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Gi Ju-bong

In this Korean name, the family name is Gi.
Gi Ju-bong
Born (1955-09-03) September 3, 1955 (age 69)
South Korea
EducationSorabol College of Arts - Theater and Film
OccupationActor
Years active1977-present
AgentPK Entertainment
FamilyGi Guk-seo (brother)
Korean name
Hangul
기주봉
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGi Ju-bong
McCune–ReischauerKi Chupong

Gi Ju-bong (born September 3, 1955) is a South Korean actor.

Career

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Gi began acting in 1977 and is notable for Offending the Audience, Sorum (2001), Viva! Love (2008) and The Spy Gone North (2018).[1][2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
1981 Children of Darkness Part 1, Young-ae the Songstress Hyun-bae
1982 Geniuses With the Grade F Lee Gwan-doo/Kant
Come Unto Down Friend 1
1983 Human Market, Small Devil - An Autobiography
of a Twenty-two-year-old
1988 Sunshine at Present Friend
1991 Who Saw the Dragon's Toenail?
1992 Myung-ja, Akiko, Sonya
1995 My Old Sweetheart
1997 Bad Movie Traveling performer
1998 The Quiet Family Lonely man
1999 Judgement[3] (short film) Morgue employee
A Great Chinese Restaurant Man in his forties
Nowhere to Hide Serious crime squad chief
2000 Kilimanjaro Suit
Bichunmoo Kwak-jung
Die Bad Auto repair boss (cameo)
Joint Security Area General Pyo
Asako in Ruby Shoes E U-in's brother-in-law
2001 Red Heart (short film) Park Je-myung
A Woman Off Her Uniform (short film) Man
Bungee Jumping of Their Own Dean of student affairs
Friend "Mustache"
Sorum[4] Writer Lee
Say Yes Manager
My Boss, My Hero Sang Chun-man
2002 Driving Mrs. Park (short film)
Public Enemy Song Haeng-ki
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Driver Pang
Chow Yun-fat Boy Meets Brownie Girl Yong-baek
Boss X-File 간부 prosecutor
Saving My Hubby Han Joo-tae's father
Baby Alone Yang-geun
Sex Is Zero OB/Gyn doctor
Every Angel Dreams of Being a Janitor (short film) Shoe shiner
2003 Dying Puppy Truck driver
The First Amendment of Korea Commissioner Byun (cameo)
Taxidriver Catches Taxi (short film) Taxi driver Park Dong-sik
Save the Green Planet! Squad leader Lee
Wild Card[5] Squad leader Kim
Tube Jungbu chief of police
Sword in the Moon Officer Jang
Wonderful Days Noah
Into the Mirror Jeon Il-seong
2004 Mokpo, Gangster's Paradise Jo Tae-beom (cameo)
Mr. Handy Chairman Yoon
Liar Lieutenant detective
Foolish Game Director Kim
Clementine Hwang Jong-chul
Dead Friend Detective 1
Our Teatime (short film)
A Happy Day (short film)
R-Point Captain Park
2005 Crying Fist[6] Yu Sang-hwan's father
Spying Cam
The Crescent Moon Uncle
2006 The Romance Squad leader Hwang
Ad-lib Night Myung-eun's father (cameo)
2007 Pruning the Grapevine Father Moon
Fish on Land
2008 His Last Gift Class monitor (cameo)
Night and Day Mr. Jang
Viva! Love Mr. Ha
My Dear Enemy Man at cousin's house 1 (cameo)
Heartbreak Library Hong-soo
2009 Where is Ronny... Choong-sik (cameo)
Lifting King Kong Director Baek (cameo)
Never Belongs to Me Catholic priest (cameo)
Mom's Vacation (short film)
2010 Vegetarian Ji-hye's father (cameo)
Saying Good-bye Kim Joon-sik
Hahaha Curator of Tongyeong's
local history museum
A Good Night's Sleep for the Bad Pornography buyer (cameo)
2011 The Day He Arrives Producer
2012 Woosoossi[7] Company president Wang
2013 Nobody's Daughter Haewon Hoo-won
Norigae Hyun Sung-bong
Dear Dolphin Therapist
Montage Ear doctor Han
Hide and Seek Sung-soo's father (cameo)
Rough Play Theater director (cameo)
Steel Cold Winter Young-jun's father (cameo)
Friend: The Great Legacy Hyung-doo
The Suspect Coroner
2014 Apostle: He Was Anointed by God Agency official (cameo)
A Hard Day Company president Kim (cameo)
Haemoo Ship owner
Hill of Freedom Byeong-joo
2015 Empire of Lust Jo Jun
The Deal Subsection chief Choi
Coin Locker Girl Man in suit (cameo)
The Treacherous Butcher Mr. Kim
Office Chief
Right Now, Wrong Then Kim Won-ho
Hiya
2016 Misbehavior Shin Byung-soo
The End of April Real estate agency boss
2017 Merry Christmas Mr. Mo Mo Geum-san
The First Lap Ji-yeong's father
The Battleship Island Ahn
2018 The Soup President
Grass Chang-soo
Hotel by the River Yeong-hwan
The Spy Gone North Kim Jong Il
2022 The Novelist's Film [8]

Television series

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Year Title Role
2003 All In Bae Sang-doo
Drama City: The Reason I Want to Get Married Hagwon administrator
Good Person Detective Park
2004 Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin Yoon Hwan-shi
2005 Drama City: Mr. Camel's Disappearance Father
Resurrection Jung Sang-gook
Sweet Spy Han Yoo-il's assistant
2006 Alone in Love[9] Lee Dae-hoon
2007 Merry Mary Hwang Do-chul
Lobbyist Park Joon-gil
2008 KPSI 1 Team leader Park Won-oh
Drama City: In the Name of the Father Gap-soo
Get Up Dean of student affairs
Who Are You? Cha Chul-soo
KPSI 2 Team leader Park Won-oh
Night After Night Noh Jung-pil
2009 Partner Ji Nam-chul
2010 You Don't Know Women Company president Park
2011 Heartstrings Professor
Drama City: Men Cry
Me Too, Flower! Dispatch chief
2012 Glass Mask Shin Ki-tae
KBS Drama Special: Do You Know Taekwondo? Teacher Im
KBS Drama Special: Mellow in May Lee Ki-kwan
2014 Golden Cross[10] Jung Gyu-jik
Reset Department head Choi
2015 KBS Drama Special: Let's Stand Still Kim Jong-seob
The Superman Age Director Gi Ju-bong
The Producers Park Choon-bong
2016 Lucky Romance Je Mool-po

Theater

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Year Title Role Reprised
1978 Krapp's Last Tape
1979 Offending the Audience 2004, 2014
Danton's Death
"Master Harold"...and the Boys
Woza Albert!
Hamlet
The Balcony
Cheongbu
King Lear
Theresa's Dream
지피족들
Death of a Salesman
Try Lying to Me
Jeongseon Arirang Changgeuk - The Sound of the Gods
2010 사나이 와타나베... 완전히 삐지다 Watanabe
2012-2013 Letters to My Parents Bong-gu
2015 Song of Water Watanabe

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2008 17th Buil Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Viva! Love Nominated
45th Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2018 5th Wildflower Film Awards Best Actor Merry Christmas Mr. Mo Won [11]
27th Buil Film Awards Nominated [12]
2018 Locarno Festival Best Actor Hotel by the River Won [13]
55th Grand Bell Awards Best Supporting Actor The Spy Gone North Nominated [14]
26th Korea Culture Entertainment Awards Won [15]

References

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  1. ^ Kim, Su-gyeong (July 15, 2005). "연극과 영화를 종횡무진해온 연기경력 30년의 배우 기주봉". Cine21 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  2. ^ Lee, Young-jin (16 April 2008). "기주봉 "이제 되새김질을 할 때 같아요."". Cine21 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  3. ^ Walber, Daniel (3 March 2013). "Watch Park Chan-wook's 1999 Short Film Judgement". Film School Rejects. Archived from the original on 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  4. ^ Russell, Mark (30 January 2002). "Ghost stories without any white sheets". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  5. ^ Elley, Derek (17 June 2003). "Review: Wild Card". Variety. Archived from the original on 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  6. ^ "K-Film Reviews: 주먹이 운다 (Crying Fist)". Twitch Film. 22 August 2005. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  7. ^ Moon, Gwang-lip (19 November 2012). "Choi Soo-jong in first film since 1994". Korea Joongang Daily. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  8. ^ Kim Kyung-hee (January 20, 2022). "홍상수 감독 '소설가의 영화' 3년 연속 베를린영화제 경쟁부문 공식 초청" [Director Hong Sang-soo's 'Novelist's Film' officially invited to the competition section of the Berlin Film Festival for the third year in a row]. iMBC (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022 – via Naver.
  9. ^ "연애시대 (Alone in Love) Production Meeting Report". Twitch Film. 10 March 2006. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
  10. ^ Kim, Hye-in (28 March 2014). "Photos from a spiritual ceremony for Golden Cross unleashed". StarN News. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-05-30.
  11. ^ "Wildflower Film Awards Korea - 2018 Award Winners". Korean Film Council. April 2018. Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  12. ^ "[23회 부산국제영화제] 부일영화상". Busan Ilbo (in Korean). 20 September 2018.
  13. ^ "Ki Joo-bong Named Best Actor at Locarno Film Festival". The Chosun Ilbo. 13 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  14. ^ "제55회 대종상, 각 부문 후보 공개…'공작' 12개 최다부문 노미네이트". Sports Seoul (in Korean). 21 September 2018. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  15. ^ "2018년 제 26회 "대한민국 문화연예대상" 성황리 개최". NB News (in Korean). November 29, 2018. Archived from the original on December 11, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
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