Na Tae-ju (Korean나태주, born December 21, 1990) is a South Korean actor, singer, and martial artist. He is best known for playing the role of Tae-yang in The Kick.[1] He made his Hollywood debut in film Pan (2015).[2] He is the winner of the KNSU Taekwondo competition in 2007.[3] He currently splits his time between Seoul and London. He holds a 4th degree black belt.

Na Tae-ju
Born (1990-12-21) December 21, 1990 (age 33)
Seoul, South Korea
EducationKyung Hee University
Occupation(s)Actor, singer, taekwondo practitioner
Years active2010–present
Korean name
Hangul
나태주
Hanja
Revised RomanizationNa Tae-ju
McCune–ReischauerNa T'aechu

Filmography

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Films

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2010 Hero Jung-woo
2011 The Kick Tae-yang
2015 Pan Kwahu

Television series

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2020 Zombie Detective Taekwondo Master Cameo [4]

Television shows

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2013 Let's Go! Dream Team Season 2
2015 I Can See Your Voice Participant Episode 4
2020 Mr Trot Contestant Top 14
King of Mask Singer Contestant as "Athletics University Oppa" Episodes 253–254 [5]
2020–2021 Trot National Festival Coach
2021 Law of the Jungle – Stove League Cast Member [6]
Chick High Kick Cast Member Episode 1–12 [7][8]
My Neighborhood Class Cast member [9]
Designers Host with Do Kyung-wan and Park Eun-young [10]
Immortal Song Special host [11]
2022 Chuu Can Do It Season 4 Guest and taekwondo examiner Hosted by Chuu, who is being examined [12]

Music video appearances

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2022 "Wanna Go Get Some Abalone" (전복 먹으러 갈래) Young Tak [13]

Awards and nominations

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Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
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KBS Entertainment Awards 2020 Rookie Award in Show/Variety Category Trot National Festival Nominated [14]

Listicles

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Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement
Publisher Year Listicle Placement Ref.
Forbes 2021 Korea Power Celebrity 19th [15]

References

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  1. ^ "The Kick". THAICINEMA.org. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Amanda Seyfried Joins Warner Bros.' Peter Pan Adaptation". The Hollywood Reporter. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  3. ^ "'옹박' 감독도 반한 '900도 공중회전 킥' 보실래요?". The Hankyoreh. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  4. ^ "'좀비탐정' 송가인 나태주 김요한 이영지, 카메오 출격". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). 2020-09-27.
  5. ^ Kim Soo-hyung (May 9, 2020). "'복면가왕' 나태주→김호중, 트롯 대세출격‥주윤발, 6연승 '왕좌ing' [종합]". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  6. ^ Jeong Tae-gun (January 8, 2021). "이동국·이대호·허재·김태균·나태주·정유인, '정글의 법칙' 총출동 [공식]". tenasia.hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Kim Myung-mi (March 8, 2021). "MBN 측 "나태주 '병아리 하이킥' 출연, 4월 방송 목표"(공식입장)". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  8. ^ Kim Myung-mi (July 9, 2021). "병아리 하이킥' 하하, 태동 태권도 마지막 발표회 중 오열". Newsen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  9. ^ Nam Jung-hyun (May 28, 2021). "LG유플러스 채널 '더라이프', 1주년 기념 예능 3개 편성". Naver (in Korean). Newsis. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  10. ^ Jin Hyang-hee (July 23, 2021). "도경완 박은영 나태주, 재무 리모델링 토크쇼 '설계자들' MC" [Do Kyung-wan, Park Eun-young, Na Tae-joo, financial remodeling talk show 'Designers' MC]. Maeil Business (in Korean). Retrieved July 23, 2021 – via Naver.
  11. ^ Park Seo-yeon (September 17, 2021). "불후의 명곡' 나태주, 토크대기실 스페셜 MC 출격..화려한 태권도 퍼포먼스" [Immortal Song' Na Tae-joo, special MC in the talk waiting room... Gorgeous Taekwondo performance]. Herald POP (in Korean). Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Naver.
  12. ^ (ENG) 츄태식이 돌아왔구나! 츄꾸미들은 나가있어…👊🥋 유단자끼리 한판 붙었습니다 🐶댕호상박🐯 [건강을 지켜츄], retrieved 2022-12-11
  13. ^ Baek Seung-hoon (February 18, 2022). "영탁, '전복 먹으러 갈래' 뮤비 속 카메오, 슬리피→나태주 출격" [Young-tak, cameo in 'I'm going to eat abalone' MV, Sleepy → Na Tae-joo sortie] (in Korean). iMBC. Retrieved February 18, 2022 – via Naver.
  14. ^ "2020 KBS Entertainment Awards official website".
  15. ^ Park, Ji-hyun; Kim, Min-soo; Shin, Yoon-ae (April 23, 2021). 2021 포브스코리아 선정 파워 셀럽 40 [2021 Power Celebrity Selected by Forbes Korea 40]. JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021 – via Joins.
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