Ju Ji-hoon Selected as 'Actor of the Year' on Consumer Day

Actor Ju Ji-hoon was selected as the best actor chosen by the audience this year.

On the 19th, Ju Ji-hoon was named '2023 Actor of the Year chosen by the audience' at the 2023 Consumer's Day Culture and Entertainment Awards held at a venue in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, for the film 'Confidential Assignment' (director Kim Seong-hoon).

Actor Ju Ji-hoon [Photo by Yonhap News]

Through his agency, Ju Ji-hoon expressed, "I was glad and happy to meet many people with a good movie this year," adding, "I will continue to come back with good works."

In 'Confidential Assignment,' which was released in August, Ju Ji-hoon played Pansu, the only Korean taxi driver in Beirut. He struggled to survive alongside diplomat Min-jun (played by Ha Jung-woo), who went to rescue a fellow diplomat kidnapped in Beirut, Lebanon in 1980. He received praise for portraying a bold, sly, and lighthearted yet loyal character in an attractive way.

'Confidential Assignment' was sold to Asian countries including Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, India, and the Middle East.

Meanwhile, Ju Ji-hoon will play Baek Kang-hyuk, a confident genius trauma surgeon who used to work in war zones and is now part of a university hospital’s severe trauma team, in the upcoming online streaming service (OTT) Netflix series 'Severe Trauma Center.'

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