Jeon Sung-woo

Jeon Sung-woo (born December 30, 1987) is a South Korean actor.

In this Korean name, the family name is Jeon.
Jeon Sung-woo
Born (1987-12-30) December 30, 1987
Seoul, South Korea
EducationSungkyunkwan University – Performing Arts
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
AgentHigh Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationJeon Seong-u
McCune–ReischauerChŏn Sŏngu

Career

Jeon debuted as a musical actor at the age of 20 in the musical Royal Dream of the Moon in which he portrayed the young version of Jeongjo of Joseon. He has since appeared in ten other musicals and cinq plays.[1] For his portrayal of Michael in The Elephant Song and of Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Jeon won the Best Actor Award in the Theater Category at the 2016 Stagetalk Audience Choice Awards.[2]

In February 2015, Jeon signed with Great Company and consequently made his television debut in the sageuk Six Flying Dragons in which he was only credited as a student.[3] The following year, he played a fellow in the department of anesthesiology in the medical melodrama A Beautiful Mind.[4] He also made his film debut in The Table.[5] In 2017, he appeared in the crime drama Oh, the Mysterious.[6]

In July 2018, Jeon signed with High Entertainment and later appeared in Too Bright for Romance and Water Scale, respectively from the KBS Drama Special and tvN Drama Stage projects.[7][8]

In 2019, Jeon portrayed a priest in the comedy crime drama The Fiery Priest which recorded the highest average rating of the year (16.1% nationwide and 18.1% in Seoul), as well as an NIS terrorism task force cyber specialist in the political thriller Designated Survivor: 60 Days and a rookie prosecutor in the legal television series Diary of a Prosecutor.[9][10][11]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Ref.
2016 The Table Min-ho [5]
2021 The Point Men

Television series
Year Title Role Network Ref.
2015–16 Six Flying Dragons Student SBS [3]
2016 A Beautiful Mind Hong Kyung-soo KBS2 [4]
2017–18 Oh, the Mysterious Scab SBS [6]
2018 Drama Special: Too Bright for Romance Lee Pil-yong KBS2 [7]
Drama Stage: Water Scale Jin-cheol tvN [8]
2019 The Fiery Priest Han Sung-gyu / Father Marco SBS [9]
Designated Survivor: 60 Days Seo Ji-won tvN [10]
2019–20 Diary of a Prosecutor Kim Jeong-woo JTBC [11]
2020–21 Homemade Love Story Hwang Na-ro KBS2

Variety show
Year Title Role Network Ref.
2018 Talkmon Cast member tvN [12]
2019 Surfing House Main host JTBC [13]

Music video appearances
Year Song title Artist Ref.
2018 "The Other Day" (별 시) Park Hyo-shin [14]

Theater

Plays
Year Title Role
2012–2013 The Birth of Mildang Seo-dong
2014–2015 M. Butterfly Song Liling
2014 Deathtrap Clifford Anderson
2015 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Christopher
2016–2017 The Elephant Song Michael

Musicals
Year Title Role
2007 Royal Dream of the Moon Jeongjo of Joseon (young)
2010 Hwarang Sa Da-ham
2011 Spring Awakening Ernst Röbel
2011, 2013–2014 Thrill Me Nathan Leopold
2012, 2016 Black Mary Poppins Herman[15]
2012 Three Thousand Flowers Jin Jang-goon
2013–2014 The Goddess Is Watching Ryu Sun-ho
2013 Indangsu Love Song Mong-ryong
2015 Bare: The Musical Jason
2016 Memories of Matsuko Youichi Ryu
2018 Maybe Happy Ending Oliver

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work(s) Result Ref.
2016 Stagetalk Audience Choice Awards Best Actor (Theater) The Elephant Song, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Won [2]

References
  1. Kim, Hyo-jin (November 28, 2018). "[스타포커스] 뮤지컬 '어쩌면 해피엔딩' 전성우, 헬퍼봇 올리버가 전한 진심". Top Star News (in Korean). Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  2. Shin, Sung-ah (December 4, 2016). "관객이 직접 뽑는 'SACA'…2016 최고의 작품과 배우는?". New Daily (in Korean). Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  3. Lee, Seung-hyun (October 14, 2015). "'육룡이 나르샤' 전성우, 대본 인증샷 공개…"감사하고 설레"". Hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  4. Kwak, Kyung-min (August 2, 2016). "'뷰티풀마인드' 전성우 "함께한 홍경수 떠나보내려니 허전해" 종영소감". Hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  5. Jung, Da-hoon (August 18, 2017). "[현장]첫 영화 도전한 전성우, "'더 테이블'은 좋은 스타트"". Sedaily (in Korean). Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  6. Son, Ye-ji (January 21, 2018). "'의문의 일승' 전성우 "윤균상이라는 좋은 친구를 얻었어요"". Hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  7. Park, Jin-young (October 6, 2018). "'너무 한낮의 연애' 전성우, 첫사랑 향수 불러온 섬세한 감성연기". Osen (in Korean). News Chosun. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  8. Kim, Soo-jung (December 8, 2018). "tvN 단막극 '물비늘' 신수원 감독x전성우 뭉쳤다". YTN (in Korean). Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  9. Shim, Eon-kyung (April 14, 2019). "카르텔 소탕→전성우 죽음?…'열혈사제' 김남길의 '운수 좋은 날' [Oh!쎈 리뷰]". Osen (in Korean). News Chosun. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  10. Lee, Joon-hyun (August 20, 2019). "'60일, 지정생존자' 전성우 "사랑과 응원에 감사"…종영 소감". Hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  11. Lee, Kyung-ho (July 8, 2019). "[단독]전성우, '검사내전' 주연으로 합류..이번엔 검사다!". Star News (in Korean). Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  12. Choi, Jung-min (January 30, 2018). "'토크몬' 전성우, 여장+탭탠스…첫 예능 성공". Hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  13. Hong, Se-young (June 10, 2019). "조여정·송재림·김슬기·전성우 '서핑하우스' 출연, 7월21일 첫방 [공식입장]". Sports Donga (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  14. Hyun, Ji-min (May 3, 2018). "전성우, 박효신 '별 시' MV에서 뽐낸 존재감". Hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  15. Kim, Min-jin (June 13, 2012). "Black Mary Poppins' presents dark nanny story". The Korea Times. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
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