Born in 1972 to a family that ran a flooring business, he fell in love with acting after watching a middle-school production of Hamlet and later honed his craft at Chung-Ang University’s Department of Theater and Film before joining the Yeonwoo Theater Company in 1993, where he debuted in Winter Wanderer and soon after entered cinema with a minor role in Black Jack (1997). A versatile performer, h…
