The breakthrough yearThe year he turned 24, he began acting as Crown Prince Lee Shin in MBC’s Princess Hours. OSEN writes that he became a top star overnight with this drama. At the end of that year he won the new actor award at the MBC Drama Awards.
In 2007, he played Oh Seung-ha in KBS2’s Lucifer. In 2008, he appeared in the film Antique, which passed 1 million admissions in 15 days. In 2009, he was indicted on a drug use charge and sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for one year.
In 2010, he entered military service. In November 2011, he was discharged. In 2012, he returned with the drama Five Fingers and the film I Am the King.
In 2014, he appeared in the film Confession. In 2015, The Treacherous topped the box office on opening day. In 2016, he played the junior detective Moon Sun-mo in the film Asura: The City of Madness.
In December 2017, Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds was released. In 2018, Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds passed 14 million admissions, and in August the film The Spy Gone North was released.
In 2019, Netflix’s Kingdom was released, and he also appeared in MBC’s Item. In 2020, Kingdom season 2 was released. In 2021, he began tvN’s Jirisan.
In December 2022, he played the lead in the film Gentleman. In 2023, he played the delivery driver Pan-su in the film Ransomed. In 2024, the film Project Silence was released. The year he turned 43, in January, Netflix’s The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call was released and ranked second in the global TV shows category, and in May he won best actor in television at the Baeksang Arts Awards.
In 2026, he played the prosecutor Bang Tae-seop in ENA’s Climax.
Ju Ji-hoon (born May 16, 1982) debuted on Jan 11, 2006, the year he turned 24, in MBC’s Princess Hours, the drama that made his name known. On Jan 30, 2018, the year he turned 36, Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds passed 14 million cumulative admissions.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.