---
name: "Cha Seung-won"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cha-seung-won"
fi1m_id: "cha-seung-won"
imdb_id: "nm0149226"
tmdb_id: 1248450
wikidata_id: "Q490067"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 June 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-25T04:14:05.800268+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cha Seung-won

## Identity

Cha Seung-won

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cha-seung-won
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cha-seung-won
- **IMDb ID:** nm0149226
- **TMDB ID:** 1248450
- **Wikidata ID:** Q490067
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha_Seung-won, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q490067, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149226/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1248450

Actor. Born 7 June 1970 in Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 June 1970, Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Also known as:** 차승원, 車勝元, 车胜元, Cha Seoung-won, ชาซึงวอน, چا سونگ-وون
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha_Seung-won, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q490067, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149226/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1248450

## Coming up

- *Tantara* (2026-12-11), as Gil-yeo — [page](https://film.one/tv/tantara.md)
- *Retired Agent Management Team* (2027-01-04), as Kim Cheol-su

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*No Other Choice*](https://film.one/film/no-other-choice.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Cha Seung-won (born 7 June 1970) is a South Korean actor and former fashion model. He began modelling in the late 1980s and made his acting debut in the 1997 film *Holiday in Seoul* and the television sitcom *New York Story*.

He rose to prominence with leading roles in the comedy films *Kick the Moon* (2001), *Jail Breakers* (2002), *My Teacher, Mr. Kim* (2003) and *Ghost House* (2004). Cha has since worked across genres, appearing in the thriller *Blood Rain* (2005), the melodrama *My Son* (2007) and later films including *Night in Paradise* (2020) and *Uprising* (2024). His television credits include *The Greatest Love* (2011), *A Korean Odyssey* (2017), *One Ordinary Day* (2021) and *Our Blues* (2022). In 2025 he played Ko Si-jo in the film *No Other Choice*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *No Other Choice* (2025), Fi1m 78, as Ko Si-jo — [page](https://film.one/film/no-other-choice.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Retired Agent Management Team* (2027), series, as Kim Cheol-su
- *Tantara* (2026), series, as Gil-yeo — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/tantara.md)
- *No Other Choice* (2025), as Ko Si-jo — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/no-other-choice.md)
- *Mercy for None* (2025), series, as Cha Young-do
- *The Trunk* (2024), series, as In-ji's fourth contract husband
- *Uprising* (2024), as King Seonjo
- *The Tyrant* (2024), series, as Lim Sang
- *Believer 2* (2023), as Brian
- *Our Blues* (2022), series, as Choi Han-su
- *One Ordinary Day* (2021), series, as Shin Joong-han
- *리얼 마케팅 쇼* (2021), series, Actor
- *Sinkhole* (2021), as Man-soo
- *Night in Paradise* (2020), as Ma Sang-gil
- *Cheer Up, Mr. Lee* (2019), as Cheol-su
- *Believer* (2018), as Brian
- *A Korean Odyssey* (2017), series, as Devil King Woo / Woo Hwi
- *The Map Against the World* (2016), as Kim Jeong-ho
- *Let's Be Strange* (2015), series, Actor
- *Hwajung* (2015), series, as Prince Gwanghae
- *Man on High Heels* (2014), as Detective Ji-wook
- *You're All Surrounded* (2014), series, as Seo Pan-seok
- *Mr. XXX-Kisser* (2012), Actor
- *T-ARA - Cry Cry & Lovey-Dovey* (2012), Actor
- *The Greatest Love* (2011), series, as Dokko Jin
- *Athena: Goddess of War* (2011), as Son-hyeok
- *Athena: Goddess of War* (2010), series, as Son Hyuk
- *71: Into the Fire* (2010), as Park Moo-rang
- *Blades of Blood* (2010), as Lee Mong-hak
- *Secret* (2009), as Kim Seong-ryeol
- *City Hall* (2009), series, as Jo Gook
- *Eye For An Eye* (2008), as Ahn Hyon-min
- *My Son* (2007), as Lee Gang-sik
- *Small Town Rivals* (2007), as Cho Chun-sam
- *Over the Border* (2006), as Kim Sun-ho
- *Murder, Take One* (2005), as Choi Yeon-gi
- *Blood Rain* (2005), as Lee Won-kyu
- *Lovely Rivals* (2004), Actor
- *Ghost House* (2004), as Pil-gi
- *Bodyguard* (2003), series, as Hong Kyung-tak
- *My Teacher, Mr. Kim* (2003), as Kim Bong-doo
- *Project X* (2003), Actor
- *Jail Breakers* (2002), as Choi Moo-seok
- *Break Out* (2002), as Yang Cheol-gon
- *Kick the Moon* (2001), as Choi Ki-dong
- *Libera Me* (2000), as Hui-soo
- *Black Honeymoon* (2000), as Kim Jun-ho
- *End of the Century* (1999), as Sang-woo
- *Love Story* (1999), series, as In-gi
- *Attack the Gas Station!* (1999), as Runaway Youth
- *Ghost in Love* (1999), as Nah Han Su
- *Roses and Bean Sprouts* (1999), series, as Choi Gyoo-dae
- *If the Sun Rises in the West* (1998), as Byun Ji-min
- *Angel's Kiss* (1998), series, as 장태주
- *뉴욕 스토리* (1997), series, Actor
- *Holiday in Seoul* (1997), as Pickpocket
- *Pigpen*, series, as The Owner
- *Family Force*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Cha Seung-won](https://film.one/media/person/7266/gallery-6755f56e2914.jpg) Cha Seung-won — rokiei (also called 토끼이, see far right bottom of the source blog page), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Cha_Seung-won_on_September_24%2C_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cha Seung-won](https://film.one/media/person/7266/gallery-e177fc297d28.jpg) Cha Seung-won — Image via TMDB
- ![Cha Seung-won](https://film.one/media/person/7266/gallery-18641aa962ea.jpg) Cha Seung-won — Image via TMDB
- ![Cha Seung-won](https://film.one/media/person/7266/gallery-6b7f9b5edecb.jpg) Cha Seung-won — Image via TMDB
- ![Cha Seung-won](https://film.one/media/person/7266/gallery-f21775b493b0.jpg) Cha Seung-won — Image via TMDB

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