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Ji Seung-hyun

Ji Seung-hyun

Actor · Born December 19, 1981 (44) · South Korea

Ji Seung-hyun was born on 19 December 1981 in South Korea. Ji is an actor, known for Korea-Khitan War (2023), The Good Detective (2020) and Peo-jeul (2018).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
December 19, 1981 (44)
From
South Korea
Works as
Actor
Titles
23 on MovieCove · 42 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 65% in 30 days

What are Ji Seung-hyun's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Crime 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
Self
39%
Morality
27%
Bonds
17%
Power
9%
Survival
4%
Ideas
4%
Identity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

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

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 3

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

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

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

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles
Hero
1 of 4
Mentor
1 of 4
Ally
1 of 4
Shadow
1 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Thrilling
4
Dread
4
Warm
3
Hopeful
2
Other
11

How their films linger

Thought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet6
  • Ambiguous5

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 Ji Seung-hyun's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ji Seung-hyun'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

42 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Veranda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • Bluefish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Actor

  • 삼도천 택시 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • 역사스페셜 시간여행자 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 40 episodes · Actor

  • My Friend Is a Murderer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • No Mercy(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · as Ma Seok-gu

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • Ball Boy Tactics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show Creator

  • Good Partner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 32 episodes · as Kim Ji-sang [Eun-kyung's husband]

  • Holy Punch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Cha Do-pil

  • 공사창립 대기획 빙하 3부작 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · as 나레이터

  • Korea-Khitan War(2023)

    Show 32 episodes · as Yang Gyu

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • The Worst of Evil(2023)

    Show 12 episodes · as Seok Do-hyung

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • My Dearest(2023)

    Show 21 episodes · as Goo Won-moo

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Curtain Call (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 16 episodes · as Park Se-joon

  • Hot Blooded(2022)

    as Cheol-jin

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Jirisan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 3 episodes · as Kim Nam-sik

  • You Are My Spring(2021)

    Show 16 episodes · as Seo Ha Neul

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Hello, Me!(2021)

    Show 16 episodes · as Yang Do-yun

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Love Scene Number(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · as Woo Woon-Beom

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • What Happened to Mr. Cha?(2021)

    as Kang Do-cheol

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Next Door Neighbor(2020)

    as Dong-hyeok

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Crevasse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Im Sang Hyun

  • The Swordsman(2020)

    as Inuchi

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Good Detective(2020)

    Show 16 episodes · as Yoo Jeong-seok

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Team Bulldog: Off-duty Investigation(2020)

    Show 12 episodes · as Tak Won

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • My Country: The New Age(2019)

    Show 16 episodes · as Park Chi-do

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Man of Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Ki-tae

  • Search: WWW(2019)

    Show 16 episodes · as Oh Jin-woo

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Svaha: The Sixth Finger(2019)

    as Kim Chul-jin

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Lovely Horribly(2018)

    Show 32 episodes · as Sa Dong-Cheol

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Naughty Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 5 episodes · as Tae Jung

  • Mr. Sunshine(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Song Young

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Peo-jeul(2018)

    as Jung Do-Joon

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Nothing to Lose(2017)

    Show 32 episodes · as Choi Kyung-ho

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • Ordinary Person(2017)

    as Park Dong-gyu

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Shameless(2015)

    as Shopping Mall Owner

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Con Artists(2014)

    as Detective #1

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Miss Cherry's Love Puzzle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

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

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • KBS Drama Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Wish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Kim Jung-wan

  • Hit Hit Hit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 42 titles, 41 of them dated from 2009 to 2026; peak year 2020.

Biggest box office

The Con Artists (2014)

$18M worldwide

Highest rated

The Worst of Evil (2023)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

20092026

Peak 2020 · at the high point of their film career. 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.

  • 2014Screen debut· The Con Artists
  • 2020Career best· The Swordsman

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting41 of 42: 41 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndOther crew1 of 42: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2000s1 · acting2010s15 · acting2020s25 · 24 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 7 roles

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.

How do Ji Seung-hyun's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 23 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

Ordinary Person (2017)

82nd percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

My Dearest (2023)

Midcredits 99th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 47. 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.

Is Ji Seung-hyun's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 10 · minimalMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Ji Seung-hyun work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ji Seung-hyun's MovieCove titles; Jang Hyuk shares the most, 2.