Cha Seung-won

Cha Seung-won (차승원) is a South Korean actor born June 7, 1970, in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province. Standing 188cm tall, he began his entertainment career as a fashion model in 1988 before transitioning to acting with Holiday in Seoul (1997). The firefighting drama Libera Me (2000) first drew attention to his dramatic abilities, followed by the runaway comedy hit Kick the Moon (2001), which sold over 4.3 million tickets and established him as one of Korea most bankable stars. Cha proved his versatility with the period thriller Blood Rain (2005) and the melodrama My Son (2007). His television work includes the political romance City Hall (2009) with Kim Eun-sook, the iconic romantic comedy The Greatest Love (2011) where his character Dokko Jin became a cultural phenomenon, and the Hong Sisters fantasy drama A Korean Odyssey (2017). Recent acclaimed projects include Coupang Play legal thriller One Ordinary Day (2021), tvN ensemble drama Our Blues (2022), and Disney+ action series The Tyrant (2024). In film, he portrayed King Seonjo in period action epic Uprising (2024) alongside Park Seo-joon, and starred in Believer 2 (2023) as crime boss Brian. His 2025 comeback drama No Other Choice (Eojjeolsoogaeobda) paired him with new agency KeyEast, which he joined in March 2025 after leaving YG Entertainment. He married Lee Soo-jin in 1992 and has two children.