Won Tae-hee

Won Tae-hee
Born (1978-12-13) 13 December 1978
South Korea
OccupationsActor, film director
Korean name
Hangul
원태희
RRWon Taehui
MRWŏn T'aehŭi

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]

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

Year Title Role
2005Drama City:
"Pokhara"
2006Dr. KkangJunior high school student
Invincible Parachute AgentLee Joo-bin

Film

Year Title Role
2002Four Toes
Forgive Me Once Again Despite Hatred 2002
2003Sword 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 NightWon-gyu
2013Entry (short film)Whistle police
2014Three Hours Between PlanesPark Ji-hoon
Night FlightShin Yong-joo's friend
Fire in HellJi-wol
2015Cancelled Faces[3]
A Lonely Bird (short film)
2016Black Stone
2017Come, TogetherManager
In to from

As director

  • Cinema (short, 2015)
  • In Another Place (TBA)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
201234th Moscow International Film Festival[1]Best ActorFire in HellNominated

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.