Kang Tae-joo
South Korean actor
Kang Tae-joo (Korean: 강태주, born on May 19, 1995) is a South Korean actor and model. His notable role was a Kopino boxer name Marco in Park Hoon-jung noir film The Childe (2023), which led him receiving Best New Actor Award from 2023 Golden Cinematography Awards.
Starting as an advertising model, Kang is known for supporting role television drama series Missing: The Other Side (2020), Hello, Me! (2021), and season 2 of Pachinko (2024).
Career
Kang studied in Department of Media and Visual Arts of Kwangwoon University. He debuted as an advertising model in 2018, and in 2019, he made his acting debut in the lead role in the web drama Today's Peaceful Secondhand Country. Around the same time, Kang signed an exclusive contract with his agency, UL Entertainment. However, the drama was not released immediately and was instead released in 2021 as a Naver TV web drama. Today's Peaceful Secondhand Country is a realistic youth romance set on a second-hand trading site, written by screenwriter Choi Soo-young and directed by Kim Jae-hong. Kang played the role of Yoo Eun-ho.
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