Noh Hong-chul

Noh Hong-chul (Korean: 노홍철, Hanja: 盧弘喆; born 31 March 1979) is a South Korean entertainer and entrepreneur.

No Hong-chul studied mechanical engineering at the Hongik University. After finishing his mandatory two-year military service, he created his online fashion malls, Nohongchul.com and Dream and Adventurous Hongchul-Land Corporation, selling a range of party supplies. He had another business called Hongchul Tour which provided budget trips in China; sometimes he personally guided his customers during these trips.

PSY and No Hong-chul in the elevator scene in the music video of "Gangnam Style"

Noh Hong-chul's television debut came on Mnet in early 2004 when he hosted his popular cable TV show called "Dr. No's pleasure street" (닥터 노의 KIN길거리) After the success of this show, he officially entered into the free-to-air network program Come to play (놀러와) on MBC, as a joint panelist. Since April 2005, he has been participating as a founding member of Korea's top comedy program, Infinite Challenge.

He has sponsored a car commercial for Matiz of GM Daewoo; some caricatures and photos of himself were inserted in bonnet and doors of his red Matiz car (called 'Hongcar'홍카) in the advertisement.

Noh also made a brief cameo in PSY's video "Gangnam Style," thrusting his pelvis in his trademark "lewd dance," or "jeojil dance" (저질댄스) while standing above PSY while he raps in an elevator. Noh's seven-second appearance in the Gangnam Style video has itself become a worldwide "sensation within a sensation"—and Noh has, separately from PSY, been invited to appear on U.S. television due to his worldwide fame as the "Elevator Guy".

He also made an appearance in PSY's video "Gentleman", alongside the rest of the Infinite Challenge members, and in Sistar's music video, Touch My Body alongside Jung Jun-mo.

On Infinite Challenge he is characterized by a truly fast speed of speech. For this reason, his nickname on the programme was "Quickmouth". However, during the episode of Season 3 Episode 22, (Muhan News Hangawi Special), Host-in-chief Yoo Jae-suk suggested that he change his nickname to the "Stone-Kid" star (Korean: Dol+I '돌+아이' which is a play on words in Korean, putting stone and child separate as when you put them together, means crazy which is 'unsuitable' for public broadcast) due to his rising popularity (especially with the teenage girls that he strongly supports) as a 'Teen idol'. This popularity is based on his ridiculous performances on this programme. During 2008 episodes of Infinite Challenge, he gained a new nickname, 뉴뚱, which means he is the "New Pig". He is often considered part of the 뚱보's. This consists of Jeong Jun-ha (뚱뚱보) and Jeong Hyeong-don (뚱보). He has a pot-belly which prompts the other cast members to call him this nickname. His body fat was shown excessively on the second part of the 100th episode of Infinite Challenge (Episode 101).

Recently (Season 3 Episode 62), Noh made a song called "So-nyeo" (Hangul: 소녀, meaning "Girl"), proposed as a tribute to his fans.

On January 1, 2010, Gil Seong-jun (Gil), Jeong Hyeong-don, and Noh started their improper, voluntary and unscripted weight loss challenge for Infinite Challenge for three months, which ended on April 1. According to the rules, the persons who did not meet the goal should shave their heads. In this manner, Gil, who was already bald and to lose 20 kg of his weight, would have had to shave his eyebrows. After three months, on April 1 at the MBC's Dream Centre in Ilsan, Gil and Hyeong-don (who was challenged not to drink Carbonated drinks and to lose 10 kg of his weight) successfully finished their mission, however, only Hong-chul, who was challenged to make his abs without having chocolate, failed the mission, and thus shaved his head immediately after the judgment.

First aired on July 6, 2011, Noh Hong-chul and his costars on the show started a series of episodes dedicated to a competition-style concert on the Seohaean Expressway. As has been the norm for Infinite Challenge when preparing for a concert, each costar was paired off with a guest musician or guest band. Noh Hong-chul collaborated with PSY and together, they sang and performed the hit song “Shake It” under the band name “ChulSSa”.

On November 8, 2014, Noh Hong Chul was arrested for drunk driving. He later issued an apology and withdrew from the television programs he was participating in, including Infinite Challenge and I Live Alone.

• The Singu elementary school (graduated)
• Sinsa junior (graduate)
• Hyndai Senior High School (graduated)
• Hongik University, Sejong Campus Mechanical Engineering (BS)

Active

• KBS 2TV's Talents for Sale (어서옵SHOW) Co-Host

Hosted

• MBC's Infinite Challenge (무한도전) Co-Host, as a founding member, (2005-2014)
• MBC FM4U's Chin-han-chin-gu (Good Friend 노홍철의 친한친구, Abbr: Chin-chin친친) Host
• tvN's of the birth rich person (부자의 탄생) Co-Host
• M.net's serenade operations (세레나데 대작전) Co-Host
• MBC's Come to play' (놀러와) Joint Panel (2004–2010)
• MBC's 7 Octaves (7옥타브) Joint Panel
• MBC's The lord of Study (공부의 신, special coverage for 2007 Hangawi holidays) Co-Host
• KBS 2TV's Happy Sunday - 2 Days & 1 Night (해피 선데이 - 1박2일) Joint Panel
• SBS's Power FM's Noh Hong-cheol's Happy Our Young Day Host (노홍철의 기쁜 우리 젊은날, from May 1 to November 6 of 2006)
• SBS's Gold-miss is coming (골드미스가 간다) Host-in-chief
• Mnet's Trend Report Fil (트렌드리포트 필, latest fashion trend magazine) Host
• SBS's Heroes Host
• KBS 2TV's Emergency Escape Number One! (위기탈출 넘버원!) Co-Host
• tvN's Korea's Got Talent (코리아 갓 탤런트) Co-Host
• KBS 2TV's Do Dream (Talk show) Co-host
• MBC's I Live Alone (나 혼자 산다) Host-in-chief (Episodes 1-79)
• MBC's Show! Music Core Co-host (April, 2013 - June 28, 2014)

Former program / Ranking Program

• Mnet "KIN streets of Dr. No" VJ
• Mnet "Super Vibe Party" Fixed Cast
• MBC " Rainbow Romance "
• MBC " Sunday Sunday Night "fixed panel
• MBC "Best Saturday" Fixed Panel
• MBC "Sunday Phone Get Star Wars" co-MC
• KBS "1 lesson Republic of Korea" fixed panel
• MBC " Mysterious TV Surprise "co-MC
• Mnet "Campus Corner Dance" co-MC
• MBC "7 Octave" Fixed Panel
• KBS " Happy Sunday - kwaenam Age "Fixed Panel
• KBS " Happy Sunday - Power attendance! Let's go to school, "said co-MC
• KBS " Happy Sunday - I'm ready. "co-MC
• KBS " Happy Sunday - 1 Night 2 Days "co-MC
• SBS " Good Sunday - Change "co-MC
• SBS " it! No? "co-MC
• MBC " Yoo Jae-seok & Kim Won-Hee's Come to Play "fixed panel
• Mnet "Phil Trend Report Season 4" MC
• SBS " Good Sunday - Gold Miss is Coming "co-MC
• KBS "imaginary confrontation," said co-MC
• MBC "Fox's Butler" fixed panel
• KBS " Escape Crisis Number One "co-MC
• SBS " Good Sunday - Hero hogeol "co-MC
• tvN " Korea's Got Talent "co-MC
• tvN " Becoming a Billionaire "co-MC
• mbn "Star byte" MC
• M.net "Serenade Battle" MC
• On Style "Hello! Russia "story
• Korean tv " choehyeonwoo, Magic Hall of GNP, "said co-MC
• MBC "God of the game," said co-MC
• MBC " I'm a Singer Season 2 "co-MC
• tvN "Find the Fake? A keen eye, "said co-MC
• KBS " talk show, slapping, "said co-MC
• KBS W "All That's GNP living" MC
• MBC " MBC Special Documentary - Seoul to savor "story
• tvN " The Genius: The Rule Breaker "

Pilot Program

• KBS "yihyeokjae, riding in the GNP," said co-MC
• MBC "Thank you," said co-MC
• MBC "The Lord of the study," said co-MC
• MBC "Sweet Girl" MC
• MBC "Hidden operation stage winner," said co-MC
• MBC " When I was the man to be alone "MC
• MBC "Folks in my soul," said co-MC
• KBS " I am the man , "said co-MC
• MBC "Love Notice" co-MC

Radio

• SBS Love FM GNP of the happy day, our young DJ - get off (2006 May 1 - November 6, 2006 closedown)
• MBC FM4U of GNP friend DJ - getting off (May 10, 2010 ~ October 23, 2011 closedown)

Film

• "The truth of the red hat (Hoodwinked, 2005)" Korean version dubbed - Sandy jjiksa Station
• "Who did she sleep with? (Who Slept With Her 2006) "DJ Station (special appearance)
• "The truth of the red cap 2 (Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil, 2011)" Korean version dubbed - Sandy jjiksa Station
• "Zambezia: the secret of the mysterious namuseom (Zambezia, 2012)" Korean version dubbed - Kestrel station grounds
• "The Jungle Bunch: The Return of the iceberg (The Jungle Bunch-Back to the Ice Floe, 2011)" Korean version dubbed Morristown Station

CF

2005

• Bennigans
• Looloo Bidet

2007

• Towngent
• Nene Chicken
• TG Sambo
• Kumon Study
• Lotte Card
• Caprisun

2008

• Wii
• Yuhan Clorox

2010

• 塊魂,Katamari Damacy
• Shinhan Financial Group
• Morning Care
• Nickelodeon Korea

2011

• SKY Mirach A

2012

• Gillette razor
• SKY VEGA S5
• TicToc Plus

2013

• LG Tap-book
• Coca-cola
• Turbo
• SKT LTE-A

2014

• Coca-cola