Park Yu-hwan

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.
Park Yu-Hwan
Born (1991-03-09) March 9, 1991 (age 33)
Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea[1]
Other namesRicky Park
OccupationActor
Years active2011–2021
FamilyPark Yoo-chun (older brother)
Korean name
Hangul
박유환
Hanja
朴有煥
Revised RomanizationBak Yu-hwan
McCune–ReischauerPak Yuhwan

Park Yu-Hwan (born March 9, 1991) is a South Korean actor.[2]

Early life

On 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

Park 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

Television series

Year Title Role Network
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

Year Title Role
2015 Equals Seth
2016 Musudan Goo Yoon-Gil
2017 One Line Hyuk-Jin

Variety shows

Year Title Notes
2016 Law of the Jungle – Panama Cast member (ep.199-202)

Endorsements

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
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

  1. ^ a b "박유환". Cinefox (씨네폭스) (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  2. ^ "About Park Yoo-Hwan" Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback Machine C-JeS.
  3. ^ "Singer-actor Park Yoo-chun drops new album amid brother's marijuana scandal". The Korea Times. 8 November 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b "Park Yoo-Hwan filmography" C-JeS.