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Cha Rae-hyung

Cha Rae-hyung

Acting

Biography

Cha Rae‑hyung (born June 16, 1984) is a South Korean actor under Artist Company trained in Acting at Sejong University's Film and Performing Arts Department. After graduating, he built a foundation in theatre, performing in numerous Daehak‑ro productions such. He went on to appear in various independent films and short productions before gaining industry attention in 2016 with The Boys Who Cried Wolf, where his distinctive and textured performance positioned him as a rising "scene stealer" in Korean cinema. Cha Rae‑hyung has since developed a steady career across film and television. He is frequently cast as figures of authority—police officers, detectives, correctional officers—but has also portrayed tougher characters, including gang members, most notably in The Worst of Evil, where his physical and expressive intensity stood out.

Known For

Trigger
7.7

As illegal firearms flood into a gun-free South Korea, a resolute cop and a mysterious partner join forces to stop the chaos from sweeping the nation.

Trigger

2025
The Worst of Evil
8.4

Set in the 1980s, a husband and wife, both detectives, infiltrate a massive criminal organization responsible for the illegal drug trade between Korea, China, and Japan.

The Worst of Evil

2023
The Good Detective
7.2

A drama about the race between people who want to get closer to the truth and those who want to cover it up. Jang Seung Jo will take on the role of Oh Ji Hyuk, an elite detective of nine years who does not share his feelings with others due to pain he experienced when he was young. He is not swayed by money and power, even with the huge wealth he inherited from his uncle.

The Good Detective

2020
Drama Stage
4.0

South Korean anthology series featuring one-act dramas selected from the O'PEN Drama Storyteller Exhibition.

Drama Stage

2017
The Tale of Nokdu
7.0

While on the run for his life, a young man discovers that the best place to lie low is in a village of widows — disguised as a woman.

The Tale of Nokdu

2019
The Killing Vote
7.7

People are busy watching the screen. The person wearing a mysterious mask so called 'Gaetal' appears, and the Killing Vote begins.

The Killing Vote

2023
Strangers from Hell
8.0

Unpleasant events disturb the life of an aspiring crime fiction writer when he becomes a resident of an apartment building teeming with shady neighbors.

Strangers from Hell

2019
Nice to Not Meet You
7.5

A hateful romance between a professional detective actor who wants to become a melodrama master and a female reporter who was demoted from a political reporter who won the Reporter of the Year award to the entertainment department.

Nice to Not Meet You

2025
The Silent Sea
7.6

During a perilous 24-hour mission on the moon, space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets.

The Silent Sea

2021
Hunt
6.8

After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.

Hunt

2022
Life
7.1

At Korea's top university medical center, ideals and interests collide between a patient-centered ER doctor and the hospital's newly-appointed CEO.

Life

2018
12.12: The Day
7.5

After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d'état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to unexpected direction.

12.12: The Day

2023
Svaha: The Sixth Finger
6.8

Pastor Park, the head of a religious investigation center that exposes cults and cult leaders, begins looking into a suspicious new religion called Deer Mount.

Svaha: The Sixth Finger

2019
My Fellow Citizens
5.8

This drama tells the story of a con man, who gets involved with unexpected incidents, marries a police officer and somehow ends up running to become a member of the National Assembly.

My Fellow Citizens

2019
Good Job
5.4

On Seon-woo is the head of the biggest company in Korea. He also secretly runs a private detective agency. On the other hand, Don Se Ra is a person with extraordinary vision and uses this ability to help people...

Good Job

2022
Nocturnal
6.1

Min-tae, a once-notorious gangster who now leads a peaceful retired life, discovers the bloody corpse of his only next of kin: his younger brother Seok-tae. With his brother’s missing wife Moon-young as the prime suspect, Min-tae uncovers a suspicious last phone call between her and a mysterious novelist, sparking a vicious hunt for the truth despite his seemingly deceitful former crime syndicate and the police in hot pursuit.

Nocturnal

2025
Mission: Cross
7.0

In the ultimate test of marriage, an agent-turned-househusband gets tangled in a perilous mission with his detective wife, who's clueless about his past.

Mission: Cross

2024
Asura: The City of Madness
6.8

A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city’s corrupt mayor.

Asura: The City of Madness

2016
Top Management
7.7

A former K-Pop idol trainee finds a new dream as an idol manager.

Top Management

2018
The Anchor
6.0

A mysterious informant calls a broadcast news anchor to request that the anchor report on the informant’s inevitable death.

The Anchor

2022