Yoo Jae-myung (; born June 3, 1973) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the series ''

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'' (2015), '' Stranger'' (2017), ''

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'' (2018), ''

Itaewon Class ''Itaewon Class'' () is a 2020 South Korean television series starring Park Seo-joon, Kim Da-mi, Yoo Jae-myung, and Kwon Nara. Based on the webtoon of the same name, it is the first series to be produced by the film distribution company Showbox. ...

'' (2020) and '' Voice of Silence'' (2020). He won Best Supporting Actor at the

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Career

Making his debut through the film '' The Last Witness'' in 2001, Yoo Jae-myung mainly took the supporting roles in movies and dramas. He was also a theater director in Busan and taught acting for four years in Seoul. Yoo's popularity raised through one of the highest rated dramas in Korean cable television history, ''

'', in 2015, and later gained the main roles in films and TV series. From 2016 to 2018, he appeared in critically acclaimed shows such as ''

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'', '' Stranger'' (''Secret Forest''), and ''

Prison Playbook ''Prison Playbook'' () is a 2017 South Korean television series directed by Shin Won-ho and starring Park Hae-soo and Jung Kyung-ho. The series marks Park Hae-soo's first-ever lead role. It aired from November 22, 2017 to January 18, 2018 on tv ...

''. Yoo then appeared in two television series ''

'' and ''

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'' in 2018 and 2019 respectively, in which he received positive reviews from audiences. For his performance in ''Life'', he won Best Supporting Actor award at the

. Yoo next co-starred with Lee Sung-min in

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''The Beast'', a remake of the French thriller ''

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'', premiered in June 2019. He also starred alongside

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in ''Bring Me Home'', which was premiered in November 2019. In 2020, Yoo co-starred with

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and

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in the series ''

'', He next starred opposite

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in a film '' Voice of Silence'', written and directed by a female director Hong Eui-jeong, based on her script which was selected as one of top 12 projects at

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College-Cinema 2016/2017. Yoo's next projects will be ''King Maker'' with

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and

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's ''Firefighters''.

Personal life

Yoo married on October 21, 2018 after dating for five years. He had met his wife who is reportedly twelve years younger while directing a stage play. The couple has one child together.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Web series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yoo, Jae-myung 1973 births Living people South Korean male film actors South Korean male television actors Pusan National University alumni Male actors from Busan 21st-century South Korean male actors