Forever Favorites | Actresses & Actors

• First Time: Boys over Flowers (2009)
• Notable Works: Boys over Flowers (2009), Personal Taste (2010), City Hunter (2011), Gangnam 1970 (2015)
• Yet to Watch: Pachinko (2022, 2024)

• First Time: Signal (2016)
• Notable Work: Signal (2016), I Can Speak (2017), Taxi Driver (2021), Move to Heaven (2021), Rented in Finland (2024), Show!terview with Jessi (Ep 23 - 2020)

• First Time: The 100th Love with You (2017)
• Notable Work: The 100th Love with You (2017), Tonight, at Romance Theatre (2018), Signal (2018-2021), Dr Chocolate (2023), Only Just Married (2021), CODE: Japan - the Price of Wishes (2023), The Parades (2024)

There are more, and believe me all are a must watch!

• First Time: She Was Pretty (2015) [Support Role]
• Notable Work: Mr Queen (2021), Still 17 (2018), Angel's Last Mission: Love (2019), Welcome to Samdal-ri (2023), Brave Citizen (2023)

• First Time: Love and Leashes (2022)
• Notable Work: Love and Leashes (2022), Pump up the Healthy Love (2025), Avengers Social Club (2017), Brave Citizen (2023), May I Help You (2022), Weak Hero Class 2 ((2025)
  
  Support Roles in these, but left a lasting impression: DP (2021), Mask Girl (2023), When Life Gives You Tangerine (2025)

• First Time: Strangers from Hell (2019)
• Notable Work: Strangers from Hell (2019), Misaeng: The Incomplete Life (2014), The Attorney (2013), Boyhood (2023)

• First Time: Strong Girl Bong Soon (2017)
• Notable Work: A Werewolf Boy (2012), Hot Young Bloods (2014), Oh My Ghost (2015), On Your Wedding Day (2018), Daily Dose of Sunshine (2023), Light Shop (2024), Abyss (2019)

• First Time: L♥DK: Two Loves Under One Roof  (2019)
• Notable Work: Barakamon (2023), Love's in Sight (2021), L♥DK: Two Loves Under One Roof  (2019)

• First Time: Kill Me, Heal Me (2015)
• Notable Work: Kill Me, Heal Me (2015), Familiar Wife (2018), Defendant (2017), The Devil Judge (2021)

• First Time: Healer (2014)
• Notable Work: Healer (2014), Welcome to Samdal-ri (2023), The Worst of Evil (2023), The K2 (2016)

The K2 and Healer - only for JCW visuals & actions, they both are popular dramas but I personally didn't enjoy them much. Would be totally skippable without JCW holding it together.

• First Time: You Are My Destiny (2014)
• Notable Work: You are my Destiny (2014), VIP (2019), Go Back Couple (2017)

• First Time: She was Pretty (2015)
• Notable Work: She was Pretty (2015), Kill Me Heal Me (2015)

• First Time: Goong (2006)
• Notable Work: Goong (2006), Mask (2015), Kingdom (2019), Blood Free (2024), Light Shop (2024), The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (2025), Dark Figure of Crime (2018), Along with the Gods (2017 & 2018)

• First Time:  Shopaholic Louie (2016)
• Notable Work: Shopaholic Louie (2016), Death's Game 1 & 2 (2023-24)

• First Time: The Secret Life of My Secretary (2019)
• Notable Work: The Secret Life of My Secretary (2019), The Guardians (2017), Gogh The Starry Night (2016), Room No 9 (2018), Soul-Mate (2018), On Your Wedding Day (2018), Hot Young Bloods (2014)

• First Time: Mr Bad (2022)
• Notable Work: Mr Bad (2022), Hidden Love (2023), Our Secret (2021), Dark Night & Dawn (2024), The White Olive Tree (2025)

TBH, I am not a fan of Hidden Love, cause I cannot wrap my head around the fact that the ML dates the FL when she's really young. MDL-ers helped me why this is so (apparently age of consent for women in China is very young). Plus I was not a fan of how the FL was doing all cutesy things that were borderline stalkerish and weird. Still I respect both the actor and actress, not their fault, it is how the characters are written and the societal context. And CZY is amazing - whatever character he does - his eye acting, the best I have seen amongst Asian actors.

He's an actor that I have seen since my childhood. I mean it was almost as if I opened my eyes and was introduced to Jackie Chan films - as this was something my parents were already a fan of. And so it was natural for me to fall in love with his films. 

He is the master of comedy and action - and is an actor that is epitome of iconic. He is a legend - there would be no one like him. We all are really lucky to have him, and see his work and be able to say that we lived in a age and years, where Jackie Chan does too.