Yoon Kyun-sang | |||||||||||||
Birth Date: | 31 March 1987 | ||||||||||||
Birth Place: | Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea | ||||||||||||
Years Active: | 2012–present | ||||||||||||
Agent: | Management A.M.9 | ||||||||||||
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Yoon Kyun-sang (born March 31, 1987) is a South Korean actor who drew attention with his supporting roles in the television series Pinocchio (2014), Six Flying Dragons (2015–2016) and The Doctors (2016). He then played lead roles in The Rebel (2017), Oh, the Mysterious (2018), Clean with Passion for Now (2018), and Class of Lies (2019).
Before becoming an actor, Yoon initially worked as a model. Respecting his father's wishes, he then joined the army and completed his mandatory military service. In 2012, he debuted as an actor, starring in the historical drama Faith.[2] He was then cast in the sports film No Breathing as a swimmer, and as the youngest detective in crime thriller Gap-dong.[3] Yoon achieved acting recognition with his supporting role in the television series, Pinocchio.[4] [5]
In 2015, Yoon starred alongside Ha Ji-won and Lee Jin-wook in The Time We Were Not in Love, a remake of the Taiwanese drama In Time with You.[6] The same year, he was cast in the historical drama Six Flying Dragons.[7] He played a dim-witted boy who eventually becomes the greatest swordsman of Josen, rising to the head of the royal bodyguard unit that defends the king.[8] [9]
In 2016, Yoon starred in the popular medical drama The Doctors, as an heir to a large corporation, who became a doctor to escape the fight for inheritance.[10] [11] Yoon's acting in Six Flying Dragons earned him a Best New Actor award at the Grimae Awards.[12] Yoon became a cast member of the third season of reality cooking show Three Meals a Day - Fishing Village.[13]
In 2017, Yoon was cast in his first leading role in historical drama The Rebel, as the titular character, Hong Gil-dong.[14] Yoon returned to join the cast of the fourth season of reality cooking show Three Meals a Day - Sea Ranch.[15] [16] Yoon landed his second leading role in SBS' crime drama Oh, the Mysterious.[17] [18]
In 2018, Yoon was cast in the romantic comedy drama Clean with Passion for Now.[19]
In July 2019, he returned to the small screen with school crime drama Class of Lies playing double characters of a lawyer who works undercover as a teacher at an elite high school trying to discover the truth behind a murder.[20]
In 2020, Yoon was the MC of The House Detox, a program about organizing homes, co-hosting with Shin Ae-ra and Park Na-rae.
In 2021, Yoon has confirmed he will join the TVING crime detective drama The Mansion with Lim Ji-yeon, which will air in early 2022 making a comeback two years after 2019.
In January 2022, it was reported that Yoon had terminated his contract with Hooxi Creative.[21] Later the same day, it was reported that Yoon had signed a contract with Management A.M.9.[22] Later on January 6, 2022, it was officially confirmed that Yoon had signed a contract with Management AM9.[23]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
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2013 | Forbidden Games | Hyun-joon | |||
No Breathing | Yun Min Sang (Swimming team member 1) | ||||
2015 | You Call It Passion | Woo Ji-han | [24] | ||
2023 | Mount CHIAK | Lee Min-jun | [25] [26] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2012 | Faith | Deok-man | ||
2014 | Gap-dong | Youngest detective | ||
2014–2015 | Pinocchio | Ki Jae-myung | ||
2015 | The Time We Were Not in Love | Cha Seo-hoo | ||
2015–2016 | Six Flying Dragons | Moo-hyul | ||
2016 | Gogh, The Starry Night | Police officer | Cameo (Episode 18) | [27] |
The Doctors | Jung Yoon-do | |||
2017 | The Rebel | Hong Gil-dong | ||
While You Were Sleeping | couple in meadow | Cameo (Episode 21) | [28] | |
2017–2018 | Oh, the Mysterious | Oh Il-seung / Kim Jong-sam | ||
2018–2019 | Clean with Passion for Now | Jang Seon-kyul | ||
2019 | The Nokdu Flower | Moo-hyul | Cameo (Episode 13–14) | [29] |
Class of Lies | Ki Moo-hyuk / Ki Kang-jae | [30] | ||
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2016 | Three Meals a Day Fishing Village 3 | Cast member | ||
2017 | Three Meals a Day Sea Ranch | |||
2020–2021 | The House Detox | [32] [33] | ||
2021 | My Little Old Boy | Special MC | Episode 224 | |
My Teenage Girl | MC | [34] | ||
2022 | My Little Old Boy | Special MC | Episode 294 | |
2022–2023 | Europe Outside Your Tent | Cast Member | Season 1 and 3 | [35] [36] |
Year | Song Title | Artist | |
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2013 | "Curious" | What Women Want feat. Jung Yup | [37] |
2014 | "Girlfriend" | Uniqnote feat. Bobby Kim and Jung Yup | [38] |
2020 | "Trumpet Creeper (능소화)" | Ahn Yeeun (안예은) | |
Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | ||
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APAN Star Awards | 2016 | Best New Actor | The Doctors | [40] | |
Grimae Awards | 2016 | Best New Actor | Six Flying Dragons | ||
Korea Drama Awards | Excellence Award, Actor | The Rebel | |||
Korea's First Brand Awards | 2017 | Best Male Actor | [41] | ||
MBC Drama Awards | 2017 | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | |||
Popularity Award, Actor | |||||
MBC Entertainment Awards | 2021 | Rookie Award | My Teenage Girl | [42] | |
SBS Drama Awards | 2015 | New Star Award | Six Flying Dragons, The Time We Were Not in Love | ||
2016 | Excellence Award, Actor in a Genre Drama | The Doctors | |||
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Monday–Tuesday Drama | Oh, the Mysterious | ||||
The Seoul Awards | 2017 | Best Actor (Drama) | The Rebel | ||