Han Ji-sang

Han Ji-sang (born July 25, 1982) is a South Korean actor. Han debuted as a stage actor in the musical Grease. In 2013, Han was one of the busiest actors in Korea's performing arts scene, starring in a total of seven shows, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Bonnie & Clyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Next to Normal. One of the reasons why he could not reject the offers was because he simply could not resist the characters he was given to play. "I just wanted to play them all." he said.

Han Ji-sang
Born (1982-07-25) July 25, 1982
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
AgentCJes Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationHan Ji-sang
McCune–ReischauerHan Chi-sang

Han Ji Sang is also one of the top 5 most wanted actors in musicals.

The year 2013 marked the 10th anniversary of Han's debut. Though he is now one of the most wanted actors in the musical theatre scene, he only became interested in acting after failing to score well on the Suneung ― the Korean equivalent of the SAT ― for three consecutive years. He found acting almost therapeutic in many ways, especially after his struggles with the competitive education system, and wants to think of acting as his destiny. Calling himself an "extreme introvert", he believes it is the very essence of acting ― becoming someone else ― that liberates him and makes his acting career possible.[1]

On July 25, 2014, Han successfully held his concert Han Ji Sang Premium Concert in Tokyo at Tokyo Hall in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

In 2019 Han Ji Sang was cast as the voice of "Jack" for Disney's Marry Poppins Returns, the actor sang several songs for the movie including "Lovely London Sky" and the biggest musical sequence in the movie "Trip a little light fantastic".[3]

Early life

Han was born in Seoul. One month after his birth, his family suddenly left for France. He was in Paris until 4-years old and attended Kindergarten there. Then he was fluent in French but could not remember any of it now.[4]

Jisang's family resided in New York City for two years where he attended elementary school before returning to Korea.

According to Jisang he suffered from Dyslexia and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder but was an honor student with good grades and served as the vice president of his class.[5]

Theater

Year Title Role
2003Grease
2009Don JuanRaphael
2009Assassins (musical)Samuel Byck
2013Next to NormalGabe
Jesus Christ SuperstarJudas Iscariot
The Scarlet Pimpernel[6]Percy Blakeney
Bonnie & Clyde[7]Clyde Barrow
RedKen
2014Murder BalladTom
2014FrankensteinHenry/monster
2014The DevilX
2015Jesus Christ SuperstarJudas Iscariot
2015FrankensteinHenry/Monster
2017Death Note: The MusicalLight Yagami
2017NapoleonNapoleon
2018Amadeus (play)Salieri
2018FrankensteinHenry/Monster
2018Sand Glass
2018A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
2019BenhurBenhur
2019King ArthurArthur
2019A better tomorrowJa Geol

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
2015Three Summer NightsChief of criminal investigation (cameo)
2016Yell in the Carriage
2017Blue BuskingMin Woo

Television series

Year Title Role Network
2014Rosy LoversPark Kang-taeMBC
2016Working Mom Parenting DaddyCha Il-mokMBC
2018Welcome to WaikikiTae Hyun
(cameo, ep. 2 & 3)
JTBC
2019Haechi (TV series)Do Ji-kwangSBS
2019Catch the GhostKo Do NamtvN

Entertainment

Year Title Role Episode Network
2014Immortal Songs: Singing the LegendGuest157KBS
2015Immortal Songs: Singing the LegendGuest183-184 winner of ep 184KBS
2015Immortal Songs: Singing the LegendGuest213KBS
2015Immortal Songs: Singing the LegendGuest227KBS
2018Video StarGuest96MBC Every1
2019Video StarGuest154MBC Every1
2019I Live Alone (TV series)Special Appearance323MBC
2020Video StarGuest177MBC Every1
2020Double Casting|ko|더블 캐스팅Judge-tvN

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
20126th Daegu International Musical Festival[8]Best ActorWon
2013Seoul Musical Festival[8]Yegreen Award for Best ActorWon
20193rd Korea Musical Awards[8]Best Supporting ActorGentleman's GuideWon

References

  1. Lee, Claire (2 January 2014). "From Judas to Clyde to Ken: Han Ji-sang evolves". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  2. Ahn, Woorim (31 July 2015). "Han Ji Sang Successfully Held His Concert in Japan". BNTNews. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  3. Jang, DoYun (17 January 2019). "Jung Sun Ah and Han Ji Sang Participate in the musical movie Marry Poppins Returns". Naver. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  4. "Showbiz Korea-ACTOR HAN JI-SANG 배우 한지상". YouTube. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  5. "Han Ji Sang's childhood ,family story and the reason of his dyslexia". Tistory. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  6. Kwon, Mee-yoo (12 July 2013). "Theatergoers all for revolution, love and music". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  7. Kwon, Mee-yoo (20 August 2013). "Buzz picks up for Bonnie and Clyde". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  8. "Perseverant, but naive actor, Han Ji Sang". CultureM Magazine. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-31.


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