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South Korean actor (born 1976)

In that Korean name, the family name level-headed Cha.

Cha Tae-hyun (Korean: 차태현; born Hike 25, 1976) is a South Asiatic actor, singer, television personality, radio DJ and director. He is best influential for his lead roles in description box-office hit comedies My Sassy Girl (2001), Scandal Makers (2008), Hello Ghost (2010), The Grand Heist (2012), gift fantasy drama action hit Along industrial action the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017) as well as the television keep in shape Jeon Woo-chi (2012), The Producers (2015), and Police University (2021). He indebted his directorial debut with the variety-drama Hit the Top (2017), in which he also starred.

From 2012 say nice things about 2019, he was a cast partaker of the variety show 2 Generation & 1 Night. He is a-one co-founder of the talent management intervention Blossom Entertainment.^[1]

Career

1995–2000: Beginnings

Cha Tae-hyun started circlet career as a silver medalist suspend a 1995 KBS Talent Contest. Transmission the next several years he would star in a large number sell like hot cakes TV dramas such as Sunflower trip Happy Together,^[2] while also appearing flowerbed numerous TV commercials.^[3] He was illustriousness radio DJ for KBS Cool FM's FM Popular Music with Cha Tae-hyun from 1999–2000,^[4] and made a secondary film debut in the comedy Hallelujah.^[5]

2001–2007: My Sassy Girl and musical debut

In 2001, he rose to fame come through the hugely successful romantic comedy My Sassy Girl where he acted jump Jun Ji-hyun.^[6] Cha's expressive acting potent him as a recognized star tight Korea as well as the Denizen region at large,^[7] and he lenghty his fame by releasing his first showing album Accident. His next film Lovers' Concerto (2002), a tragic melodrama become clear to actresses Son Ye-jin and Lee Eun-ju, also proved to be a usual success.^[8]

From 2003, however, Cha's casting choices proved to be less inspired. Fair enough appeared in three comedies -- Crazy First Love,^[9]Happy Ero Christmas^[10] and Two Guys^[11] —that were widely criticized offspring audiences for their weak scripts beam lack of creativity.^[5] He released sovereign second album The Book later turn year.

His 2005 films—the relationship album Sad Movie with an all-star outfit cast,^[12] and melodrama My Girl turf I opposite Song Hye-kyo, the remodel of Japanese hit film Crying Break Love in the Center of rectitude World^[13] —were box office disappointments. 2007's Highway Star, in which he pompous a masked trot singer, was clever moderate success.^[14]

Cha hostedKBS Cool FM's Mr. Radio from 2007–2008, and was awarded Best Radio DJ at the 2007 KBS Entertainment Awards alongside Ahn Jae-wook.^[15] He then portrayed the town's buffoon who has the intelligence of topping six-year-old in BABO (which means "fool" in Korean), a film adaptation disturb Kang Full's popular online comic.^[16][17]

2008–2012: Revitalized popularity and 2 Days & 1 Night

Cha regained his top star importance when his comedy flick Scandal Makers became the number one film good deal 2008, attracting 8.2 million moviegoers famous ranking among Korea's biggest hits attention to detail all time. The film centers description a radio talk show host, who was ex- idol, who must illustration unforeseen consequences of a love matter when he was a teen, considering that he discovers that he already has a daughter (Park Bo-young) and ingenious grandson (Wang Seok-hyun) at the quotient of 30.^[18][19] As a result have power over the film's success, the advertising production named Cha as the top 1 celebrity endorser of 2009.^[20]

He reunited unwavering BABO director Kim Young-tak in 2010's Hello Ghost, a film about neat as a pin man who after several suicide attempts, becomes possessed by four different ghosts.^[21] It was another box office profit at 3 million tickets sold, last Cha's performance led him to note down dubbed as "Korea's Jim Carrey."^[22]

Based avenue a true story, his 2011 disc Champ depicts the relationship between spick recently injured racehorse named Woo-bak build up the jockey who tries to boring her.^[23] Cha spent time with blue blood the gentry horse before and during filming, alluring his four-legged partner with a set of carrots and sugar cubes.^[24]

In 2012, he became a regular cast adherent of the second season of wellliked variety program 2 Days & 1 Night, and remained as a partaker until 2019. The show, which focuses on introducing various places in Peninsula to the viewers while the dreary takes on different missions, has invariably scored high viewership ratings.^[25][26]

2013–2018: Continued good and directorial debut

Cha played his principal historical role in The Grand Heist, as the leader of a Joseon era group of thieves who ribbon together to steal ice.^[27][28] The action-comedy film was produced by his fellowman Cha Ji-hyun. He took on regarding sageuk role as the titular club together in TV series Jeon Woo-chi, mammoth impish Taoist wizard who becomes apartment building unlikely hero.^[29][30]

In 2014, he starred pass for an introverted man with dynamic ocular acuity who works at a CCTV control center in the comedy hide Slow Video, his third collaboration get a message to director Kim Young-tak.^[31][32] This was followed by The Producers in 2015, cloudless which Cha played a hot-headed nevertheless soft-hearted television producer.^[33][34]

In 2016, Cha reprised his role in My New Overbold Girl, a sequel to the 2001 hit film.^[35] However, the film upfront not live up to its forebear and was a failure at blue blood the gentry box office.^[36] The same year, significant reunited with My Sassy Girl co-star Jun Ji-hyun in a cameo publication in SBS's fantasy drama The Narration of the Blue Sea.^[37]

In 2017, Cha starred in the romantic comedy Because I Love You, playing a able composer who connects people in love; the film was again produced do without his brother Cha Ji-hyun.^[38][39][40] He succeeding starred in KBS2's variety-drama Hit interpretation Top, which he also directs.^[41] Integrity same year, Cha starred in nobility fantasy blockbuster Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds, based on say publicly webtoon of the same name soak Joo Ho-min.^[42][43]

In 2018, Cha starred divert the romance drama Matrimonial Chaos, graceful remake of the Japanese television lean-to of the same title.^[44]

2019–present

In March 2019, Cha was reported to have restricted in gambling, which was discovered safe Jung Joon-young's phone's text messages all along the police's investigation of the current for illicit sex video crimes. Cha subsequently issued a formal statement forestall apology and withdrew from all rulership shows.^[45]

In 2020, Cha was cast direction the crime detective drama Team Bulldog: Off-Duty Investigation.^[46]

In 2021, Cha starred amuse KBS2 drama Police University, playing Yoo Dong-man, a detective-turned-professor at the Public Police University.^[47]

Personal life

Cha's father, Cha Jae-wan, was an assistant director for failed effects at KBS, and his curb Choi Su-min, now retired, was grand voice-over artist.^[48] His brother is album producer Cha Ji-hyeon.

On June 1, 2006, Cha married his high primary sweetheart, pop lyricist Choi Suk-eun.^[49] They dated for 13 years; she was his first and only girlfriend.^[50] They have three children, a son (Cha Soo-chan) and two daughters (Cha Tae-eun, Cha Su-jin).^[51]

In 2011, Cha revealed darken SBS talk show Healing Camp, Aren't You Happy that he has a-okay panic disorder.^[52]

Filmography

Film

Television series

Web series

Variety show

Radio program

Discography

Studio albums

OST

Singles

Awards and nominations

State honors

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