Born in 1984, JI Hyun-woo debuted in 2001 as the guitarist of boy band The Nuts, before moving to acting when he passed in 2003 the TV actors audition held by public broadcaster KBS. He gained recognition starring in the sitcom <Old Miss Diary> (2004) before making his first big screen appearance as the lead of melodrama film <Fly High> (2006). Later that year, he reprised his role in the film adaptation of <Old Miss Diary>. Principally active on television,...More

Born in 1984, JI Hyun-woo debuted in 2001 as the guitarist of boy band The Nuts, before moving to acting when he passed in 2003 the TV actors audition held by public broadcaster KBS. He gained recognition starring in the sitcom <Old Miss Diary> (2004) before making his first big screen appearance as the lead of melodrama film <Fly High> (2006). Later that year, he reprised his role in the film adaptation of <Old Miss Diary>. Principally active on television, he starred in several hit TV series such as <Golden Apple> (2005-2006), <Over the Rainbow> (2006), <Invincible Lee Pyung Kang> (2009), and <Queen In-hyun’s Man> (2012), and also had a few TV show hosting stints. After his mandatory military service, he made his comeback in TV series <Trot Lovers> (2014) and also starred in the critically acclaimed series <The Awl> (2015) which dealt with the issue of unfair dismissal of temporary workers. He has recently starred in black comedy <TRUE FICTION> (2017), his first film in six years, in which he played a bestselling novelist confronting a corrupt politician. Less