Nam Yoon-su (Korean남윤수; born July 14, 1997)[2][unreliable source?] is a South Korean actor and model. He has appeared in Netflix's original drama series Extracurricular (2020), tvN's Birthcare Center (2020), JTBC's Beyond Evil (2021), KBS's The King's Affection (2021) and Love In The Big City (2024) as the main character of the series.

Nam Yoon-su
Nam in January 2019
Born (1997-07-14) July 14, 1997 (age 27)
EducationHanlim Multi Art School - Fashion Model Department

Digital Seoul Culture Arts University - Modelling Department

Korea Art Conservatory - Film Art Department[1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Model
Years active2014–present
AgentAgency Garten
Korean name
Hangul
남윤수
Hanja
Revised RomanizationNam Yun-su
McCune–ReischauerNam Yunsu

Career

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Nam made his debut as a model in 2014, and made his acting debut through music videos in 2014 and 2015.

In 2018, Nam made his official acting debut through MBC Every 1 drama 4 Kinds of House, and in the same year he appeared in the web drama Want More 19.[3]

In 2019, Nam made a special appearance in the web drama Re-Feel,[4] and participated in the web drama I'm Not A Robot.[5]

In 2020, Nam appeared in the web drama The Temperature Of Language: Our Nineteen.[6] Later, Nam appeared in the Netflix series Extracurricular, which led him to gain in recognition, and he was nominated for the Best New Actor – Television in the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards through the series.[7] Nam then appeared in the short film Live Your Strength [8] with Bae Suzy and later appeared in tvN drama Birthcare Center.

In 2021, Nam has joined Mnet's M Countdown as a host, with (G)I-DLE's Miyeon.[9] Nam then joined the drama Beyond Evil which premiered in February on JTBC.[10] Nam was also cast in KBS2 drama The King's Affection which premiered in October.[11]

In 2022, Nam appeared in the SBS drama Today's Webtoon alongside Kim Se-jeong and Choi Daniel, which premiered in July.[12]

In 2024, Nam played the main character of the South Korean LGBTQ-related series “Love In The Big City” (Korean: 대도시의 사랑법) as Go-Young, depicting the 10-year journey of young gay man learning about life and love through ups and downs in a conservative society while also trying to become a successful writer.

Personal life

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Nam donated his kidney to his father on June 19, 2024.[13]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2020 Live Your Strength Tae Min Short film [8][14]
2023 Soulmate Ki-hoon [15]

Television series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 4 Kinds of House Joon-ha [3]
2020 Birthcare Center Ha Gyeong-hoon [16]
Extracurricular Kwak Ki-tae [17]
2021 Beyond Evil Oh Ji-hoon [10][18]
The King's Affection Lee Hyun [11]
2022 Today's Webtoon Gu Jun-young [19]
2024 Dog Knows Everything Hyun Ta [20]
2024 Love in the Big City Go-young [21]
2022 Borrowed Body Lee Sang-yoo [22]

Web series

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2018 Want More 19 Lee Gyeom [23]
2019 Re-Feel Special appearance [4]
I'm Not A Robot Jung Sung-yoon [5]
2020 The Temperature Of Language: Our Nineteen Lee Chan-sol [6]

Television shows

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021–2023 M Countdown Host with (G)I-dle's Miyeon (ep. 698 – 780) [9][24]

Web shows

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 Eat's Seoul Host with Kang Min-ah [25]

Music videos

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Year Artist Song Title Ref.
2014 Hong Jae-mok "당신이 그대가" [26]
2015 Brother Su ft. Lovey "Dot" [26]
Standing Egg "Yell" [27]
Lucid Fall "Still There, Still Here" [26]
2016 Yoon Jong-shin "Old School" [26]
Lee Jin-ah "I'm Full" [26]
Thomas Cook "Goodbye" [26]
2017 Cheeze "Be There" [26]
Lee Jin-ah "Random" [26]
2018 Rothy "Lost Time" [28]
Epitone Project "First Love" [28]
2019 Brown Eyed Soul ft. SOLE "Right" [28]
2020 Baek Ji-young "I Still Love You A Lot" [28]
2021 Colde ft. Baekhyun "When Dawn Comes Again" [29]

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
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Asia Model Awards 2021 Model Star Award Nam Yoon-su Won [30][31][32]
Baeksang Arts Awards 2021 Best New Actor – Television Extracurricular Nominated [7][33][34]
Brand of the Year Awards 2021 Best New Actor Nam Yoon-su Nominated
KBS Drama Awards 2021 Best New Actor The King's Affection Nominated [35]

References

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