Jo Hee-bong

{{short description|South Korean actor}}

{{family name hatnote|Jo||lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Jo Hee-bong

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|8|23}}

| birth_place = South Korea

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1997-present

| education = Sogang University - Economics

| agent = Starvillage Entertainment

| website = [http://www.starvillent.com/starvillage-artist/%ec%a1%b0%ed%9d%ac%eb%b4%89/]

| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes|headercolor=transparent

| hangul = 조희봉

| hanja = {{linktext|曺|熙|奉}}

| rr = Jo Hui-bong

| mr = Cho Hŭipong

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Jo Hee-bong (born August 23, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Hee-bong began his acting career in 1997 as part of the theatre troupe Bipa (비파). He later became known as a supporting actor onscreen, in films such as Blind (2011) and Incomplete Life: Prequel (2013), and the television dramas Hong Gil-dong (2008), Unsolved (2010), and Good Doctor (2013).{{cite web|title=조희봉, "웃기다고? 낯가리는 '트리플 A형'" (인터뷰)|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1108110189|website=Osen|date=August 11, 2011|access-date=2014-10-29|language=ko|archive-date=2022-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229153641/http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1108110189|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ko:(인터뷰)'명품배우' 조희봉 "'블라인드' 300만 관객 넘는 게 목표"|url=http://enews24.interest.me/news/article.asp?nsID=4716|website=enews24|language=ko|access-date=2014-10-29|date=17 August 2011|archive-date=2014-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029152902/http://enews24.interest.me/news/article.asp?nsID=4716|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|script-title=ko:조희봉 "샐러리맨 일상의 절박함 표현했죠"|url=http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2013/06/26/0200000000AKR20130626187100005.HTML?from=search|website=Yonhap|language=ko|access-date=2014-10-29|date=27 June 2013|archive-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829072524/http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2013/06/26/0200000000AKR20130626187100005.HTML?from=search|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ko:조희봉이 밝힌 '굿닥터' 성공 이유 세 가지 (인터뷰)|url=http://tvdaily.asiae.co.kr/read.php3?aid=1381444800586414020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141029121221/http://tvdaily.asiae.co.kr/read.php3?aid=1381444800586414020|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 29, 2014|website=TV Daily|language=ko|access-date=2014-10-29|date=11 October 2013}}{{cite web|title=The Ahjusshis and Ahjummas Series – Jo Hee Bong|url=http://nekosdrama.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/the-ahjusshis-and-ahjummas-series-jo-hee-bong/|website=The Cat That Watches TV|access-date=2014-10-29|date=6 November 2013|archive-date=2018-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829142437/https://nekosdrama.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/the-ahjusshis-and-ahjummas-series-jo-hee-bong/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=HanCinema's Actor Spotlight: Jo Hee-bong|url=http://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-actor-spotlight-jo-hee-bong-70222.html|website=Hancinema|access-date=2014-10-29|date=14 June 2014|archive-date=2022-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229153634/https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-actor-spotlight-jo-hee-bong-70222.html|url-status=live}}

In a collaboration with director Kim Tae-yong, Jo is also the live narrator (or byeonsa) for Crossroads of Youth (1934), Korea's oldest surviving silent film.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Claire|title=Silent film narrator returns to modern stage|access-date=2014-10-29|website=The Korea Herald|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20120312001131|date=12 March 2012|archive-date=2014-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029131546/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20120312001131|url-status=live}} Aside from local performances in 2008 and 2012, Jo has performed at the 2009 New York Film Festival, the 2011 International Film Festival in Mexico, the 2011 Thames Festival in London, and the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Claire|title=Korea's oldest silent film goes to Berlinale|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130128000732|access-date=2014-10-29|website=The Korea Herald|date=28 January 2013|archive-date=2014-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029131812/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130128000732|url-status=live}}