Quick facts

Full name
Cho Seung-woo
Korean name
조승우
Born
March 28, 1980
Age
46
Birthplace
Seoul, South Korea
Nationality
South Korean
Occupation
actor · musical-theatre actor
Years active
2000–
Debut
professional activity, 2000
Stranger → Divorce Attorney Shin

Cho Seung-woo: Biography and beginnings

Cho Seung-woo (조승우) — Cho Seung-woo. Born: March 28, 1980, Seoul, South Korea. active since: 2000.

The documented starting point used here is professional activity, 2000. Height, MBTI, residence and family details are not filled automatically; fields without a strong source remain hidden. Official production titles retain their distributed form.

Career development — Stranger

Cho Seung-woo works across film, television and musical theatre. Chunhyang and The Classic established his cinema beginnings, Marathon demanded a central transformation, and Stranger transferred his stage precision into a prosecutor whose emotional expression is deliberately limited.

Selected filmography: Cho Seung-woo

This selection is not a substitute for a complete filmography. It traces the route from Chunhyang through Stranger to Divorce Attorney Shin, listing character and platform separately.

  • 2000 — Chunhyang — role: Lee Mong-ryong — film
  • 2003 — The Classic — role: Joon-ha — film
  • 2005 — Marathon — role: Cho-won — film
  • 2017–2020 — Stranger — role: Hwang Si-mok — tvN / Netflix
  • 2023 — Divorce Attorney Shin — role: Shin Sung-han — JTBC / Netflix

Career timeline: Cho Seung-woo

  • 2000 — professional activity, 2000
  • 2017–2020 — Stranger
  • 2023 — Divorce Attorney Shin

Recently documented work: Divorce Attorney Shin

The most recent reference included in this selection is Divorce Attorney Shin (2023). The wording is deliberate: the page does not automatically call it the “latest project” unless the source supplies a complete current list. The permanent profile can absorb the next confirmed role without creating a duplicate page.

Sources and verification: Cho Seung-woo

Core source: Korean Film Council — KOFIC. Biographical data and projects are published only when they can be tied to the displayed sources. Where shown, age is calculated automatically from the birth date under the international standard; it is not stored as a fixed number.

Source

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