Han Ji-sang

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In this Korean name, the family name is Han.
Han Ji-sang
Born (1982-07-25) July 25, 1982 (age 39)
Seoul, South Korea
OccupationActor
Years active2003–present
AgentCJes Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationHan Ji-sang
McCune–ReischauerHan Chi-sang

Han Ji-sang (born July 25, 1982) is a South Korean actor. Han debuted as a stage actor in the musical Grease. In 2013, Han was one of the busiest actors in Korea's performing arts scene, starring in a total of seven shows, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Bonnie & Clyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel and Next to Normal. One of the reasons why he could not reject the offers was because he simply could not resist the characters he was given to play. "I just wanted to play them all." he said.

Han Ji Sang is also one of the top 5 most wanted actors in musicals.

The year 2013 marked the 10th anniversary of Han's debut. Though he is now one of the most wanted actors in the musical theatre scene, he only became interested in acting after failing to score well on the Suneung ― the Korean equivalent of the SAT ― for three consecutive years. He found acting almost therapeutic in many ways, especially after his struggles with the competitive education system, and wants to think of acting as his destiny. Calling himself an "extreme introvert", he believes it is the very essence of acting ― becoming someone else ― that liberates him and makes his acting career possible.[1]

On July 25, 2014, Han successfully held his concert Han Ji Sang Premium Concert in Tokyo at Tokyo Hall in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

In 2019 Han Ji Sang was cast as the voice of "Jack" for Disney's Marry Poppins Returns, the actor sang several songs for the movie including "Lovely London Sky" and the biggest musical sequence in the movie "Trip a little light fantastic".[3]

Early life[]

Han was born in Seoul. One month after his birth, his family suddenly left for France. He was in Paris until 4-years old and attended Kindergarten there. Then he was fluent in French but could not remember any of it now.[4]

Jisang's family resided in New York City for two years where he attended elementary school before returning to Korea.

According to Jisang he suffered from Dyslexia and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder but was an honor student with good grades and served as the vice president of his class.[5]

Theater[]

Year Title Role
2003 Grease
2009 Don Juan Raphael
2009 Assassins (musical) Samuel Byck
2013 Next to Normal Gabe
Jesus Christ Superstar Judas Iscariot
The Scarlet Pimpernel[6] Percy Blakeney
Bonnie & Clyde[7] Clyde Barrow
Red Ken
2014 Murder Ballad Tom
2014 Frankenstein Henry/monster
2014 The Devil X
2015 Jesus Christ Superstar Judas Iscariot
2015 Frankenstein Henry/Monster
2017 Death Note: The Musical Light Yagami
2017 Napoleon Napoleon
2018 Amadeus (play) Salieri
2018 Frankenstein Henry/Monster
2018 Sand Glass
2018 A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
2019 Benhur Benhur
2019 King Arthur Arthur
2019 Ja Geol

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role
2015 Three Summer Nights Chief of criminal investigation (cameo)
2016 Yell in the Carriage
2017 Blue Busking Min Woo

Television series[]

Year Title Role Network
2014 Rosy Lovers Park Kang-tae MBC
2016 Working Mom Parenting Daddy Cha Il-mok MBC
2018 Welcome to Waikiki Tae Hyun
(cameo, ep. 2 & 3)		 JTBC
2019 Haechi (TV series) Do Ji-kwang SBS
2019 Catch the Ghost Ko Do Nam tvN

Entertainment[]

Year Title Role Episode Network
2014 Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend Guest 157 KBS
2015 Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend Guest 183-184 winner of ep 184 KBS
2015 Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend Guest 213 KBS
2015 Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend Guest 227 KBS
2018 Video Star Guest 96 MBC Every1
2019 Video Star Guest 154 MBC Every1
2019 I Live Alone (TV series) Special Appearance 323 MBC
2020 Video Star Guest 177 MBC Every1
2020 Double Casting|ko|더블 캐스팅 Judge - tvN

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2012 6th Daegu International Musical Festival[8] Best Actor Won
2013 Seoul Musical Festival[8] Yegreen Award for Best Actor Won
2019 3rd Korea Musical Awards[8] Best Supporting Actor Gentleman's Guide Won

References[]

  1. ^ Lee, Claire (2 January 2014). "From Judas to Clyde to Ken: Han Ji-sang evolves". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  2. ^ Ahn, Woorim (31 July 2015). "Han Ji Sang Successfully Held His Concert in Japan". BNTNews. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  3. ^ Jang, DoYun (17 January 2019). "Jung Sun Ah and Han Ji Sang Participate in the musical movie Marry Poppins Returns". Naver. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  4. ^ "Showbiz Korea-ACTOR HAN JI-SANG 배우 한지상". YouTube. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  5. ^ "Han Ji Sang's childhood ,family story and the reason of his dyslexia". Tistory. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
  6. ^ Kwon, Mee-yoo (12 July 2013). "Theatergoers all for revolution, love and music". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  7. ^ Kwon, Mee-yoo (20 August 2013). "Buzz picks up for Bonnie and Clyde". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Perseverant, but naive actor, Han Ji Sang". CultureM Magazine. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-31.

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