Yu Jun-sang

Aside from film and television, Yoo is also active in musical theatre, notably in The Three Musketeers, Jack the Ripper, and The Days. He is also one of the main characters in two seasons of The Uncanny Counter.

• Name — Yoo Jun-sang • Born — 28 November 1969 • Birthplace — Seongdong District, Seoul, South Korea • Occupation — * Actor • singer • Years Active — 1995–present • Agent — Namoo Actors • Children — 2 • Education — Dongguk University

Yoo Jun-sang graduated from Dongguk University with a bachelor's degree in Theater and Film and a master's degree in Theater Arts. Having kicked off his career in 1995 through SBS's open auditions, Yoo built a stable acting career through films and TV series. He also stars in stage musicals, notably Claws of Angel, The Three Musketeers, Jack the Ripper, Rebecca, Kim Kwang-seok jukebox musical The Days, and Frankenstein. Additionally, Yoo has been a full-time faculty member at the Korea Arts Institute since 2010. He gave a memorable supporting turn as a cynical prosecutor in 2010's Moss, the blockbuster mystery film based on a popular online comic series. His performance garnered him Best Supporting Actor wins at the Buil Film Awards and Chunsa Film Art Awards. He also won Best Supporting Actor at the Grand Bell Awards for the 2007 medical thriller Wide Awake. But Yoo is best known as a regular in the films of auteur Hong Sang-soo. He headlined The Day He Arrives in 2011, which netted him the Best Actor prize at the Busan Film Critics Awards. He also starred in Ha Ha Ha, which won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, at which Yoo and his fellow cast members walked the red carpet. When asked to describe the actor, Hong said that "Yoo is... a kind person." [...] I just... like him. I like him a lot. He is someone with a drive that doesn't irritate me. His honesty doesn't irritate me either and I like his energy. His energy has a clean color. And I think he's a lot of help when we work together." The director cast him opposite renowned French actress Isabelle Huppert in Hong's first English-language film In Another Country. He described Huppert as "a real joy" to work with, while she praised him as "kind and charismatic." Yoo was singled out in The Hollywood Reporter review as the film's scene-stealer. After a five-year absence from television, he returned in the series My Husband Got a Family (also known as Unexpected You) co-starring Kim Nam-joo. The drama was a big hit, it not only consistently topped its timeslot throughout its long run, but ranked number one on the 2012 yearly TV ratings chart. As a result, Yoo enjoyed his biggest surge of mainstream popularity since his debut, landing commercial contracts and gaining the nickname "Nation's son-in-law". In 2012, he published his memoir titled The Invention of Happiness. Yoo said he began writing diaries back in university when his professor recommended that he try filling up at least one journal each year with personal reflections. The book contained highlights from his 20 years of journaling life—from his days as a college student, moments on the set of several productions to his travels and vacations—as well as poems and sketches made by the actor in his everyday life. He donated all of the proceeds from the book to charity, especially to impoverished children. For the aerial action blockbuster R2B: Return to Base, Yoo along with the rest of the cast had to undergo months-long physical training for their role as jet fighter pilots. The actors also had to pass mandatory tests for actual pilots to be able to get into the cockpit—in a low-pressure chamber, emergency escape routine, simulated flight as well as training to develop tolerance for acceleration. Yoo reportedly passed out twice before he passed his 6G test, only passing on his third attempt. Yoo underwent knee surgery after an injury to his cruciate ligament while filming Fists of Legend. The action movie revolved around a group of middle-aged men who fight on a reality show for a cash prize. On December 19, 2013, he released his first album, titled Junes; besides singing, Yoo composed, wrote the lyrics and produced all the seven songs included. Yoo's second album, J N Joy 20: Travel Project One, Just Travel... Walking... and Thinking..., was a collaboration with guitarist Lee Jun-hwa and released on November 13, 2014, followed by his first concert.

Besides acting, singing and writing, Yoo can also play several musical instruments including guitar, saxophone, violin and the piano. Furthermore, he showcased 20 pieces of his artwork at the Art Asia fair in December 2012. He married actress Hong Eun-hee in 2003, and they have two sons named Yoo Dong-woo and Yoo Min-jae. Dong-woo appeared in the 2011 short film Modern Family. On the talk show Healing Camp, he spoke about his love for his widowed mother, who suffered a cerebral hemorrhagic stroke in 2011.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1994 — Kka-chi-ne • 1995 — Agatha Christie • 1996 — Expedition of Men • MBC Best Theater: "Man Opening the Refrigerator Door" — Jae-min • When the Salmon Returns — Han Jae-joon • 1997 — Wedding Dress • MBC Best Theater: "Tricycle" — Min-soo • MBC Best Theater: "Until You Fall Asleep" — Man • 1998 — Hope Inn • Sunday Best: "April Concerto" — Joon-ho • I Love You, I'm Sorry • Stranger — Beom-soo • White Nights 3.98 — Kim Jin-seok • 1999 — Young Sun — Yoon Je-hyuk • We Saw a Lost Little Bird • Sunday Best: "A Thirty-one-year-old's First Kiss" • Cello — Park Ki-tae • The Last War — Kim Tae-joong • Goodbye My Love — Song Dae-ho • Magic Castle — Lee Poong-jin • 2000 — Butcher's Daughter • The Full Sun — Kang Min-ki • 2001 — How Should I Be? — Na Ki-chan • Life Is Beautiful — Nam Jung-woo • Fox and Cotton Candy — Bong Kang-chul • 2002 — Affection — Jo Byung-soo • Inspector Park Mun-su — Park Mun-su • 2004 — The Woman Who Wants to Marry — Shin Joo-ho • 2005 — Toji, the Land — Kim Gil-sang • Young-jae's Golden Days — Eom Joong-seo • 2007 — Catching Up with Gangnam Moms — Seo Sang-won • 2012 — My Husband Got a Family — Bang Gwi-nam/Terry Kang • 2013 — The Secret of Birth — Hong Gyung-doo • My Love from the Star — Section chief Yoo — Cameo (Eps. 2–3) • 2015 — Heard It Through the Grapevine — Han Jeong-ho • 2016 — Working Mom Parenting Daddy — Lee Moon-han — Cameo • Pied Piper — Yoon Hee-Sung • 2017 — Distorted — Lee Seok-min • 2019 — Liver or Die — Lee Poong-sang • 2020 — Graceful Friends — Ahn Goong-chul • 2020 — The Uncanny Counter — Ga Mo-tak — Season 1–2 • 2021 — The Penthouse: War in Life — Jung Doo-man — Cameo, Season 2 • 2022 — Alchemy of Souls — Park Jin • 2025 — We Will Replace the Trip — Oh Sang-sik

• Year — Title — Artist • 2003 — "Can't I?" — Wheesung • 2007 — "Oh, You Beautiful Woman" — Yoo Jun-sang

Concert performances • Year — Title — Role — Theater — Date — Ref. Reference(s) • English — Korean • 2011 — Lee Young-mi concert — 이영미 콘서트 — Singer — Rolling hole — May 6, 2011

• Year — Title — Role — Theater — Date — Ref. • English — Korean • 1995 — Foes of Women • 1998 — Grease • 2001 — The Play • Love & Luve • 2004 — Two Men • 2005 — Passion of the Rain • 2007 — Claws of Angel — Il-du/Idu • 2008 — The Life — Sonja • 2008–2009 — The Happy Life — Beom-jin • 2009 — The Three Musketeers — 삼총사 — D'Artagnan — Chungmu Art Hall Grand Theatre — May 12 - June 21 • 2009–2010 — Jack the Ripper — 살인마 잭 — Anderson — Universal Art Center — November 13, 2009 – January 31, 2010 • Yeungnam University Cheonma Art Center Grand Hall, Daegu — December 24 – 26, 2009 • 2013 — Rebecca — 레베카 — Maxim DeWinter — LG Arts Center — January 12–March 31 • Those Days — 그날들 — Cha Jeong-hak — Daehakro Musical Center Main Theater — April 4–June 30 • Rebecca — 레베카 — Maxim De Winter — Daegu Gyeongnam Art Center — April 9–13 • Gimhae Cultural Center Maru Hall — April 19–21 • Busan Cultural Center Grand Theater — May 11–12 • Cheonan Arts Center Main Theater — May 25–26 • Goyang Aram Nuri Arts Center Aram Theater — June 1–2 • The Days — 그날들 — Cha Jeong-hak — Daejeon Arts Center Art Hall — July 5–7 • Daegu Gyeongnam Art Center — July 19–21 • Gyeonggi Arts Center Main Theater — August 2–4 • Centum City Sohyang Theater Shinhan Card Hall — August 15–18 • Ansan Culture & Arts Center Haedoji Theater — August 23–25 • 2014 — Frankenstein — Victor Frankenstein — 2015 • 2014–2015 — The Days — 그날들 — Cha Jun-hak — Daehangno Musical Center Grand Theater — Oct 21–Jan 18, 2015 • 2015 — Seongnam Art Center Opera House — March 21–22 • Incheon Culture and Arts Center Grand Performance Hall — Feb 7–8 • Daegu Keimyung Art Center — April 4–5 • Jeju Art Center — May 30–31 • 2015 — Robin Hood — Robin Hood • 2015 — Robin Hood — 로빈훗 — Robin Hood — D Cube Link Art Center — January 23 - March 29 • Seongnam Art Centre Opera House — April 19 - May 25 • 2016 — The Days — 그날들 — Cha Jun-hak — Chungmu Art Center Grand Theater — Aug 25–Nov 3 • Daegu Keimyung Art Center — Nov 12–13 • Centum City Sohyang Theater Shinhan Card Hall Busan — Dec 2–4 • Gyeonggi Arts Center Grand Theater Suwon — Dec 10–11 • Guri Art Hall Cosmos Grand Theater — Dec 16–17 • GS Caltex Yeulmaru Grand Theater Yeosu — Dec 23–25 • 2017 — The Days — 그날들 — Cha Jun-hak — Seongnam Art Center Opera House — Jan 21–22 • Seoul Arts Center Opera Theater — Feb 7–March 5 • 2017 — Ben Hur — Judah Ben Hur • 2018 — Barnum — P.T. Barnum • 2018–2019 — Those Days — 그날들 — Cha Jun-hak — Centum City Sohyang Theater Shinhan Card Hall Busan — Dec 23–30 • Daejeon Arts Center Art Hall — Jan 5–6 • Blue Square Shinhan Card Hall Busan — Feb 22–May 6 • Gyeongsangnam-do Culture and Arts Center Grand Performance Hall Guri — June 7–8 • 2021 — Beetlejuice — Beetlejuice • 2023 — Those Days — 그날들 — Cha Jun-hak — Seoul Arts Center — July 12 to September 3

Theater play performances of Oh • Year — Title — Role — Venue — Date — Ref. Reference(s) • English — Korean • 2018 — Doosan Humanities Theater 2018 Altruism - Nassim — 두산인문극장 2018 이타주의자 - 낫심 — Doosan Art Center Space111 — April 10–29

• Public Relations Ambassador for the Park Kyung-ri Literature Awards (2022)

Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement • Publisher — Year — Listicle — Placement — Ref. Reference(s) • Forbes — 2013 — Korea Power Celebrity 40 — 12th • 2014 — 29th

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