Choi Jin Hyuk

Profile:

• Name: 최진혁 / Choi Jin Hyuk
• Previously known as: 김태호 / Kim Tae Ho
• Real Name: Kim Tae-ho
• Profession: Actor
• Birthdate: 9 February 1985
• Birthplace: Mokpo, South Jeolla Province, South Korea
• Height: 186cm
• Weight: 80kg
• Star Sign: Aquarius
• Years Active: 2006-present
• Talent Agency: Red Brick House

Career:

Kim Tae-ho launched his acting career after he won the grand prize in the KBS reality talent show Survival Star Audition in 2006. In 2010 he began using the stage name Choi Jin-hyuk prior to the airing of family drama It's Okay, Daddy's Girl, in which he was cast in his first leading role. He also starred in the romantic comedies I Need Romance (2011), and Ms Panda and Mr Hedgehog (2012).

His popularity rose in 2013 after a well-received appearance on period drama Gu Family Book. Choi then landed supporting roles in two high-profile projects: writer Kim Eun-sook's trendy drama The Heirs, and the action film God's One Move. His costar in God's One Move, Jung Woo-sung also directed him in the short film Beginning of a Dream.