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name: "Ju Ji-hoon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ju-ji-hoon"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 May 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:14:23.179261+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."
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# Ju Ji-hoon

Actor. Born 16 May 1982 in Seoul, South Korea.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 May 1982, Seoul, South Korea
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** 주지훈, Ju Ji Hoon, Joo Ji-hoon, Ju Ji-hun, 주영훈, جو جي-جون, ชู จี-ฮุน, 朱智勛, 朱智勋, Жү Жихүн, جو جی هون, جو جی-هون
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju_Ji-hoon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494734, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2352559/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150125

## Coming up

- *The Remarried Empress* (2026-11-04), as Sovieshu Vict — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-remarried-empress.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Kingdom*](https://film.one/tv/kingdom.md) (84)

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

## Fi1m on Ju Ji-hoon

> Ju Ji-hoon plays princes as men who would rather be doing something with their hands, and he is best when the script lets him. *Kingdom* does, mostly; when it insists on his goodness, he goes dull.

There is a moment early in *Kingdom* (2019) when Crown Prince Chang is handed a bow. Another actor would have taken a breath, found the light and made the shot a declaration. Ju Ji-hoon picks it up and shoots. That is his habit, and it is a good one. He plays authority as a thing you do rather than a thing you announce, and he is at his most convincing when a scene asks for his hands and not his voice.

He arrived as a model, with campaigns for Calvin Klein, Levi's and Reebok from 2003, and his first big part was also a crown prince, Lee Shin in the television drama *Princess Hours* (2006). The notices then wondered whether there was much behind the face. He worked less after 2009, came back in 2012 and set about answering the question in films: *Asura: The City of Madness* (2016), the fantasy *Along with the Gods* (2017–2018), *The Spy Gone North* (2018) and *Dark Figure of Crime* (2018), for which he shaved his head and changed the way he walked to play a serial killer. The pattern since is plain. He keeps being cast as royalty, princes and emperors in period and fantasy settings, and keeps taking harder, plainer parts in between.

*Kingdom* is where the two habits meet. Kim Eun-hee's script gives Chang a court that has kept him useless on purpose and a countryside full of corpses in which he finds he can be of use, and Ju plays the discovery without fuss. He is better in company than alone: Bae Doona's brisk physician and Kim Sang-ho's not-very-brave bodyguard both improve him, because they give him someone to be practical with. We were moved, more than we expected, by a man simply being allowed to be useful; Ju plays it as relief rather than triumph, and it is the least noble and most affecting thing in the series. The fault is the writing's. The second season, directed by Park In-je, hands him almost no failings, and a hero who is never wrong gets dull, however well he draws a bow.

Since then he has moved through *Hyena* (2020), *Jirisan* (2021) and *Light Shop* (2024) to *The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call* (2025), where he plays a doctor, Baek Kang-hyeok, and the authority for once comes with a job attached. He has said of his work, "If someone asks, 'Was that your best?' I want to be able to answer, 'Yes.'" That is admirable and also a little worrying, because his best so far has come when nobody was watching him try. Someone should write him a prince who is wrong about something. He would be good at it.

## Biography

Ju Ji-hoon is a South Korean actor and former model. Born on 16 May 1982 in Seoul, he began his career in modelling in 2003 before transitioning to acting.

He gained prominence with his leading role as Crown Prince Lee Shin in the 2006 television series *Princess Hours*. He is also known for his performances in the films *Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds* (2017) and *Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days* (2018), and as Crown Prince Lee Chang in the Netflix series *Kingdom* (2019–2020).

His later credits include *Light Shop* (2024), *The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call* (2025) and the role of Sovieshu in the series *The Remarried Empress* (2026).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, asianwiki.com, kingdom-netflix.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kingdom* (2019), Fi1m 84, as Crown Prince Chang — [page](https://film.one/tv/kingdom.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *The Remarried Empress* (2026), series, as Sovieshu Vict — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-remarried-empress.md)
- *Climax* (2026), series, as Bang Tae-seop
- *The Witch* (2025), series, as Baek Su
- *The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call* (2025), series, as Baek Kang-hyeok
- *Light Shop* (2024), series, as Jung Won-young
- *Love Your Enemy* (2024), series, as Seok Ji-won
- *Project Silence* (2024), as Jo Park
- *Blood Free* (2024), series, as Woo Chae-woon
- *Ransomed* (2023), as Kim Pan-su
- *Gentleman* (2022), as Ji Hyun-soo
- *Hunt* (2022), as Tokyo Branch Agent 4
- *Jirisan* (2021), series, as Kang Hyun-jo
- *Kiss the Universe* (2021), series, Acting
- *Hyena* (2020), series, as Yoon Hee-jae
- *Item* (2019), series, as Kang Gon
- *Kingdom* (2019), series, as Crown Prince Chang — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/kingdom.md)
- *Dark Figure of Crime* (2018), as Kang Tae-oh
- *The Spy Gone North* (2018), as Section Chief Jeong Moo-taek
- *Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days* (2018), as Hae Won-maek
- *Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds* (2017), as Hae Won-maek
- *Asura: The City of Madness* (2016), as Moon Sun-mo
- *Mask* (2015), series, as Choi Min-Woo
- *The Treacherous* (2015), as Im Sung-jae
- *Confession* (2014), as In-chul
- *Heart Incantation* (2014), as Jiang Han
- *Marriage Blue* (2013), as Kyung-soo
- *Medical Top Team* (2013), series, as Han Seung-jae
- *Five Fingers* (2012), series, as Yoo Ji-ho
- *I Am the King* (2012), as Grand Prince Choong-nyung / Deok-chil
- *The Naked Kitchen* (2009), as Park Du-re
- *Antique* (2008), as Kim Jin-hyuk
- *The Devil* (2007), series, as Oh Seung-ha
- *Princess Hours* (2006), series, as Crown Prince Lee Shin
- *Buy King*, series, as Han Tae-jun
- *The Generals*, Acting

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- ![영화 '신과 함께' 죄 와 벌 20일 개봉 (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/96403/gallery-ba8af3effbaa.jpg) 영화 '신과 함께' 죄 와 벌 20일 개봉 (2017) — sisaprime, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/%EC%98%81%ED%99%94_%27%EC%8B%A0%EA%B3%BC_%ED%95%A8%EA%BB%98%27_%EC%A3%84_%EC%99%80_%EB%B2%8C_20%EC%9D%BC_%EA%B0%9C%EB%B4%89_%281%29.jpg/1280px-%EC%98%81%ED%99%94_%27%EC%8B%A0%EA%B3%BC_%ED%95%A8%EA%BB%98%27_%EC%A3%84_%EC%99%80_%EB%B2%8C_20%EC%9D%BC_%EA%B0%9C%EB%B4%89_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
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