 episodes · as Lee In

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Nattering with Nah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Weak Hero Class 1(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Choi Chang-hee

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Spring Awakening the Musical in Korea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Moritz

  • Hospital Playlist(2020)

    Show 24 episodes · as Lee Ik-jun

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Exit(2019)

    as Yong-nam

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Nokdu Flower(2019)

    Show 48 episodes · as Baek Yi-Kang

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Hit-and-Run Squad(2019)

    as Jung Jae-chul

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Drug King(2018)

    as Kim In-goo

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Intimate Strangers(2018)

    as Yeon-woo (voice)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Familiar Wife(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Kang Sun-woo / Edward

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Two Cops (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 16 episodes · as Cha Dong-Tak

  • My Annoying Brother(2016)

    as Cho Doo-sik

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Legend of the Blue Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 20 episodes · as Yoo Jong-hoon

  • Don't Dare to Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 24 episodes · as Lee Hwa-Shin

  • Time Renegades(2016)

    as Ji-hwan

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Journalist(2015)

    as Heo Moo-hyuk

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Oh My Ghost(2015)

    Show 16 episodes · as Kang Sun-woo

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • My Love, My Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Young-min

  • The Fatal Encounter(2014)

    as Eul-su

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Face Reader(2013)

    as Paeng-heon

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • You Are The Best (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 50 episodes · as Shin Joon-ho

  • Almost Che (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Hwang Young-min

  • Architecture 101(2012)

    as Nab Deuk-yi

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The King 2 Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 20 episodes · as Eun Shi-kyung

  • What's Up? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 20 episodes · as Kim Byung-Gun

  • Running Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • Paper Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Cha Myeong-jo

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 35 titles, 34 of them dated from 2010 to 2025; peak year 2015.

Biggest box office

Exit (2019)

$70M worldwide

Highest rated

Hospital Playlist (2020)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

20102025

Peak 2015 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 6 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2012Screen debut· Architecture 101
  • 2015First top-billed film· The Exclusive: Beat the Devil's Tattoo
  • 2019Career best· EXIT
  • 2020Career best· Hospital Playlist

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting35 of 35: 34 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score79thOther crew1 of 35: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

2010s22 · acting2020s12 · 12 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 38% of 13 roles
1217

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Jo Jung-suk's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th3

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 21 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser12
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

When the Stars Gossip (2025)

80th percentile spread · 21% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Weak Hero Class 1 (2022)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 77/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Jo Jung-suk work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jo Jung-suk's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yoo Yeon-seok shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles