Park Yu-Hwan (born March 9, 1991) is a South Korean actor.[2]
Park Yu-Hwan | |
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Born | |
Other names | Ricky Park |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2011–2021 |
Family | Park Yoo-chun (older brother) |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 박유환 |
Hanja | 朴有煥 |
Revised Romanization | Bak Yu-hwan |
McCune–Reischauer | Pak Yuhwan |
Early life
editOn March 9, 1991, Park was born in Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea.[1] His father was a businessman, and he has an older brother, Park Yoo-chun, who is also an actor and singer.[citation needed] His family moved to the United States in 1998. They lived in Fairfax, Virginia.[citation needed] His parents later divorced.[citation needed] In 2008, Park returned to South Korea with his mother.[citation needed] Park's Father died on March 14, 2012.[citation needed]
In November 2021, Park was arrested by Korean police for marijuana use in Bangkok, Thailand [3]
Career
editPark Yu-Hwan's career started when he was cast as a supporting character in the 2011 MBC's series Twinkle Twinkle. He played the half-uncle to lead actress Kim Hyun-Joo's character, Han Seo-Woo. While still working on Twinkle Twinkle, Park was cast in a small recurring role as Book-Jo in another MBC's series Gye-Baek. In his next acting project, the 2011 SBS's series A Thousand Days' Promise, Park portrayed Lee Moon-Kwon, the younger brother of lead actress Soo Ae's character. His performance earned him a nomination at the 48th Baeksang Arts Awards for Best New Actor.[4]
In 2012, Park Yoo-Hwan landed his first leading role in the Channel A's series K-Pop: The Ultimate Audition, playing Kang Woo-Hyun, the ignorant and bad-tempered leader of boy band M2.[5] He starred opposite Go Eun-Ah, who played a happy-go-lucky girl named Ji Seung-Yeon. In May 2012, Park returned to MBC to star in the new daily drama Can't Live Without You as Kim Min-Do.
Filmography
editTelevision series
editYear | Title | Role | Network |
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2011 | Twinkle Twinkle | Han Seo-Woo | MBC |
Gye-Baek | Book-Jo (ep.5-7,12,15) | MBC | |
A Thousand Days' Promise | Lee Moon-Kwon | SBS | |
2012 | The Strongest K-Pop Survival | Kang Woo-Hyun | Channel A |
Can't Live Without You | Kim Min-Do | MBC | |
2014 | I Need Romance 3 | Lee Woo-Young | tvN |
2015 | She Was Pretty | Kim Joon-Woo | MBC |
Films
editYear | Title | Role |
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2015 | Equals | Seth |
2016 | Musudan | Goo Yoon-Gil |
2017 | One Line | Hyuk-Jin |
Variety shows
editYear | Title | Notes |
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2016 | Law of the Jungle – Panama | Cast member (ep.199-202) |
Endorsements
edit- HEAD (2011) [6]
- CHRIS. CHRISTY (2011) [6]
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 'The Lovers' (2011)
Awards and nominations
editYear | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2011 | 30th MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actor in a Serial Drama | Twinkle Twinkle | Nominated |
2012 | 48th Paeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actor | A Thousand Days' Promise | Nominated |
5th Korea Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Nominated | ||
2015 | 34th MBC Drama Awards | Best New Actor in a Miniseries | She Was Pretty | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ a b "박유환". Cinefox (씨네폭스) (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ^ "About Park Yoo-Hwan" Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback Machine C-JeS.
- ^ "Singer-actor Park Yoo-chun drops new album amid brother's marijuana scandal". The Korea Times. 8 November 2021.
- ^ Lee, Kyung-Nam (25 April 2012). "Park Yoo-Chun and Park Yoo-Hwan both nominated for Paeksang Arts Award". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
- ^ Hong, Lucia (16 February 2012). "Park Yoo-Hwan and Go Eun-Ah to become K-pop stars in upcoming TV series". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
- ^ a b "Park Yoo-Hwan filmography" C-JeS.