Born on May 16, 1982 in Seoul, South Korea, Ju Ji-hoon graduated from Gyeonggi University in South Korea, model, Korean actor.
Zhu Zhixun actually debuted as a model and won the "Best Model" award in 2004-05.
In 2006, he co-starred with Yin Enhui and Song Zhixiao in the TV series "Palace" film and television debut, which was a fire that year, with a maximum rating of 28%, and became a topic at the beginning of the broadcast. It was also one of the earliest Korean dramas introduced in China, because Zhu Jixun's agent and the director of "Palace" were familiar at that time, so he got the opportunity to audition at that time. At that time, Zhu Zhixun could not say that he was a beautiful man, and he was in a nameless state, so at first the director did not notice him, and later Zhu Zhixun used a crying scene to let the director make a decision and take over this role.
Because before that, Zhu Zhixun had not starred in TV drama works. In the early stage of the TV series, Zhu Zhixun was constantly complained by netizens about "how can there be such a black prince" and "how can the acting be so unnatural", as well as the bad words that made him quit filming. Because of these words, Zhu Zhixun was greatly hit, and later even feared to go to the set.
Fortunately, Zhu Zhixun later crossed his psychological obstacles and successfully completed the shooting, and later his acting skills also improved greatly, and he slowly won the affirmation of the audience. With this drama, he won the Best Male Newcomer Award at the MBC Acting Awards in the same year, which became a hit.
In 2007, starring in the popular drama "Demon King" once again attracted people's attention. Later, he participated in the TV series "Hong Ji Tong", because "Palace" swept Asia, setting off a wave in Japan, Zhu Zhixun held a fan meeting in Osaka, Japan, and his popularity in Japan gradually rose.
In 2008, he attended the 2007 Asian Model Awards and won the Model Star Award. In the same year, he starred in the movie "Western Antique Foreign Fruit Shop", and won the "Best Popularity Award" in the film category of the 45th Korea Baeksang Arts Awards with this drama. Popularity and attention in South Korea have skyrocketed. In 2009, Chu Ji-hoon co-starred with Shin Min-er in the romance film "Kitchen".
According to normal development, Zhu Zhixun should further expand his position in the film and television circle and further enhance his popularity and popularity by starring in more works. But it may be red, people are also floating, in 2009 was exposed to suck D, this is a poke In Korean society honeycomb, South Korea's words and deeds of public figures can be said to be the most stringent requirements, gambling, sucking D can be said to be directly sentenced to death by the Korean public. Zhu Zhixun was also sentenced to 6 months in prison, 1 year of off-the-clock execution and social welfare services for suspected drug abuse. But at that time, Korean society and film and television circles had completely banned him. At that time, the film in the film immediately changed roles, and the entire acting career was completely suspended.
Zhu Zhixun, who had no choice, joined the army in February 2010, one to fulfill his national obligations, the other was self-reflection, hoping to reappear with a new image. Although the scandal is rife, it has to be said that Zhu Zhixun's previous good image has won him many die-hard supporters, and on the day of enlistment, more than 300 fans flocked to the door of the military training center, including Japanese fans who came from Japan to bid farewell to their idols.
During his service in 2010, he starred in the musical "Voyage of Life", a special production by the South Korean Ministry of National Defense to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, for which he won the "Musical Star of the Year" award and was commended by the Minister of Defense. This is an honor that few Korean artists can get.
In November 2011, Zhu Zhixun officially retired, and nearly 500 fans braved the cold to greet Zhu Zhixun, which shows that Zhu Zhixun still had considerable popularity and supporters at that time.
After retiring from the army, Zhu Zhixun began to make a comeback to shoot, but it was so easy. After the comeback has been in a semi-red and black state, starring in film and television dramas almost "completely destroyed", at that time in the Korean showbiz industry is difficult to move, just try another channel. In 2014, Zhu Zhixun co-starred with Xu Jie'er in the horror suspense film "Heart Curse" released in Chinese mainland, which was Zhu Zhixun's first appearance in a Chinese film but also failed. Even the "19 forbidden" movies were made, but they did not make others popular, even if the subject matter was sensitive, they were still powerless to return to heaven.
Until 2015 starring in the SBS love suspense drama "Masquerade", through the operation of the agency company, Zhu Zhixun won the outstanding actor award for the novella drama and the 10th generation star award of the SBS Acting Awards in the same year, which made Zhu Zhixun's popularity and popularity have been recovered to a certain extent.
In 2016, the action crime film "Asura", which co-starred with Zheng Yusheng and Huang Zhengmin, was released, and the film was a big hit, and it exceeded 1 million viewers in 4 days of release. The film has won large-scale awards ceremonies such as the Green Dragon Award and the Baeksang Art Award. Zhu Jixun also re-introduced himself to the film and television circle and Korean audiences with his wonderful performance in the film.
From 2016 to 2017, Zhu Jixun co-starred with Ha Jeong-woo, Cha Tae-hyun and Ma Dong-seok in the series of movies "Walking with God: Crime and Punishment" and "Walking with God 2: Cause and Circumstance", the movie was a fire, and the first "Crime and Punishment" was the second place in the history of Korean cinema. It can be said that the two "Walking with God" have restored Zhu Zhixun to the position of that year, and the popularity and attention have soared.
With the help of the two "Walking with God" hits, in 2018, Zhu Jixun co-starred with Hwang Jeong-min, Lee Seung-min and Cho Jin-woong in the spy film "Agent", in which Zhu Jixun conquered the audience with his superb acting skills, and won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 27th Puri Film Awards and the Best Supporting Actor award at the 38th Korea Film Critics Awards. In the same year, he starred with Kim Yoon-seok in the crime film "Dark Number Killing", which was nominated for the Best Actor Award in the two highest awards of Korean film and television, Qinglong and Baeksang, the Best Actor Award at the Chunshi Film Festival, and the Korean Film Producers Association Award for Actor.
In 2019, Zhu Zhixun co-starred with Bae Doona and Yoo Seung-yong in the first season of the Netflix costume zombie thriller "Kingdom", which was the first original Korean drama invested and produced by Netflix, which attracted global attention and won the 2019 Top Ten TV Drama Awards selected by the New York Times in the United States. With the drama, Joo Ji-hoon returned to the top of the Korean showbiz circle, and its popularity and attention reached a new high.
In 2020, Chu Ji-hoon co-starred with Kim Hye-so in the SBS legal theme TV series "Hyena", which was nominated for the Best Actor Award in the TV category of the Baeksang Arts Awards.
In the same year, he continued to star in the Netflix costume zombie thriller "Kingdom Season 2", the TV series was equally popular, and it also aroused heated discussion and pursuit around the world, and Zhu Jixun also won the Best Actor Award at the Asian Content Awards at the Busan International Film Festival.
In 2021, "Zhiyi Mountain", which co-starred with Quan Jixian, is being broadcast, and as soon as it was broadcast, it immediately jumped to the second place in the ratings of tvN in the past, and the first place was "Witty Doctor Life 2".
From his official debut in 2006, nearly 15 years of acting career, experienced scandals in the middle, suffered a ban, it can be said that the general star has long been abolished, but Zhu Zhixun washed his heart, relied on superb acting skills to re-ascend to the top, and achieved far more than the past results, in the Korean showbiz circle, it has to be said that Zhu Jixun is the existence of acting skills and luck.