Um Ki-joon

Um's popularity increased after he began playing supporting roles in television dramas such as Life Special Investigation Team, Worlds Within, Hero, Dream High, Scent of a Woman and Phantom. He was also the leading actor in Good Job, Good Job and The Virus. He is best known for his roles in television series I'm Not a Robot (2017–2018), The Penthouse: War in Life (2020–2021) and Little Women (2022).

• Name — Um Ki-joon • Born — 23 March 1976 • Birthplace — Seoul, South Korea • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1995–present • Agent — Suntree Entertainment • Height — 180 cm • Website — umkijoon.com

Um made his acting debut in 1995 in the stage play Richard III. After his discharge from the military in 1998, he faced a period of obscurity in Daehakro, taking on various roles in both large and small productions, starting with the musical "Gwanggaeto the Great." However, it was in the musical in Singin' in the Rain, where his true talent shone, propelling him to stardom with his portrayal of Dong-hyeon. Subsequently, he appeared in productions such as The Sorrows of Young Werther, Grease and Hedwig and the Angry Inch. In 2004, Um made a return to the theater stage with play Male Impulse. In 2006, Um made his television debut in Drama City - Who Loved Her? directed by Lee So-yeon. The following year, he worked with Lee So-yeon again in Drama City - The Grim Reaper with Amnesia. Um also appeared in Kimchi Cheese Smile, as Ki-jun, Shin Goo's eldest son, who rents the second floor of his friend Byeong-jin's house. He is a man with a sly personality who is messy at home and neat and tidy outside. In 2008, Um worked with Lee So-yeon again in Drama City - Secret, Only You Don't Know. He played the role of unknown artist Park Hyeong-joo, who is torn between his beloved wife and his male lover. Um became a TV star as the charming and grumpy boy Son Gyu-ho in the drama Worlds Within. In 2009, Um made a return to the theater stage with Maxim Gorky's play The Lower Depths which features characters from the lower echelons of society including a fallen nobleman, a woman suffering from a terminal lung disease, and an alcoholic actor, he takes on the role of Satine, a once-intellectual turned conman. The play is set in Russia during the 1890s, a time marked by increasing social disparity and economic depression. It was performed at the Seoul Arts Center Towol Theater from February 14 to March 22. In 2010, Monte Christo. Um played the villain in his first film Man of Vendetta, opposite Kim Myung-min. This was followed by a role as Lee Ki-cheol, a detective investigating serial murders in horror film Killer Toon, opposite Lee Si-young. In 2016, Musical Matahari. In 2017, Um played the villain in the hit legal thriller Innocent Defendant. In 2018, he reunited with the director and writer of Innocent Defendant in medical drama Heart Surgeons. In 2020, he appeared in TV series The Penthouse: War in Life as Joo Dan-tae, the main villain and a scheming real estate genius. The series aired on SBS TV from October 26. Um reprised in his role of Werther in the 20th anniversary of the Korean musical "Werther". In 2021, Um signed a contract with Your Entertainment. It was founded by a manager who has been with him since his debut. In 2023, He appeared in 10th anniversary of musical The Days.

In May 2024, it was reported that Um will tie the knot with a non-celebrity partner in December. The couple married on December 22 in Seoul.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference(s) • 2006 — Drama City: "Who Loved Her?" — Park Cheol-ho • 2007 — Drama City: "Grim Reaper with Amnesia" — Dong-wook • Kimchi Cheese Smile — Um Ki-joon • 2008 — Drama City: "Secret, Only You Don't Know" — Park Hyeong-joo • Life Special Investigation Team — Park Chan-ho • Worlds Within — Song Gyu-ho • 2009 — Good Job, Good Job — Choi Seung-hyun • Hero — Kang Hye-sung • 2011 — Dream High — Kang Oh-hyuk • Miss Ripley — Prosecutor — Cameo (episode 14) • Scent of a Woman — Chae Eun-suk • Can't Lose — Cha Seok-hoon — Cameo (episodes 14–17) • 2012 — Phantom — Jo Hyun-min • 2013 — The Virus — Lee Myung-hyun • I Can Hear Your Voice — Public defender Um Ki-joon — Cameo (episode 14) • 2014 — Golden Cross — Michael Jang • 2015 — The Man in the Mask — Kang Hyun-woong • 2017 — Innocent Defendant — Cha Sun-ho / Cha Min-ho • I'm Not a Robot — Hong Baek-kyun • 2018 — Heart Surgeons — Choi Suk-han • 2020–2021 — The Penthouse: War in Life — Joo Dan-tae / Baek Jun-gi — Season 1–3 • 2022 — Shooting Stars — Yoon Jang-seok — Cameo (episode 13) • Little Women — Park Jae-sang • 2023–2024 — The Escape of the Seven — Matthew Lee / K / Sim Jun Seok

• Year — Title — Role — Ref. Reference(s) • 2016 — Nightmare Teacher — Han Bong-gu

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference(s) • 2017–2018 — Wizard of Nowhere — Cast Member • 2021 — We Don't Bite: Villains in the Countryside — Cast Member — with Yoon Jong-hoon and Bong Tae-gyu • 2025 — Before It's Too Late ShalaShala — Cast Member — with Sung Dong-Il Kim Kwang-kyu Shin Seung-hwan and Jang Hyuk

• Year — Song Title — Korean Title — Artist — Ref. Reference(s) • 2007 — "Goodbye, 20 Years Old" — 안녕, 스무살 — Toy • "Three People" — 세 사람 — Lee Ki-chan • 2015 — "April Snow" — 사월의 눈 — Huh Gak

Concert performances • Year — Title — Role — Theater — Date — Ref. Reference(s) • English — Korean • 2007 — Hedwig Concert with John Cameron Mitchell — 존 카메론 미첼과 함께하는 헤드윅 콘서트 — Hedwig — Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium — May 27 – June 5 • 2014 — Eom-Yu-Min-Beop Premium One Concert — 엄유민법 프리미엄 원(premium one) 콘서트 — Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo — September 29–30

Musical play performances • Year — Title — Role — Venue — Date — Ref. Reference(s) • English — Korean • 1996 — Oliver! — 올리버 — colspan="2" • 1998 — Gwanggaeto the Great — 광개토대왕 — Ensemble cast — Seoul Arts Center Towol Theater — December 21 • 2000 — Tripitaka Koreana — 팔만대장경 — Mongolian army — * National Theater * Fukuoka Acuros Theater * Yokohama Kanagawa Shomin Hall — June 16–29 • The cultural center of the Philippines — July 26–27 • 2000 — Oh! Happy Day — 오!해피데이 — Eros — Al and Nuclear Theatre — September 15 – December 31 • 2001 — River of Eternal Love - Tripitaka Koreana, World Cultural Heritage — 영원한 사랑의 강 - 세계문화유산 팔만대장경 — Mongolian army — Seoul Education and Culture Center — May 1 • Singin' in the Rain — (2001) 서울 아동청소년 공연예술축제; 사랑은 비를 타고 — Don Lockwood — Information Theater — July 4 – October 3 • 2002 — The Sorrows of Young Werther — 젊은 베르테르의 슬픔 — Werther — Chamber Hall, Sejong Centre for the Performing Arts — February 8 – March 24 • Songshan Nights — 송산야화 — Kim Hyun — Culture Ilbo Hall — June 18–28 • August 16–21 • Carmen — 카르멘 — Escamillo — Culture Ilbo Hall — December 13–26 • 2003 — Grease — 그리스 — Danny Zuko — Polymedia Theater in Daehakro, Seoul — May 20–June 1 • Seoul Arts Center's Towol Theater — June 7–29 • Dongsoong Art Center Dongsoong Hall — August 8–November 16 • 2003–2004 — The Sorrows of Young Werther — 베르테르 — Werther — C-art Arts Theater — December 12 – February 29 • 2003 — Grease — 그리스 — Danny Zuko — Daegu Citizens Center Auditorium — December 20 • 2004 — Singin' in the Rain — 패션 오브 더 레인 — Dong-hyeon (Don Lockwood) — Daehakro Inkel Art Hall Hall 1 — December 3 • Anakji Love Story — 안악지애사 — King Hoyang — Concert hall COEX Auditorium — September 10 – October 2 • 2005 — Assassins — 암살자들 — Booth — Seoul Arts Center CJ Towol Theater — July 9 – 30, 2005 • 2005 — Grease — 그리스 — Danny Zuko — Dongsoong Art Center Dongsoong Hall — October 1, 2005 – January 1, 2006 • 2005 — Love Diary — 러브 다이어리 — — — National Museum of Korea Theatre Dragon — December 26–31 • 2005–2006 — Hedwig and the Angry Inch — 헤드윅 — Hedwig — Daehak-ro Live Theater — November 1 – February 26 • 2006 — The Sorrows of Young Werther — 젊은 베르테르의 슬픔 — Werther — Arko Arts Theatre Grand Theatre — January 20 – February 19 • Le Passe-Muraille — 벽을 뚫는 남자 — Dusoleil — Seoul Arts Centre CJ Towol Theatre — February 28 – April 2 • Finding Kim Jong-wook — 김종욱 찾기 — Man/Kim Jong-wook — JTN Art Hall 1 — June 2–August 15 • Grease — 그리스 — Danny Zuko — National Theatre Haeoreum Theatre — August 24 – September 9 • Grease — 그리스 — Danny Zuko — Naru Art Centre Grand Performance Hall — November 17 – December 25 • Singin' in the Rain — 패션 오브 더 레인 — Dong-hyeon (Don Lockwood) — Universal Art Center — December 29–31 • 2007 — A Day — 하루 — Kang Young-won — Universal Art Center — January 6–February 4 • 2007–2009 — Singin' in the Rain — 패션 오브 더 레인 — Dong-hyeon (Don Lockwood) — Inkel Art Hall 1 — May 1, 2007 – December 31, 2009 • 2007 — Former Lover — 실연남녀 — Kang Yeon-oh — Daehak-ro Cultural Space Ida Hall 1 — October 13 – December 9 • 2008 — Former Lover — 실연남녀 — Kang Yeon-oh — The Good Theatre (old, Theatre) — January 8 to March 3 • Singin' in the Rain — 패션 오브 더 레인 — Dong-hyeon (Don Lockwood) — Theater Tramp, Tokyo — July 29 – August 17 • 2009 — The Three Musketeers — 삼총사 — D'Artagnan — Chungmu Art Hall Grand Theatre — May 12 – June 21 • 2009–2010 — Jack the Ripper — 살인마 잭 — Daniel — Universal Art Center — November 13, 2009 – January 31, 2010 • Yeungnam University Cheonma Art Center Grand Hall, Daegu — December 24 – 26, 2009 • 2010 — Monte Cristo — 몬테크리스토 — Edmond Dantès — Universal Art Centre — April 21, 2010 – June 13, 2010 • Daegu Arts Center — June 22 – 27, 2010 • Gwangju Cultural Center, Daeguk Hall — July 16 – 18, 2010 • Jack the Ripper — 살인마 잭 — Daniel — Seongnam Art Centre Opera House — July 22 – August 22 • Monte Cristo — 몬테크리스토 — Edmond Dantès — Busan Citizens' Hall, Main Theater — August 6 – 8, 2010 • 2010–2011 — The Three Musketeers — 삼총사 — d'Artagnan — Chungmu Art Center Main Theater — December 15, 2010 – January 30, 2011 • 2011 — Daejeon Arts Center Art Hall — February 19 – 20, 2011 • Daegu Keimyung Art Center — February 26 – 27, 2011 • Monte Cristo — 몬테크리스토 — Edmond Dantès — Chungmu Art Center Main Theater, Black — March 1 – April 24, 2011 • The Three Musketeers — 삼총사 — d'Artagnan — Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center Aram Theater — March 19 – 20, 2011 • Gwangju Culture and Arts Center Main Theater — April 8 – 10, 2011 • Busan Citizens' Hall Main Theater — April 16 – 17, 2011 • Monte Cristo — 몬테크리스토 — Edmond Dantès — Korea Sound Culture Hall, Chamber Hall, Jeonju — May 14 – 15, 2011 • Gwangju Cultural Center, Main Theater — May 21 – 22, 2011 • Gyeonggi Arts Center, Main Theater, Suwon — June 4 – 5, 2011 • Busan Cultural Center, Main Theater — June 10 – 12, 2011 • Mokpo Citizens' Culture and Sports Center, Main Theater — July 2 – 3, 2011 • Jeju Art Center — July 8 – 10, 2011 • 2011 — Jack the Ripper — 살인마 잭 — Daniel — Daejeon Arts Centre Art Hall — August 20–21 • Ansan Culture and Arts Centre Sunrise Theatre — October 15–16 • Goyang Aram Nuri Aram Theatre — October 21–30 • 2012 — Catch Me If You Can — 캐치 미 이프 유 캔 — Frank Abagnale Jr. — Blue Square Mastercard Hall — March 28 – June 10 • Jack the Ripper — 살인마 잭 — Daniel — National Theatre Haeoreum Theatre — July 20 – August 25 • 2012–2013 — Catch Me If You Can — 캐치 미 이프 유 캔 — Frank Abagnale Jr. — Seongnam Art Centre Opera House — December 14 – February 9 • 2013 — The Three Musketeers — 삼총사 — D'Artagnan — Chungmu Art Centre Grand Theatre — February 20 – April 21 • The Count of Monte Cristo — 몬테크리스토 — Edmond Dantès — Chungmu Art Centre Grand Theatre — June 7 – August 4 • Jack the Ripper — 살인마 잭 — Daniel — D-Cube Link Art Centre — July 16 – September 29 • Bonnie & Clyde — 보니앤클라이드 — Clyde Barrow — Chungmu Art Centre Grand Theatre — September 4 – October 27 • 2013–2014 — Werther — 베르테르 — Werther — Seoul Arts Center, Towol Theater — December 3–January 12 • 2014 — The Three Musketeers — 삼총사 — D'Artagnan — Sejong Centre for the Performing Arts Grand Theatre — March 14–30 • 2014 — Bonnie & Clyde — 보니앤클라이드 — Clyde Barrow — Gwanglim Art Centre BBCH Hall — April 15 – June 29 • 2014 — Rebecca — 레베카 — Maxim De Winter — Blue Square Shinhan Card Hall — September 6 – November 9 • Korea Sound Culture Center Moak Hall — November 14–16 • Daejeon Arts Center Art Hall — November 21–23 • Daegu Gyeongnam Art Center — December 5–14 • Centum City Sohyang Theater Shinhan Card Hall — December 19–21 • Gwangju Culture & Arts Center Main Theater — December 26–28 • 2015 — Rebecca — 레베카 — Maxim De Winter — Ansan Culture & Arts Center Haedoji Theater — January 3–4 • Robin Hood — 로빈훗 — Robin Hood — D Cube Link Art Center — January 23 – March 29 • Seongnam Art Centre Opera House — April 19 – May 25 • Cinderella — 신데렐라 — Prince Christopher — Chungmu Art Hall Grand Theater — September 12 – November 8 • 2015–16 — Seongnam Art Centre Opera House — December 5 – January 3 • 2015–2016 — 15th Anniversary of Werther — 베르테르 — Werther — Seoul Arts Centre Opera House — November 10–February 13 • 2016 — Gyemyung Art Centre — January 15–17 • Busan Cultural Centre Grand Theatre — January 29–31 • Daejeon Arts Centre Art Hall — February 12–13 • 2016 — Rebecca — 레베카 — Maxim de Winter — Seoul Arts Centre Opera Theatre — January 5 – March 6 • Mata Hari — 마타하리 — Armand — Blue Square Shinhan Card Hall — March 25 – June 12, 2016 • Jack the Ripper — 살인마 잭 — Daniel — D-Cube Link Art Centre — July 15 – October 9 • 2016–2017 — Monte Cristo — 몬테크리스토 — Edmund Dantes/The Count of Monte Cristo — Chungmu Art Center, Main Theater — November 19, 2016 – February 12, 2017 • 2017 — Monte Cristo — 몬테크리스토 — Edmond Dantes/The Count of Monte Cristo — Jeju Art Center — February 24 – 26 • Korea Sound Culture Hall, Chamber Hall — March 10 – 11 • Cheonan Arts Center, Main Theater — March 17 – 19 • Ulsan Culture and Arts Center, Main Theater — March 24–26 • Changwon Seongsan Art Hall, Main Theater — March 31 – April 2 • Gyeonggi Arts Center, Main Theater — April 14 – 16 • Gwangju Culture and Arts Center, Main Theater — April 21 – 23 • Icheon Art Hall, Main Theater — April 28 – 30 • Busan Citizen's Hall, Main Theater — May 12 – 14 • Incheon Culture & Arts Center Grand Theater — May 19 – 21 • Ansan Culture & Arts Center Sunrise Theater — May 26 – 28 • Daegu Keimyung Arts Center — June 2 – 4 • Daejeon Arts Center Art Hall — June 9 – 11 • 2017 — Mata Hari — 마타하리 — Armand — Sejong Center for the Performing Arts Grand Theater — June 16 – August 6 • Rebecca — 레베카 — Maxim de Winter — Blue Square Shinhan Card Hall — August 10 – November 18 • 2018 — The Three Musketeers — 삼총사 — D'Artagnan — KEPCO Arts Center — March 16 – May 27 • Daegu Keimyung Arts Center — June 1–3 • Korea Traditional Music Center Moakdang — June 8–9 • Busan Citizens' Hall Main Theater — June 16–17 • Daejeon Arts Center Art Hall — June 22–24 • Cheonan Arts Center Main Theater — July 6–8 • Changwon Seongsan Art Hall Main Theater — July 20–21 • Gwangju Arts Center Main Theater — July 27–29 • 2018 — The Days — 그날들 — Cha Jeong-hak — Centum City Sohyang Theater Shinhan Card Hall Busan — Dec 23–30 • 2019 — The Days — 그날들 — Cha Jeong-hak — Daejeon Arts Center Art Hall — Jan 5–6 • Iksan Arts Center Main Performance Hall — May 17–18 • Sohyang Theater Shinhan Card Hall, Busan — May 17–18 • Keimyung Art Center, Daegu — May 31 – June 2 • Gyeongsangnam-do Culture and Arts Center Grand Performance Hall, Jinju — June 7–8 • 2019 — Jack the Ripper — 살인마 잭 — Daniel — Seoul Olympic Park Woori Financial Art Hall — January 25 – March 31 • Arthur's Excalibur — 엑스칼리버 — Lancelot — Sejong Centre for the Performing Arts Grand Theatre — June 15 – August 4 • Dracula — 드라큘라 — Dracula — KEPCO Art Center — October 5 – December 1 • 2019–2020 — Rebecca — 레베카 — Maxim de Winter — Chungmu Art Center, Main Theater — November 16, 2019 – March 15, 2020 • 2020 — Gimhae Cultural Center, Maru Hall — May 22 – 24, 2020 • Busan Dream Theater — May 29 – 31, 2020 • Gwangju Cultural Center (formerly Gwangju Cultural and Art Center) — June 5 – 7, 2020 • 2020 — 20th Anniversary of Werther — 베르테르 — Werther — Gwanglim Art Center BBCH Hall — September 1 – November 1 • 2020–2021 — Monte Cristo — 몬테크리스토 — Edmond Dantes/Monte Cristo — LG Art Center — November 17, 2020 – March 28, 2021 • 2021 — Gwanghwamun Love Song — 광화문 연가 — Myung-woo — Seoul Arts Center Opera — July 16 – September 5 • Busan Citizen's Centre Grand Theatre — September 11–12, 2021 • Daegu Gyemyeong Art Centre — October 1–3, 2021 • Yongin Poeun Art Hall — October 9–10, 2021 • Seongnam Art Centre Opera House — November 5–7, 2021 • 2021–2022 — Jack the Ripper — 잭 더 리퍼 — Daniel — Korea Electric Power Corporation Art Center — December 3, 2021 – February 5, 2022 • 2022 — Keimyung Art Center, Daegu — February 18–20, 2022 • Busan Dream Theatre — February 25–27, 2022 • Goyang Oullim Nuri — April 8–10 • 2023 — The Days — 그날들 — Cha Jeong-hak — Seoul Arts Centre Opera Theatre — July 12–September 3 • Gangneung Art Center — October 27–29 • Daegu Keimyung Art Center — November 13–15 • Daejeon Arts Center Art Hall — November 17–19 • Gyeonggi Arts Center Main Theater, Suwon — November 25–26 • 2024–2025 — Gwanghwamun Love Song — 광화문 연가 — Myung-woo — D-Cube Link Art Centre — October 23, 2024 – January 5, 2025 • Busan Dream Theatre — January 11–12, 2025 • Yongin Poeun Art Hall — February 8–9, 2025 • Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center Aram Theater — February 15–16, 2025 • Daejeon Arts Center Art Hall — March 1–2, 2025 • Daegu Gyemyeong Art Centre — March 8–9, 2025 • 2025 — 25th Anniversary of Werther — 베르테르 — Werther — D-Cube Link Art Centre — January 17 – March 16 • Busan Dream Theatre — March 29–30, 2025 • Daegu Gyemyeong Art Centre — April 5–6, 2025

Theater play performances of Park • Year — Title — Role — Venue — Date — Ref. Reference(s) • English — Korean • 1995 — King Richard III — 리챠드III — * Archbishop of York * Sir Thomas Bowen * Earl of Sully — National Theatre Grand Theatre — November 10–17 • 2000 — Jang Bogo, the Sea God — 해상왕 장보고 — Moryeong-gun — Sejong Centre for the Performing Arts — March 3–11 • 2000 — March 11–12 • 2004 — Men's Impulses — 연극열전 - 남자충동 — Yoo-jung — Dongsung Art Centre Dongsung Hall — March 12 – April 18 • 2007 — Mad Kiss — 미친키스 — Jang Jung — Daehak-ro Installation Theatre Jeongmiso — September 5 – October 21 • 2007–2008 — December 8, 2007 – March 2, 2008 • 2009 — The Lower Depths — 밑바닥에서 — Satine — Seoul Arts Centre CJ Towol Theatre — February 14 – March 22 • Cheongju Arts Centre Grand Performance Hall — March 28–29 • If you cry and laugh — 울다가 웃으면 — Special appearance — Dongsung Art Center Small Theater — July 3 – August 30 • 2010 — Closer — 클로저 — Dan — Art One Theatre 1 — August 6 to October 10 • Gyeonggi Art Centre Grand Theatre — October 23 to 24 • Daegu Student Culture Center Grand Hall — October 30 to 31 • 2018 — Art — 아트 — Marc — Uniplex 2 — September 7 – November 4 • 2020 — Baekam Art Hall — March 7 – May 31, 2020 • 2022 — Yes 24 Stage 1 — September 17 – December 11, 2022 • 2024 — Link Art Centre Bugs Hall — February 13 – May 12, 2024