Jo Byeong-kyu (; born April 23, 1996) is a South Korean actor. He is notable for his roles in the television series Sky Castle (2018–2019), Hot Stove League (2019–2020), and The Uncanny Counter Season 1 & 2 (2020–2023).
Personal life Bullying allegations and investigation
In February 2021, Jo Byeong-kyu was accused of being a former bully back in his school days, which led to a suspension of his career and investigations being made on the veracity of these allegations. In July 2021, police investigations had concluded that the allegations were fabricated and the accuser had apologised to Jo, who was set to recover his career and in talks to star in a new drama series.
Military service Jo was judged to be a 4th-grade supplementary service (social service agent) in his first physical examination by the Military Manpower Administration. Jo had been diagnosed with scoliosis, but decided to apply for a re-examination. The exact timing of Cho's enlistment has not been determined, but he is expected to enlist in the second half of 2024.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2016 Life Risking Romance Seol Rok-hwan (teen) Secret Park Ji-soo independent film School Battle Park Ji-soo Interchange Lee Jun-seok Shooting Star Moo-joo Train to Chuncheon Kim Tae-soo Agape Song Tae-woo Cinema Game "Some" Sang Sik 2017 Let's Go himself Knock, Knock, Knock Yeon-woo I Had No Other Choice Song Kwang 2018 Fantasy of the Girls Go Woo-cheol Kim Hee-sun Choi Dong-hun independent film 2019 Idol Goo Yo-han Miss & Mrs. Cops Kang Han-sol 2020 Special Ending Jeon Su-won independent film 2021 There Is an Alien Here Do Geon-tae Originally an independent film, it was invited to the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, and Watcha won the attention-grabbing feature award. It is then released in the theater. Hardcore Romance Kim Haeng-nam independent film Is Hikikomori Doing Well? Ki-woo Killing Kim Gong-joo Byeong-kyu 2022 School Caste Shin Je-ah TVING Short Film Millennial Killer Jeong-sik independent film Intermediate short film directed by Korean National University of the Arts students. 2024 Again 1997 Jeon Woo-seok 2025 Boy Rohan
Television series Year Title Role Notes 2015 Who Are You: School 2015 Byeong-kyu Riders: Catch Tomorrow Kim Min-joong 2016 Yeah, That's How It Is the patient Episode 28 A Beautiful Mind Gye Jin-sung's brother The K2 the part-timer Episode 8 2017 Queen for Seven Days Baek Suk-hee (young) Money Flower Kang Pil-joo (young) Hello, My Twenties! 2 Jo Chung-han Girls' Generation 1979 Lee Bong-soo 2018 Radio Romance Go Hoon-jung The Time Kim Bok-kyu 2018–2019 Sky Castle Cha Ki-joon 2019 He Is Psychometric Kang Seong-mo (young) Arthdal Chronicles Sateunik 2019–2020 Hot Stove League Han Jae-hee 2020–2023 The Uncanny Counter So Mun Season 1–2 2025 History of Scruffiness Seo Min-ki scope="row" Paradise Kang Jin Hyuk scope="row" Kopino Philippine TV series
Web series Year Title Role 2018 Dokgo Rewind Kim Jong-il
Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2019–2020 Naturally Cast member Episode 1–6, 8–12, 20, 26, 36–43 2021 Long Live Independence Episode 2 2024 Rap Cup Main MC
Discography Singles Title Year Album "Pieces Of My Life" 2024 Again 1997 OST "Don't Cry"
Awards and nominations + Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Asia Model Awards 2021 Rising Star Award The Uncanny Counter SBS Drama Awards 2020 Best New Actor Hot Stove League
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