Acting
Oct 20, 2001
Seoul, South Korea
Cha Jun-hwan
Acting
Biography
Cha Jun-hwan is a pioneering South Korean figure skater and a ten-time consecutive national champion who made history as his country's first male skater to medal at the World Championships and the Grand Prix Final, and to win at the Four Continents Championships and the Asian Winter Games. As a three-time Olympian, he achieved the highest-ever Olympic finish for a Korean male skater by placing fourth at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. Originally a child actor, he continues to expand his influence across ice shows, commercials, and public events, while actively serving the sports community as the first Korean figure skater to join a workplace team and as vice chairperson of the KSOC Athletes' Committee.
Feature Films (4)
A star-studded line-up of figure skaters, including Olympic champions Alysa Liu, Mikhail Shaidorov, Guillaume Cizeron/Laurence Fournier Beaudry, and Miura Riku/Kihara Ryuichi deliver a spectacular show on ice to wrap up the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Figure Skating Exhibition Gala | Milano Cortina 2026
Medalists and stars of the world championships in Boston perform in the exhibition gala
Exhibition Gala | ISU World Championships | Boston 2025
Performances from the Exhibition of Champions at the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama
Exhibition Gala | ISU World Championships | Saitama 2023
Television & Series (21)
Kim Yuna's Kiss & Cry was a South Korean figure skating/ice dancing competition/reality show. It aired from May 22 to August 21, 2011 as part of the Good Sunday line-up on SBS. While the professional skater can perform jumps within a program, the lifting restrictions (no lifts above the man's waist) meant this is mostly in line with ice dancing regulations.
Kim Yuna's Kiss & Cry
The Accidental Couple is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Hwang Jung-min and Kim Ah-joong. The show is a romantic comedy focusing on the relationship between a post office clerk and an actress after they agree to a six-month contract marriage. It aired on KBS2 from April 29 to June 18, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. This is acclaimed film and stage actor Hwang Jung-min's first TV drama in a career spanning over fourteen years.
The Accidental Couple
The Return of Iljimae is a 2009 South Korean historical action television series, starring Jung Il-woo in the title role of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo, Kim Min-jong and Jung Hye-young. It aired on MBC from January 21 to April 9, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. The series is based on comic strip Iljimae, published between 1975 and 1977, by Ko Woo-yung which was based on a Chinese folklore from the Ming dynasty about a masked Robin Hood-esque character during the Joseon era. MBC bought the rights to the comic strip for their adaptation, which was to star Lee Seung-gi in the title role of Iljimae. However he pulled out and was replaced by Jung, which makes him the third Korean actor to play the hero following Jang Dong-gun and Lee Joon-gi for Iljimae.
The Return of Iljimae
Ever wondered what kids these days are thinking? Instead of TV, they’re always on their smartphones. They talk with their mouths open while eating, and have a different view of the world. Grown up celebrities who are considered “adults these days” and have become “old kids” get together with the most popular young stars of the day. The go out to look for “Kids These Days” who are proud of their lives in the 21st century.
